A New Gallery Assistant
March 25th, 2010
Pier In/Out, 1973, Gordon Matta-Clark
In my first two months working as a Gallery Assistant at the Pulitzer Foundation for the Arts, I’ve been able to experience the galleries in much more depth than in my prior visits. As a result, I have a greater appreciation for the Pulitzer as a whole.
I first visited the galleries for Dan Flavin: Constructed Light and then Ideal (Dis-) Placements. I spent a maximum of two hours seeing the artworks, mindful of their surroundings, but not focused on the interactions between the artwork and the architecture. Now, I spend about thirteen hours a week with Urban Alchemy/Gordon Matta-Clark, and am grateful to fully experience Matta-Clark’s art, Tadao Ando’s architecture, and the interactions between the two. Read the rest of this entry »
