Spotted: Obama Art, yet again!
We diverged a little further up Chelsea in order to visit Exit Art. We read the exhibition there was worth catching and it happened to be open during the holiday period so we were game.
Funny thing was that it was an exhibition responding to the 'turbulent times' (last Auckland Triennial anyone?). The idea was that the gallery space was turned into a labyrinth of sorts, where different artists were asked to do wall based projects on the labyrinth itself.
In theory, it sounded rather interesting. And after walking so many blocks to get there, we were expecting gold. Unfortunately, it was a rather disappointing show. Relying on the gimmick of the labyrinth with no cohesion between artists and their wall space whatsoever. There was also plenty of empty wall (I think it may or may not have been a work in progress) which, instead of acting like breathers or punctuation between artist to artist, acted as a visual annoyance, a distractive void perhaps. It also made it seem very empty. For so many artists (granted Exit Art is a largish space), and so many walls, it seemed like there really wasn't so much work. The work that was there, wasn't anything too exciting either.
Twas a rather boring show.
Or maybe we were expecting too much.
- Agnes
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