Art Gallery Visit #2

About The Exhibit:
Today I went to the Burchfield Penney Art Center on campus. There was one exhibit in particular that interested me. It was called "An Overabundance of Detail". The title is somewhat self explanatory because most of the work included that of artists who create intricate aesthetic experiences by focusing on minute variations and fluctuations in content and form. There was an explanation of the exhibition that said the following:  "A commitment to detail borders on obsession in some works; while in others, it reveals to us the unique nature of the objects presented. Large-scale pieces can entice from afar with rich patterns, examined closely they reveal precision. Smaller works, because of their tooling or architectural reference points, seem monumental. Works as varied as paintings, drawings, metal sculpture, and cake designs will illustrate different artist's use of extreme detail work." This is the link to the gallery: http://www.burchfieldpenney.org/

Physical Space:
The architecture was minimal and included only the basics: wooden floor, glass doors and tables to showcase the art on inside glass cases. The viewer was able to see every side of the work in the glass cases because we could walk all the way around them. The gallery had white walls and spotlights found throughout as well as a skylight. The movement was from the front to the back of the gallery although viewers have free movement within because of the spacing of the art. This is the floor plan of the gallery: http://www.burchfieldpenney.org/pdf/BPAC_Floor_Plan.pdf

About The Artwork:
It seemed like the artwork was arranged randomly or at least in a way that didn't seem to have any order to me at least. The works were at least a few feet away from each other leaving plenty of space for viewers to walk around. All of the artwork looked simple from afar but had intricate detail that was more obvious as you looked closer. There was a lot of different media used in all of the works. Most of them were 3 dimensional and therefore not framed. Each art work had a white card near it to identify and label the work of art.  The label included the title, artist, year and media used.