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art is art
Aug. 9th, 2017 11:06 pmWe took off work this afternoon to visit Forest Home cemetery again. This time on business - no photos. On the way back, we stopped at the art museum. First we saw Rashid Johnson's work.
It doesn't look like art, does it?
Its media comprises black steel, plants, grow-lights, books, electronics, a piano and shea butter.
We rented the audio tour, so we listened to an extended interview with the artist, so we heard the thought processes that went into this and the other pieces. It left me feeling that it's art if you can explain it. I'm not going to say I liked or disliked this piece. In fact, that's the problem - it didn't leave me feeling anything. I preferred the rest of the pieces there. Here's a Google link to what a lot of it looked like: link.
Here's Cindy interacting with a piece by Anthony McCall, called You and I, Horizontal (II).
It doesn't look like art, does it?
Its media comprises black steel, plants, grow-lights, books, electronics, a piano and shea butter.
We rented the audio tour, so we listened to an extended interview with the artist, so we heard the thought processes that went into this and the other pieces. It left me feeling that it's art if you can explain it. I'm not going to say I liked or disliked this piece. In fact, that's the problem - it didn't leave me feeling anything. I preferred the rest of the pieces there. Here's a Google link to what a lot of it looked like: link.
Here's Cindy interacting with a piece by Anthony McCall, called You and I, Horizontal (II).
