Posted By: Casey LaChapelle
Los Carpinteros
Since my roommates all had different schedules it was hard for us to figure out where to go for our museum project. We finally decided on taking a trip up to Skidmore in Saratoga. It was close, convenient and we were all able to attend.
The first thing that I noticed when I walked in was how open the museum was. There was a lot of exhibit space that wasn't used. Looking into one of the rooms before we headed upstairs was a roller coaster looking bed, before we moved on I thought that was going to be the most interesting piece in the place.
As we went upstairs, I couldn't help but feel like we were being watched and followed...and in fact we were, it made us feel really uncomfortable. As we were looking at the artwork, the guy that was working there was standing behind us, it made us feel really rushed and didn't allow for a very good experience. We quickly drifted through the upstairs portion and went back downstairs to get a closer look of the bed, once again a different worker was following us around. We decided to head out as we weren't even enjoying ourselves with these people on our backs the whole time.
While I was at the museum, the roller coaster looking bed was definitely the highlight. The picture above doesn't do it any justice, this thing was huge and looked very contemporary. The whole aspect of this exhibit was that the artist took everyday objects and turned them into fantastical objects.
Overall I would grade my art museum experience a C. Some of the stuff looked interesting, but it was as if we weren't allowed to look at our own pace and it became annoying.
The first thing that I noticed when I walked in was how open the museum was. There was a lot of exhibit space that wasn't used. Looking into one of the rooms before we headed upstairs was a roller coaster looking bed, before we moved on I thought that was going to be the most interesting piece in the place.
As we went upstairs, I couldn't help but feel like we were being watched and followed...and in fact we were, it made us feel really uncomfortable. As we were looking at the artwork, the guy that was working there was standing behind us, it made us feel really rushed and didn't allow for a very good experience. We quickly drifted through the upstairs portion and went back downstairs to get a closer look of the bed, once again a different worker was following us around. We decided to head out as we weren't even enjoying ourselves with these people on our backs the whole time.
While I was at the museum, the roller coaster looking bed was definitely the highlight. The picture above doesn't do it any justice, this thing was huge and looked very contemporary. The whole aspect of this exhibit was that the artist took everyday objects and turned them into fantastical objects.
Overall I would grade my art museum experience a C. Some of the stuff looked interesting, but it was as if we weren't allowed to look at our own pace and it became annoying.
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