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GALERIA DEL PASSATGE
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LA GALERIA DEL PASSATGE
Most of the time La Galeria del Passatge (Passageway Gallery) is passive showcase. Designed as a showcase, it is an unmanned, vitrine-like space, with rough Cor-Ten steel portals, set into its alley-facing wall, delineating and framing views of the art hanging a few feet behind. If someone passing by is interested in a closer look or in purchasing a work, they ring for assistance and someone comes down from an upstairs office. In this mode, as a closed case, the gallery contributes to the visual life of the adjoining alley, its linearity engaging passersby with a sequential presentation of art and architecture. Continue reading