Venusian Gardens

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This is the online web gallery of Venusian Gardens, a fine art gallery of luminous art and sculpture, located near the French Quarter in New Orleans, Louisiana. Venusian Gardens art gallery specializes in luminous art and sculpture, exhibiting art works incorporating glass, neon and metal in modern and contemporary abstract sculpture, landscape art, wall art and also a unique approach to space art. Featuring local artist and sculptor, Eric Ehlenberger, as well as other American artists, Venusian Gardens is a unique gallery with a unique presentation of artwork.

The Venusian Gardens exhibition space is an extensively renovated historic building located in the Faubourg Marigny Historical District immediately adjacent to the French Quarter (Vieux Carre). Originally built in 1854 as a Methodist Episcopal Church and constructed in the Greek Revival style, the gallery features a soaring thirty foot high cathedral ceiling in the original cypress along with expansive, original red pine hardwood floors.

At the heart of the gallery is the "Venusian Gardens" art installation, a large human-scale diorama featuring the exotic, luminous flora and fauna of Ehlenberger's fantasy Venusian world, including his well-known luminous glass and neon Jellyfish and Venusian Swamp Gardens. This modern approach to the art of the diorama, a sculptural walk-through "garden," offers a unique development in the contemporary world of landscape art and glass sculpture. From neon and glass "swamp flowers" that can be hand-picked by the visitor to take home, to the luminous uranium glass "Venusian rocks" strewn about the fantasy Venusian landscape, this environmental art installation is unlike anything seen before.

In addition to the Venusian Garden installation, there is also a formal fine art gallery with changing exhibitions featuring works of varied styles and character from Constructivist sculpture to abstract expressionist wall art to "neo-antique" wall sconces that combine antique glass and neon in an exciting new fusion. A luminous fine photography exhibition is also on display, featuring varied photographers' expressions of trans-illuminated photo-images. There are also plans for future events presenting performance artists featuring modern dance to aerial trapeze.

Venusian Gardens is a very special and exciting new venue and is available for rent for special events, perfect for hosting a special gathering, celebrating a wedding or having an exotic and memorable party. Please explore the pages that follow and immerse yourself in this wonderful world of luminous art and sculpture.

www.Ehlenberger.com

This web site is quite extensive and is designed to be a comprehensive site embodying the total of Ehlenberger's sculpture and art work including his art installations as well as his lines of contemporary wall sconces and unique neon clocks.

www.Neon-Sculpture.com

This web site focuses on glassLight gallery, Ehlenberger's first art gallery located in the heart of the French Quarter, New Orleans (about 10 blocks from Venusian Gardens). It is an up-to-date resource of what sculpture is currently on display and available for sale at this location. Included on this web site are views of sculpture by other selected artists working in neon that are represented by glassLight gallery.

www.neonWeddings.com

This web site focuses on the opportunities provided by both Venusian Gardens and glassLight gallery for unique New Orleans venues for fabulous weddings and receptions.

www.neo-Antiques.com

This web site focuses on the contemporary wall sconces designed by Ehlenberger with emphasis on the neo-Antique series incorporating antique glass shades with brushed aluminum and neon. It is an excellent online resource for commercial and home interior design and interior decoration professionals interested in a unique, contemporary approach to fine art lighting for the home or business.