3 Weeks Old Chelsea Visit

Okay okay, so I'm three weeks behind on this blog post for thesis. I realize this and I know it's not a good thing to be behind, but there's no point in crying over spilled milk. The fact of the matter is, I don't enjoy posting stuff on the internet. Procrastination it may be, but I just find the whole process to be mind numbing. But alas, for my own personal sake, I mustered up my determination and kicked my own lazy ass out of the bed of laziness.

So apart from that, I must say that I thoroughly enjoyed the Chelsea art galleries. A lot of the work that I saw gave me the huge rush of visual creativity that I was craving for, quite the opposite from the New Museum where I felt nothing in particular. If I had to put it in three words on why I enjoyed my visit to NY this time around infinitely better, it would have to be:

1. Weather (it was perfect, not too cold but a bit breezy.)

2. Variety (every gallery had something different to offer. The mediums were different and the scale of the works went from small to immense.)

3. Concept (As much as I appreciate and respect political work, I just can't help but admire a subject that goes beyond issues of society.)

Speaking of concept, good lord was the Maya Lin exhibit amazing.

I honestly can't say anything better than that for Maya Lin. I was impressed enough by looking at the piece from outside of the gallery; but upon closer inspection I realized that what I was looking at was a wondrous behemoth consisting of 50,000 2x4's. 50,000?? REALLY!? All that was running in the back of my head was, "as expected from the individual who gave us the Vietnam Wall Memorial".

The James Turrell exhibition was also intriguing with all of the colored lights and mirrors. In addition to that, the vastness of the gallery space and the lack of ambient light apart from the colored light used in the work really brought about a very enjoyable and exhilarating atmosphere.