This was only my second time visiting the gallery but my first time does not count. My first experience was on a Sunday when my best friend's son school was having an outside art exhibit on the grounds of the gallery. It started pouring rain and thundering one hour into the festivities so the gallery opened up and allowed us all into the back part of it. We werent allowed to walk through the gallery but we did have access to the art in the part we were placed. There was a huuuuuuuuuge replica of a city made out of silver pots and pans and cups and plates and spoons and forks and knives and bowls....It was spectacular. There was also a flat sceeen television on one wall where different pieces of an artist would play on a slide show. I had never seen art displayed in that way-I loved it. Needless to say I was drawn to Kelly Richardson's installation. It is just breathtaking to literally be surrounded by her installation.
Kelly Richardson Legion
Denis Maher House of Collective Repair- I connected with his installation really because he is a local artist. I think its great that the gallery gives local artists a chance to be on display. When I first saw it I have to admit that it looked like just a bunch of jumbled junk, but then I realized each piece was PUT there. It's not like he just threw a bunch of stuff in the space and called it art. He physically assembled things to create his vision. It's actually pretty awesome.
I would like to know more about the Cycladic Heads, 1976 by Jirí Kolár. To be quite frank masks and faces and such creep me out. It was the two masks on the left that left hand side that gave me with the hibbee jibbees. I would like to learn more about them so it wouldn't be so creepy. I can't stand faceless masks where there are no eyes or mouths. Although I feel they would have stood out more if they weren't place atop a marble type structure. I feel like it interferes with the design on the faces. It should just be one color-just my oppinion. I didnt so much as mind the face on the right with the circular blue but these two sent me over the edge. But I feel like if I learned more about them it would be such a foreign concept to me. I hav
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