The Dia was really great a lot of great artist were in this museum such as Andy Warhol, Walter De Maria, Fred Sandback, Robert Smithson, On Kawara, Donald Judd, and many more.
Donald Judd’s piece I believe is called “wall” really blew me away. It a really simple piece but it really made me think hard on why I think the way that I do. Where do my preconceptions come from? This piece threw off my equilibrium. When I noticed the wall I wondered, whats going to be at the bottom; is it going to scare me? Will it be good? Will it interest me? I wonder if there is a alligator down there? And the closer I got the more I wondered what was behind the wall. Then next thing I know I can see over the wall and its just a slope from the top edge of the wall to the corner meeting the wall and floor. This conceptual piece works for me because it works with the viewers imagination as well as the viewers interactions with the piece. Easily anyone can miss this piece and just walk right by it.
And just for kicks and entertainment our tour guide said “aah”’s and “eeh”’s through out the tour 155 times YES I did keep count after the first 5 min when I realized that he would be doing it a lot through out the tour, and he also said “Blah blah blah” 12 times when he was assuming that we all knew what he was talking about.
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