I was quite excited last night on the way to the first night private view of the new Barbican exhibition of work by Anderson, Brown and Matta-Clark. To set the scene, the Barbican website puts it like this:
Performance artist and musician Laurie Anderson, choreographer Trisha Brown and artist Gordon Matta-Clark were friends and active participants in the New York art community, working fluidly between visual art and performance.
And I saw all three of those things. Unfortunately I left completely cold. Not one piece stirred any emotion in me. I didn't hate any of it. I didn't like any of it. I couldn't see the point in a lot of it. And I absolutely saw how important it must have been.
Shame really. I'm not saying don't go. If you do though and see something interesting or repulsive, or exciting, or terrible, let me know. That would be interesting to see.
