My favorite gallery that I visited was 4 culture. The video's towards the back of the gallery were what really got me. The artist had 3 videos, one on a wall in which he walked backwards through a forest with the help of mirror that was attached to his torso and two other videos that were projected onto the same structure but on opposite sides so the viewer was able to see what was going on in the obstruction that he was wearing as well as an external view as he walked down a trail. The videos themselves weren't quite exciting (though the presentation of the two pieces was) but it was the concept that sparked my interest. In his artist statement he stated that his pieces were an exploration in self and how we view ourselves as well as others. The concept of self is a very reoccurring theme throughout the art world, and has been ever since the modern era has past, though it's always great to see a variety of approaches to the same concept; just like it was when we had the same prompts for our books.
My least favorite gallery was the punch gallery which had the pieces of the cracked landscapes. Although it was visually cool it just became too repetitive to me, I understand that cracked landscapes may be this artist's thing but I would have liked to see more coherence within each piece if they all had the same theme. If I were the person I would have made all the pieces part of a panaramic view of a landscape that would have been awesome! It was a good concept, visually appealing, but personally didn't grasp my attention to want to further my interest in each piece, it was more of a glance over each piece and then on to the next one to see what they had done different from the previous one.
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