Today was great from the very beginning because I was finally able to get some
sleep! Sarah lives 15 minutes from Dia: Beacon and only about 5 from Storm King Art Park, so we knew we'd be doing a lot less traveling. We definitely did not do any less sightseeing though. The day was filled with art.... and also with landscape at Storm King.
Once Vincent, Christian, and Paige arrived from Long Island, our first stop was Dia: Beacon. I was really excited to see the pieces done by Richard Serra simply because I had heard so much about them. I wasn't let down. Vincent and I had a lot of fun walking through his sculptures and experiencing how different spaces can change how you feel. Even though the size of the walkway didn't change, the walls narrowed at the top in certain places and made us extremely uncomfortable. We also
experienced a strange sensation when we walked into another one of the sculptures in the museum. Walls were created out of layers of a foam or fabric-type material, and when you walked into the narrow walkway between them, it felt as if your ears were plugged! I didn't really enjoy some of the exhibits, but I really appreciated the work done by Sol LeWitt and On Kawara, particularly for the precision that was evident in their pieces. Unfortunately, we weren't able to take pictures in the museum, so I tried to capture the experience by writing notes on the floor plan they gave us. Since I am doing this later after my visit, I know some of the essence has been lost, but it still serves as a reminder of the visit.
sleep! Sarah lives 15 minutes from Dia: Beacon and only about 5 from Storm King Art Park, so we knew we'd be doing a lot less traveling. We definitely did not do any less sightseeing though. The day was filled with art.... and also with landscape at Storm King.
Once Vincent, Christian, and Paige arrived from Long Island, our first stop was Dia: Beacon. I was really excited to see the pieces done by Richard Serra simply because I had heard so much about them. I wasn't let down. Vincent and I had a lot of fun walking through his sculptures and experiencing how different spaces can change how you feel. Even though the size of the walkway didn't change, the walls narrowed at the top in certain places and made us extremely uncomfortable. We also
experienced a strange sensation when we walked into another one of the sculptures in the museum. Walls were created out of layers of a foam or fabric-type material, and when you walked into the narrow walkway between them, it felt as if your ears were plugged! I didn't really enjoy some of the exhibits, but I really appreciated the work done by Sol LeWitt and On Kawara, particularly for the precision that was evident in their pieces. Unfortunately, we weren't able to take pictures in the museum, so I tried to capture the experience by writing notes on the floor plan they gave us. Since I am doing this later after my visit, I know some of the essence has been lost, but it still serves as a reminder of the visit.
Storm King Art Park was our next stop, and we all had fun seeing the variety of different sculptures. We probably had a little too much fun trying to 'impersonate' the pieces that we saw. There were a few pieces here as well that I had heard a lot about previously, and I am glad that I was finally able to see. These included Maya Lin's Wave Field and Andy Goldsworthy's wall. We were able to interact a lot more with this landscape, and I think that's why it was one of the best places I've been to so far.
Pamella Selby.
