The Gates is a piece in which I don't really know how I feel, yes its interesting from an aerial view, and its not really a bother to the people in the park, however the part I don't understand is that they spent 21 million dollars on the gates, and when asked what they want people to feel when experiencing it they say "nothing, its up to the viewer, we like all true artists make the work for ourselves, and if other people like it then OK."
That's one thing if you are buying up some space in a gallery to display your work, its a whole other selfish thing to thrust your work onto millions of people in one of the biggest public parks there is and say "we dont care how you feel about it" kind of rubs me the wrong way, also their is no real artistic skill its more of an experience which is certainly what Jean Claude and Cristo are about.
as a side note however the work of Cai Guo-Qiang is very visually interesting, there could be symbolism behind it or not, but almost anyone could come into that gallery and really enjoy the experience, His work is very cool, and actually quite entertaining
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