Sightlines
Does this gallery enable various sightlines (lack of interruption or multiple vantage points) to engage new methods for viewing objects? Does this depart from other museum visits?
This gallery absolutely enabled various sightlines which helped me view objects very differently from ever before. By having some objects and pieces of work in the middle of the room, on the floor and in the corners of the room while others were hung on the wall, I was able to walk around the objects and see every side and corner to the piece which allowed me to analyze the pieces to a greater extent. For example, the "up" and "down" pieces were by far my favorite and if they were hung on a wall I wouldn't have been able to feel the full effect of the piece. I liked how this was very different from all the other museums we have visited. It gets boring when the whole museum is just paintings and drawings hung on a wall. By having pieces in the middle and on the sides of the room, we are able to have more of an "interactive" experience, which makes my visits more intriguing.
Didactics
The galleries present minimal text in relation to the art. Is the text adequate? Do you desire more information –and if so –what information would you appreciate?
I feel torn on this question. I have never been one to analyze art or really have that creative of a mind to figure out what the artist was thinking while creating their pieces of art. So usually I desire more information than just the name. Many times I like to know the background of the artwork so maybe where they were when they did the painting, what were their influences, what was the artists background, etc. The Saatchi Gallery really only provided the name of the piece. So the reason why I am torn is because this artwork was so unique and so different than anything we've seen before and so in a way I really liked that they only gave us the name of the piece because then we were able to use our own minds and analyze the art in our own way, basically being "artists" ourselves, which could have been the intent of the artist. On the other hand, many times I had zero idea of what the art was and I became incredibly frustrated and would just walk right past the art not allowing myself to fully appreciate it for what it was. So overall, I was incredibly happy that we had a tour guide for the beginning of our class. She was so helpful because by her explaining the pieces of artwork that I would have never guessed what they were, I was really able to understand the piece of art and was able to spend more time at the piece examining it. Overall, if a museum isn't going to have an adequate amount of text to describe the pieces then I would prefer having a tour guide explaining some of the pieces.
Collection
Do you find the works on view more adventurous than museums? Or is some of the work questionable in craft, subject matter, and composition?
Absolutely. I thought the work in the Saatchi Gallery was incredibly diverse and multifaceted. Although I did feel violated and a bit uncomfortable by some of the work (the SPAM piece), overall I really enjoyed the pieces. I liked how the work wasn't from artists that everyone knows but rather they were new and up and coming artists who wanted to be seen. The gallery wasn't trying to compete with anything or anyone, the pieces weren't regarded as successful or popular. This gallery allowed me to open up my mind and reach into my creative side and figure out what these objects and pieces of art represented. I also liked (in relation to the first question) how differently organized this gallery was with some art being in the middle and on the sides of the room and others being hung on the walls. I also liked how it wasn't all paintings and drawings. Some were pictures, sculptures, collages, posters, etc. It was just a random assortment (or what seemed to be) of different types of art and it really made my brain's wheels turn.
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