Something that I found interesting about Blue's talk was the idea of removing one's own art bias from the gallery space. Is that even possible? If you aren't judging a work on your own idea of "good art" what are you judging it on? The ideas of your colleagues? Some abstract idea of what the art world says is good? What is the bar by which art is judged if it isn't judged on a personal level?
I belive he said that he tried to focus on the art education and fulfillment of the rochester community. This is nobel goal, sure. But to assume that Blue knows what the Rochester community needs, rather than an insular bubble of the community that actually attend art shows, is naive. Also, what does that result in? What does the rochester community need- in the eyes of RC? Is it a diverse selection of work? Is it work that talks about ideas specific to the town? I guess there are a lot of unanswered questions. It'd be interesting to talk with Blue again, maybe at the members show.
Also, why do gallery spaces always have concrete floors? Standing on concrete floors for a long time is so painful. Or granite- looking at you every gallery in NYC. If I owned a gallery space I would make all of the floors that delightful foam they put in kindergarten classrooms.
wwww~ Is your hate of concrete floors what contributes to your dislike of museums? On that idea, it would be interesting to have an art space that is just as much about showing art as it is about creating art. (See Yayoi Kusama's Obliteration Room!)
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