I started the day with a sleep-in, which was nice. Once ready, a group of us caught the subway uptown, where we walked along Park Ave and Lafayette St. These two streets were really nice, much more up-market with a few little boutiques which we browsed through. We had lunch at a little cafe before meeting up with the rest of the class at the Guggenheim Museum. I started at the top of the museum and worked my way down through all the collections and exhibitions. Mark Pennings also gave us a tour and explained the exhibits. I found the tour very helpful, as I do not study fine arts/visual art and I don’t really have much knowledge on the topic. The tour provided insight into what the artists were trying to accomplish with their art pieces and the meanings behind the creations.
The exhibition currently on is Theanyspacewhatever, which is comprised of various art works from numerous artists, on the relation of aesthetics. The aim is for the audience to experience things differently than they normally would in an art museum. The exhibition conveys art as an experience constituted by our relations with the art pieces. The art (objects) are an excuse to think about our experiences and relations with the art through interaction, creating social situations. One particular piece was the Cinema liberte & Bar Lounge, which consisted of a bar giving free coffee to people and lounges for everyone to sit on with a movie playing through a projector. The art was the interaction between people as they waited in line for the coffee or sat on the lounges. People became part of the art and in a sense created the art through their experience. I liked this idea, as most of the people in the museum didn’t seem to realise that their interaction was in fact part of the art. The Guggenheim experience was an insightful and learning one. Once again another great day in New York City.
The exhibition currently on is Theanyspacewhatever, which is comprised of various art works from numerous artists, on the relation of aesthetics. The aim is for the audience to experience things differently than they normally would in an art museum. The exhibition conveys art as an experience constituted by our relations with the art pieces. The art (objects) are an excuse to think about our experiences and relations with the art through interaction, creating social situations. One particular piece was the Cinema liberte & Bar Lounge, which consisted of a bar giving free coffee to people and lounges for everyone to sit on with a movie playing through a projector. The art was the interaction between people as they waited in line for the coffee or sat on the lounges. People became part of the art and in a sense created the art through their experience. I liked this idea, as most of the people in the museum didn’t seem to realise that their interaction was in fact part of the art. The Guggenheim experience was an insightful and learning one. Once again another great day in New York City.
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