ICA -- Sarah Foreman

I enjoyed my trip to the ICA. Definately unlike any other art museum I've ever visited before. All of the exhibits that were very captivating. I think by far the most enthralling piece was Chiho Aoshima's "The Divine Gas." I have never seen anything like it before. Created using digital art and inkjet printing onto adhesive vinyl pieces, Aoshima's piece is definately not lacking personality. Two of my favorite aspects of the artwork were the plumes of flowing gas, and the reflection of the day-time and night-time cities in the girls eyes. The attention paid to detail in this piece truly astounds me. It is truly an ecclectic combination of ideas. It is such an overpowering piece in the museum that I found it actually really hard to not spend alot of time taking it in.
In general this is not the type of art that would normally appeal to me, but it is definately worth investigating. This piece gave me an underlying feeling of chaos vs. order. The lights and the darks and the different creatures and people and details seemed to carry that kind of tone to me. The other astounding fact about this piece is its actual size. 26 ft 2in by 40 ft 1 in is an increadible amount of space to take up. I cannot imagine the amount of time and thought that went into its creation.
My other favorite part about the museum was definately the computer lab with the really cool view of the water. This room was unlike any room I have ever been in and I definately think everybody should visit it! All in all, my trip was a good one, and despite its unconventional nature, I do reccomend a visit to the ICA.