Ernesto Pujol

On Tuesday, performance artist Ernesto Pujol visited the Spencer Museum to perform Visitation, a pilgrimage around the museum that he performed for 8 hours straight, leaving a trail of drawings and asking visitors to think about the societal gaze on the artist. While I'm not generally a fan of performance art, it was interesting to watch the small crowd of museum goers follow the artist around the galleries, approaching his drawings only after he moved on to another work. No one dared to approach him (although nothing said not to), and he had a small flock with him in the various galleries. A fascinating comment on how we are trained as museum-goers and how the public generally keeps a distance from the art/artist.