Thursday, September 14th, me and a group of friends went to the CANADA exhibit to see a piece of work by famous artist Bernadette Meyer. She was an artist from the 70’s and has a very eclectic taste of art based on her writings and art piece. The piece was in the back of the art gallery and for first sites it was a lot to grasp. If you go you will understand, but as it stands it is just a lot of pictures of her life from an age range of 3 to 31. So i had to think rationally. I started asking myself questions like why is 3 to 31 is important? What is the symbolism behind it? What is the message being conveyed? But first i asked myself a base question: what do i see?
What I saw were pictures but to me all the pictures looked the same. If you were to tell me that all the pictures were taken in the same year, i would believe you because they look like they were all taken on the same, if not similar, polaroid cameras. Then i thought, what does this similarity mean to the piece? Then my interpretation of the piece made sense. I believe the artist made the pictures look the same so she can show that she is the same. From the age of 3 to the age of 31 she has been the same person. of course maturity kicks in but her loves, her life, her soul are the same. Whomever she is today is not different from the person is was at 31 and not different from who she is now. Based on this I think that her piece is something that you would have to make your own interpretation on and if you do the address is 333 Broome Street. Go and explore her work. I would recommend the gallery to literally anyone.