Andreina's magic land: “Chelsea Galleries Reaction”

For this field trip, we had the opportunity to go the Chelsea Galleries. In these galleries we could actually observe the artwork of many different artist, but also you could buy the artwork that were in the galleries. The purpose of this field trip was to look for any pieces that we like/dislike to buy and why. Therefore, I felt like a rich artist walking around the Chelsea Galleries pretending that I was going to spend thousands of dollars.

The two artwork that I liked were actually in the Tania Bonakdar Gallery in the exhibition of Ernesto Neto: Slow iis good. When I first saw his artwork, it remains me of my country because there are some places that have this kind of stuff. However, what I really liked about his work was that everything in his exhibition looks so simple but at the same time beautiful, he did not exaggerate like many artist do. Also, all the artwork that I got to see was a very good investment because almost everything in there have like a double function; first, it can be use a decoration like the Sound Way that have little bells on the bottom and while people walk through it, if they touch the sound way, it sounds. And second, people can place it in the playground for their children like The Island Bird which is a humongous artwork that is hanging from the roof and children but also people can get in it and walk through it, and somehow it looks like a bird with its open wings. So, these two artworks I would definitely put it on display not only because they look beautiful and fun, but also because both of them are very practical.

On the other hand, the other two artwork that I disliked where in different galleries. The first one was in the Gagosian Gallery with the exhibitions of Richard Avedon: Murals & Portraits. When I saw his artwork I was not impressed with it because pictures and portraits are very common in this days, and I do not considered as art because anyone can take a picture and place in a white background. Moreover, I would not invest my money to buy somebody else portrait because I rather prefer to have a picture of myself or my family than a stranger. So, this is an artwork that I would keep it in the darkness of a storage. On the contrary, the other artwork was in the Gladstone Gallery that was exhibiting Anisk Kapoor's work. One of the reason I disliked her artwork was because she only used one medium which was concrete, and when somebody talk to me about art I think in creativity using a variety of material to come up with something different and original. Also, some of the concrete sculpture shape looked like human feces. I think that if she could use some painting on it, it would look better to me even though one of the characteristics of this sculpture was the natural of the concrete color. Similarly to the pictures and portraits of Avedon, I wouldn't invest any money on this artwork, and both portrait and sculpture will share a room in a storage.

In conclusion, it was super fascinating walking through the Chelsea Galleries because it helped me to know a little bit more about my lovely and noisy city. I enjoyed looking at different excitations because I loved most of the artwork even though there were some that disappointed me as usual. However, you don't need to be rich to take a walk around the galleries where you have the opportunity to know about different artist, and you never know if you going to find your favorite artist exhibition over there. To sum up, after everybody is done observing the galleries, they can also go into the bridge where you can seat and rest from the long walk between the galleries.

Ernesto Neto: Slow iis good

"The Island Bird."

2012.