
Browse the reactions of other viewers to Viola's work below.
These reactions were submitted to this site between January 17 and April 28, 2003. The site is now closed to new reactions.
The opinions presented here may have been edited and do not reflect the opinions of the Getty.
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Posted 1/15/03 by Sejal in Los Angeles
I would like to respond to the person who noticed that some of the actors are re-used in these videos. It's
a good point because it makes you wonder, "What's their relationship to the artist?"

Posted 1/15/03 by Nick in London
It's really remarkable to see so many different emotional faces from one person all at once, as in
Six Heads. You usually see only
one emotion at a time from someone. It's quite like a comic strip.

Posted 1/15/03 by Lourdes in Los Angeles
Viola seems to be re-using the actors in these videos. It annoys me. The singularity of each piece is lost.

Posted 1/15/03 by Veronika in Washington, D.C.
Emergence could also be a
baptism scene.

Posted 1/15/03 by Stephanie in Culver City, CA
How many works are in the exhibition?
There are 13 works in this exhibition. You can see a complete list on the
Checklist and credits page on this site.

Posted 1/15/03 by Carolyn
You say that Viola mentioned seeing someone worship a statue in a museum in Tokyo. I have seen people in
the galleries of the Getty Museum, especially in the medieval galleries, making the sign of the cross in front
of some of the European altarpieces and paintings. I think much art can serve this spiritual purpose as well.

Posted 1/15/03 by Kathy
This exhibition really shows how contemporary art relates to older art.

Posted 1/14/03 by Gwen Stower in Philadelphia, PA
Silent Mountain is claustrophobic
and sad.

Posted 1/14/03 by Dawn Geandreau in Chico, CA
Silent Mountain is AMAZING! I love
how the emotions travel from extreme to extreme. Thank you for putting this up!

Posted 1/10/03 by Tara in Renton, WA
Do you know if The Quintet of the
Astonished was on view at the Met last spring? I think that is the work I saw there. It was
amazing.
Viola has created quite a few works using the Quintet theme—a group of 5 actors
moving through various emotional states. Quintet of
the Astonished is the only one displayed in this particular exhibition. You can find a list of
past exhibitions of Viola's work on his Web site:
http://www.billviola.com.

Posted 1/9/03 by Mark in Los Angeles, CA
Were the two people in Locked
Garden standing next to each other, when the video was filmed?
They were not standing together when it was filmed. After viewing the two videos
together Viola decided to incorporate them into the same piece. For more about this, see
The Locked Garden "Two Videos Become One"
in The Art section of this site.

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