Chelsea has an immense amount of things to do in its little borough, including visiting a really hip modern art gallery, just a couple of blocks down from our dorm. There were a bunch of wacky (and grotesque) exhibits, but I only photographed the non-stomach-churning bits. :)
The rock room: every rock plinth had a different variation of size and color, and atop each one was a tiny paper cross. I couldn't figure out the meaning behind the spacing, but this shot gives you an idea of how big the room was and how spaced out they were.
Here is a really funky sculpture made of hair, glass, plaster, wire, paint, you name it, it probably has it. That's Anna, my museum buddy.
The paint appeared wet, but obviously just an artistic technique..?
Paint stalagmite!
Three piece exhibit by the same artist: he used the same wet paint dripping idea for all three pieces, but in different ways.
Crystalized model cathedrals.
The pictures below are from my favorite part of the exhibit.
This artist was killer at making sculptures with different types of objects! It was so cool!
There was an entire circle of these (shakespearian?) characters, and you could physically enter the circle and were surrounded by them. It was so trippy!
This little family of sculptures was also incredibly interesting, but a little more creepy.
Close up of the super bizarre girl!
The platform the sculpture family was sitting on. They looked like logs, but when you came to the side, you could see they were incredibly detailed hollow pieces of sculpture. So intense!
The last exhibit completely blew my mind! Below is a picture of it, but you have to be there to truly experience it. The concept is simple: There is a room, with a floor, and on this floor is a whollleee bunch of "petrol." But the concept doesn't do the effect justice. This entire room is reflected off of the oil floor, and the longer you look at it, the less sure you become of what you are actually looking at. The reflection isn't a true reflection- the colors are different, the angles are opposite, and you start to wonder if there really is a floor. It's fantastic!
I might just have to go back to the petrol room one more time before I leave here (plus all the museums are free!) :)
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