Chapter 4 - Table and Four Chairs

Table and Four Chairs - By Robert Therrien

As you enter the Tate Modern Art Gallery and go up the first flight of stairs; the first room you enter is quite large, but as you walk in, you're overcome with a "wow" feeling. As you walk in, you are able to feel the room has an airy feeling, though the room makes you feel automatically cold and chilly.

The art piece towers above your head, though the art piece may be quite large, it does not make the room seem small. You would think that such a large table, surrounded by 4 large chairs would fill a room, however it doesn't make the room seem any smaller than if it were an average table, in an average sized dining room. The only thing that seems small in the room is the people; you feel as if you're the odd object. The art makes you as a viewer feel small and inferior.

The room itself is bright, from the white walls and bright lighting. This is another thing that makes you focus your sights on how the large art does not stand out, with the brightness off the walls, and the darkness of the arts material; it makes you think the art is meant to be there.

However if this piece of art were to be placed in the middle of a field, I don't think you would have the same response, as you would, with it being in an art gallery.
In the gallery it's a work of art, something that matters to people. If it were placed in a field, it would be more of a climbing apparatus, for children to play upon, than something to respect and appreciate.