Art Gallery Visit

After visiting the WSU Art Museum, I felt I had a better understanding of the way to design a gallery space. When you enter the gallery, there needs to be a statement piece that sets the tone for the rest of the exhibit. The rest of the space is set up depending on how the artist wants the viewers to move through the space. For my personal preference, I would want viewers to move through a gallery more structurally following a definite pathway. In this specific set up, the gallery was more of an open space that had a large focal point piece in the center. The gallery manager said he placed this piece in the center to create movement around the piece so it could be viewed from all angles. All the other pieces were arranged on the walls surrounding the focal piece. The lighting used in the gallery was spot lighting. Some of the pieces were allowed more direct spot lighting than others because of the type of media used to create the piece. Overall I thought visiting the Museum was very informational.