I was able to see the inherited traits exhibit twice so far. I was in attendance when the gallery first opened, and I was pretty intimidated by the overall atmosphere. I'm not that big into the art world, and being surrounded by people so interested in the work was fairly new for me. The first thing that caught my eye was Nina Katchadourian's "Genealogy of the Supermarket." I loved seeing the bold red wall paper in our new gray building. I really appreciated the humor in which the piece existed. Just the scale on it alone made the work seem to carry a sense of ultimate importance. I spent a lot of time just trying to recognize the different faces that I've seen so many times and the ways in which Nina connected them. I thought it was great how the family clearly had just as many oddities as most families do today. I like "Accent Elimination," but don't really see it as being too much of art. I'm really not a big fan of conceptual pieces. "The Nightgown Pictures" were cool, and I'm glad I was there when Nina herself explained the work.
My favorite of Heidi Kumao's pieces was "Translator." I really enjoy that the viewer is the one is charge of moving the girl. The first time I observed the piece I didn't realize that the projectors also were submitting sound. I really think the audio helps with the understanding of the work. I like the idea of the two couches being the mother and father who both see the girl in completely different ways yet still send her to the other. I respect the amount of work it would take to create "Transplant" and "Trace," but I just didn't enjoy them all that much. They were cool to look at for a while, but they were just two similar for me.
Overall I think the gallery was really great. Sarah Cunningham did a great job putting everything together, and I really liked hearing what she had to say about the works.
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