For our museum visit, we went to MASS MoCA. The artist whose work I enjoyed the most was Sol Lewitt. His work took up an entire building of three floors. His work was called "A Wall Drawing Retrospective". Each wall was designed differently using different lines, colors, and shapes. This was very overwhelming in my opinion because I felt surrounded and the colors clashed, making it difficult to look at. I found it very interesting that he did not actually paint any of the walls. He left directions and had students come in and create the walls. These walls were finally completed by 65 art students in 6 months. This exhibit opened in November of 2008 and is to remain open for 25 years until 2033.
This video shows the artists creating one of the walls. The wall they are working on in this video is called "Whirls and Twirls". When this was being created, the artists needed to make sure that two strips of the same color never touched, so they color coded each section using post-its.
http://www.massmoca.org/event_details.php?id=27
Here are some pictures that I had taken on the visit:
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