So I had some mixed feelings about the Wexner Art Museum. Over all I liked it but there were some things I did not like. First of all I had never been there before so I didn't really know what to expect but when I walked in the two people at the desk didn't even acknowledge me. I figured I could just figure out where to go by myself but I was kind of confused so I ended up asking a security person. He was nice. I pictured the Wexner to be more open I guess and colorful, it wasn't. As i walked to David Smiths section of sculptures and drawings there was just a long hallway and it broke off into little open areas where his work was. I just figured it would all be in one big open room. Some things I didn't like about his work was that a lot of his work was untitled. To me, it is not complete unless it has a title. I don't know maybe he just can't think of good names but I feel like the name adds to the piece. Another thing I didn't like was that the labels of what the piece was were not right next to the piece in a lot of cases. They weren't that hard to find but I figured it would be a lot easier. I next went to Sarah Morris' video Points on a Line. Yeah, I didn't really like this at all. I don't know if it was the music or the room but right when I walked in I knew I wasn't going to stay long. I guess I just didn't really understand it. It was a little random and I only stayed for maybe 7 minutes because I was not intrigued by it at all.
I did like a lot of things about my experience though. For the Points on a Line video it seemed, to me at least, that she is showing you that anything can be art. She shows the art of culinary work and the buildings and different things in the building like wallpaper, bathrooms, and the elevator buttons changing. I also really liked the flow of the window shades that were shown in the film. When I was leaving a duck came on the screen, he was cute so that was my favorite part of the video. David Smiths section was a lot cooler to me. I liked his abstract views and use of geometric shapes. He used a lot of curves and bends and different materials for his work. I also like how he plays with balance in his work and makes it seem like some of his art is unstable. He also seems like a versatile artist because he had pictures and drawings and sculptures in his gallery. I liked how his drawings from his notebook were in there as well because it shows you his thought process in some of the actual sculptures that were on display. His Lectern in Sentinel sculpture reminded me of when people set up different toys or objects and let a ball go and it triggers things as it goes along. Smiths Construction 1932 sculpture reminded me of an ancient city or something, I have no idea why? One thing I thought was funny when I was there was a lady passing by giving a tour was telling the people that "the more time you spend with a piece the more you understand it and get out of it." I just thought it was funny because we had already talked about this in class and I do feel that its true as well.
The piece I spent most time with was David Smiths Spread from Sketchbook #23 from 1933-1945, pencil on paper. At first when I looked at it I thought that it looked just like that, pencil on paper. But then I started looking at it more and I thought okay I guess it is pretty cool it almost looks like planes or something. Then I started seeing people. I associated the shapes he drew as people dancing or being ballerinas. Some of them it looked like they were just balancing on one foot and stretching or doing yoga. Then even further I was thinking it looked like circus people. First I associated some of the sketches as clowns doing funny things and then one of them looked like a joker to me trying to juggle. I just thought it was cool looking at the simple drawings of shapes and how my perception of those shapes changed the longer I looked at them!
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