Blog 5

Wexner Review

The current exhibit at the Wexner Center is Cubes and Anarchy by David Smith.  This was the second time that I had been to an exhibition there and the first was for Andy Warhol.  I wasn’t really impressed to be perfectly honest.  I read on one of the walls that he was trying to combine art and industry and I get that…I’m just not fond of the sculptures.  I’m sure that if I had spent more time with the art and had someone explain each piece to me, Smith’s “cubes” would had a greater impact on me.  Most of his pieces looked like a random arrangement of metal that was welded together but some did appear like there was something more to them.  One that I did like was smaller than the rest and seemed to have more detail.  I can’t remember the title of it but I do remember that he produced it in the 50’s.  That’s another thing!  At least two of his pieces were titled “Untitled.”  So he couldn’t think of a name for at least two pieces that he probably spent a lot of time on unless that was the point he was trying to make about industry.  Probably just answered my question but he still could have given them names.  That said, I’m probably not the person to ask about contemporary art because I will tell you that people have just gotten lazy.