Tuesday, 13 October 2009

Royal Academy of Arts Visited!

Ok so this morning i went to the Royal Academy of Arts to see those two exhibitions, mixed emotions to be honest, somethings were better than others.
Anish Kapoor was a bit of a disappoinment for me to be honest, after paying £8, a whole £8 more than the Tate i was expecting good things. To add to the misery i wasnt even allowed to take photos of the few things i liked. The sheer scale of some of his work amazed me, but i went there to be inspired by sculptures that explore space but i left more confused than anything. one piece named 'shooting into the corner' had an interesting concept, there was a cannon projecting 20pound pieces of red wax at 50mph through a doorway and into the corner of the following room. Although a good concept the clay was projectd with little force to make a dramatic live piece of art that the pubic could enjoy at 20minute intervals, instead many people would be cramped into a small space, built up with excitment as the artists helper preped the cannon only to be met wit a load bang and a second of undramatic flinging of red wax. Yes i did i liked the concept but i did dislike just as much! The live act doesnt rightly portray the reasoning behind the art, the Academy states "the drama of Shooting into the corner takes place in a space set apart, rather like a boxing ring, a ritual arena in which a symbolic act of violence is allowed to occur", yes it does portray this but for me its just not strong enough, but then again i wouldnt say my thinking patterns are the same as some of the wacky artists and art critics out there!

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