Sunday at the ICA in Boston

 

This past weekend I decided to spend my dreary Sunday afternoon at the Boston ICA along with my partner in crime LM.  The museum is situated on the harbor and is built where it overlooks the water, creating an incredible view from the large glass elevator.  I was a little shocked to find out that all the art was on the 4^th floor, with the 2^nd and 3^rd floors taken up by a theater, making me wonder how much art I was really going to see. 

Anish Kapoor’s “Past Present Future” exhibition took us a little bit by surprise when we first walked into the room and found ourselves face-to-face with a huge wavy fun house mirror.  Moving along we encountered a multitude of pieces that just begged to be interacted with, such as a hole in the wall that played tricks on your brain as to its depth, encouraging you to put your hand inside only to get a discerning look from a museum sentry.  

We wound our way around the museum and found the Sun sneezers blow light bubbles by Ranjani Shettar which were quite interesting to look at.  I could use those in my apartment for a really cool lighting system.  In another room was perhaps my favorite art of the whole museum.  The huge and glorious paintings by Mark Bradford with his incorporation of hodge-podge items, one of which I’m quite certain is chicken wire.  Another interesting artist was Robin Rhode who creates photographs that look like still frames of a basketball game or skateboarding, which was my favorite.

Funny enough I think my favorite part was the wall of glass overlooking the water that had an incredible view of the sailboats out in the harbor.  I guess it gives people a chance to absorb the mind bending things they’ve just seen and hopefully put it into a new perspective.  Because let’s be honest, after seeing a massive number of straight pens mooshed together to form a cube, you start to question your own definition of what art is.