First Galleries

in the morning we head northeast into queens. an industrial area full of graffiti, a great opportunity for photos and creative inspiration. the first gallery we explored, called the sculpture center, was very appropriate to the neighborhood. most of the gallery was in a basement of an old warehouse. in the corridors and hallways of the basement, you, at times had to search for works in the shelving systems of the walls. a lot of the art was video-based. with a few painting and sculptures.

lunch

the moma ps1 was my first large scale art gallery experience. there were a lot of big names in the ps1, i was enthralled to see jeff koonz and chuck close. they had a large display of work by vik muniz, i had never heard of him before, but it was some of the most interesting work i had seen in ps1. the work was decieving, from far away it looked like a collection of works from different artitists, but when you approach the work, you realize he is drawing with things such as peanut butter and jelly, marbles, diamonds, ash, sand, caviare, to name a few, and then photographing these drawings.

after art, some of us drank pabst on the roof



at the sculpture center


corridor


hidden video art


large building covered in graffiti.