Event: Disquieted Fieldtrip

A couple days before the last day of Disquieted, our class took a field trip to see it. I was very interested in what the exhibit had to offer me, but I hadn't made the time to go before then. I regret that now, since I was only able to go once because of my hesitation.
I didn't know before I showed up at the show that two of the artists were Japanese artists whose work I had been looking at for a couple years: Takashi Murakami and Chiho Aoshima.
Of all the work on display, these who artists' work were the ones that effected me the most. I didn't realize that Murakami's work was so incredibly large. The metalic shine on the larger of his pieces made me think that it was printed on metal. I was shocked to read that it was actually just really carefully painted canvas.
A while ago I bought a book on the art of women from Japan, and Chiho Aoshima was a featured artist in it. I was very impressed by her work, and on occasion, I still go back and look at it. I was amazed when I went upstairs and found two pieces by her. The first was a sculpture, and the second was a very long print with a shiny surface on it. It was amazing.
I wanted to leave and go work on my own work after I looked at the work of the artists featured in the show. It was very inspiring.