Reactions to Dia Beacon

I was a little nervous once I found out we were going to Dia Beacon because I heard most of the art work there was the stuff we learned in our conceptual studio class. I personally do not like learning about Conceptual Art but I actually really enjoyed the trip. There were some pieces that I was confused about but I found a lot of pieces that I really liked.

I liked how John Chamberlain used metal from cars and bumpers to make sculptures. The one in particular that I really liked was called The Privet. This piece reminded me of an underwater plant or sea coral. The colors were so vibrant and the pieces looked they were waving in the water. Since the sculture was so tall and wide I felt like I was submerged undersea in a coral reef. I really enjoyed this piece because it was visually pleasing.

The one installation I really enjoyed was Sol LeWitt's Drawning Series. I found these drawing to be astonishing. From far away all you can see is the values of color and not really the lines. Up close you can see the precision of each line and the different directions they are going in. I was amazed by how perfect the lines were drawn all at the same stroke. It was interesting how he introduced color into them too. Having them repeated on the walls make a really nice pattern. I was blown away by the craftsmenship and visual impact this series made.

I also really liked Andy Warhol's Shadows. All the walls in the room where covered in the print with acrylic paint in different colors along the walls. I really liked the simplicity of the prints there was only one shape with a shadow and you could not really tell what it was which made it more interesting. I think the piece is stronger that it is done in all these different colors because it makes it visually stimulating. This was my favorite room because you can just sit in that room and have all the colorful prints surround you and you can just look at them all.

Robert Smithson's pieces I also really enjoyed. All of the pieces involved mirrors or broken glass. There was a mirror in the sand and I thought it was cool because you can barely see your reflection in it when you stand in front of it. The mirror in the gravel was really cool because I thought it was just a mirror but when you looked into it you can see like a box inside of it.