Lower East Side Reaction

LES

Chelsea 

When looking at these two art work you can see that they are totally different. The artwork from Lower East Side appears to be more abstract than the art work from Chelsea. Compared to the Lower East Side galleries, i think that many people would enjoy Chelsea because it has a better scenery. Since the LES already have a bad reputation I was not expecting the scenery to be amazing as Chelsea. I think that the surrounding area of the LES did not affect how I viewed the work.  On the other hand Chelsea's surrounding did affect how i viewed the different galleries  the neighborhood more rich and beautiful than LES. Even though one neighborhood might be better than the other i still appriciate both art because their all in a gallery for a reason.

Public Art

This artwork was created a few years ago. The artwork includes three different types of fish, a lane snapper, a yellow tail snapper and a rock hind located Downtown Brooklyn. I see this beautiful work almost everyday since it is so close to my house. The title is "Fish Farm" by Ben Snead. It was very creative of Snead to enlarge these different fish and placing them on grass. Looking at this artwork, I think the artist was showing the beauty of these fish in a very large way or maybe he was trying to catch peoples attention. The artwork interact with its surroundings because its only a few blocks away from the hudson river. If this work was placed in another public location or private space my perception would not change because it would still have the same meaning behind it.




Ben Snead

"Fish Farm"

Sculpture

2012

Another Piece of art from Snead titled "Departures and Arrivals"

Created in 2009.