This is the post you must have been waiting anxiously for. Sleep
heavy and easy tonight, as the time has finally come. This post will explain my
experience on February 27, as I attended the art gallery openings on Chung King
Road in LA’s Chinatown. This night was the first time I had been to Chinatown
and also the first time I had been to an art gallery.
After reading about the event online and hearing Professor
Hansen discuss it, I knew it would be crucial if to properly fuel myself for an
intense experience. Therefore, I went to Yang Chow Chinese Restaurant to
(attempt) to eat. However, the line was out the door, the wait was about two
hours. If I had made a reservation, I could have avoided this most disappointing
of experiences, yet I did not even think to make a reservation. At this point,
I was hungry, cold, and embarrassed (you could say showing up to a restaurant
that is full is not a baller way to start off a date.) Yet as determined as
ever, I pulled out my iPhone and opened the always trusty Yelp app. With little
time, I took a gamble and walked to the Plum Tree Inn, and was relieved when I
was seated. After eating plates full of egg rolls, fried rice, orange chicken,
and walnut shrimp, I was sufficiently full enough to venture to the art
galleries.
As I approached the eerie alley, known as Chung King Road, I
started to feel out of my element. From my perspective, it seemed like
everybody knew everybody and people also seemed like they had a plan, unlike
me, who wondered from exhibit to exhibit randomly. As I experienced each new
piece of art and discovered how thought-provoking so many of the pieces are, I
started to enjoy the experience more. Specifically, I thought the Emma
Sulkowicz exhibit was unique and something that I had never experienced before.
I found it interesting how she acted annoyed when you interacted with her. The other galleries were less memorable than the gallery with Sulkowicz's art, yet I do remember there was a gallery that had dolls made of glue, tape, and popsicle sticks. I felt that the dolls were pretty distributing. On the other hand, I found the art on the bottom right and top of this post aesthetically interesting and awesome, so there were positives to this experience too.
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