Olga Vanyushina

Review of Garage Center for Contemporary...

Couldn't understand why I feel so pressured and do...

Couldn't understand why I feel so pressured and do not enjoy visiting Garage. Today I realised: you don't enjoy because of employees and security. Unlike any other contemporary museum in New York, Amsterdam and other cities, you feel yourself a criminal who came to steal art objects. And all that for your money! You've been watched the whole time you're in Garage as if you are a criminal! The faces of employees and security are stone like. Typical soviet stoned faces. Not sure if they know how to smile. They have an air as if they came down to allow you to watch precious art objects. You feel constantly guarded and you feel how their eyes are just constantly on you. Everytime you meet eyes of security and employees you see unfriendly cold faces. I have visited numerous museums around the globe, and I'm an avid museum goer, but I have never felt anything like that in other museums.