Reflection to Gauguin Exhibit (SAM)

After seeing the Gauguin exhibit at the SAM, I'm left with mixed feelings. As far as his work goes, the style he has doesn't particularly appeal to me. On the other hand, it's always overwhelming seeing a persona entire lifetime of work. Seeing walls of rooms lined with his work and seeing his life laid out before me, it's so overwhelming an leaves me in awe- I can't imagine ever creating that much work, let alone it all being in a gallery with so many people coming from far and wide to see it. Overall, I enjoyed the show, despite not being the biggest fan of some of his work.

Reflection on "Eyes of The Skin" (Performance piece at The Henry)

Seeing "Eyes of the Skin" is an experience I will never forget, and is the first performance piece I've seen that I've felt connected to. It began with the dancers dispersed throughout the halls and main gallery, which I found to be extremely powerful. The space which the dancers occupied was in the area where we were walking through and standing in moments earlier to view the pieces on the wall, which brought attention to the fact that everywhere could be used to display art - to me, this was something I hadn't paid much attention to, but for some reason I had never thought of the place where you stand in a gallery to be a part of the gallery, despite being in the same place. To me, art is surrounded my a metaphorical bubble, and within that bubble is art and a place for it to be displayed, but I'd never thought much of
could get up-close and personal with the dancers, there was a sense of intimacy felt between the viewer and the dancers. At the same time, I felt as though the dancera ruled the space. Their movements throughout the gallery were vey slow and controlled, and it made me feel as though we, as viewers, were not allowed to move faster than them. This made passing the a bit awkward, seeing as you felt you were interrupting because (back to the idea of there being a bubble around art) you felt unsure how far you should remain in order to not interupt.