Aleksandr Gorbatenko – Mishkin Art Gallery

Similarly to what everybody else said, the Mishkin Art Gallery was not at all what I expected. I was very surprised to see what it actually was because I thought that it would consist of much more than just framed pictures in a small room. Of course, as far as framed pictures in a small room go, this exhibit was somewhat interesting in the sense that it incorporated within itself such a great deal of different ideas and topics. This is pretty rare for me to say because just like others have mentioned before me, I am not the biggest fan of all the artsy stuff and this exhibit was not exactly where I was dying to go from the very beginning, but it did not turn out to be too bad and it was pretty interesting and not very time consuming. Dr. Kraskin was the one giving the tour and in terms of tour guiding the experience was a success because even though the pictures might not have been interesting at all to the naked eye, the fact that she was there and was describing different aspects in such great detail definitely added to the experience and allowed me to understand things that that I would not ordinarily understand and extract from regular pictures or photographs. However, judging from the fact that this tour was like and seemed as if it was a private one, I would say that it would be an understatement to say that this gallery is not the most popular destination for students of Baruch College. There are definitely many different ways in which the gallery could be made into a much more engaging experience that would both make it more interesting and allow for a much more populated flow of people to its doors. Nonetheless, it was not a bad experience and definitely something worth experiencing and it was a good way of fulfilling our LC’s art workshop requirement.