We caught the subway all the way to Brooklyn to go to the Brooklyn Museum. There were lots of different exhibitions on different floors while we were there. I really liked The Black List Project by Timothy Greenfield-Sanders and Elvis Mitchell. Comprised of photographs, documentary film and a companion book, it displayed famous and successful African Americans like Chris Rock, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Serena Williams. Gilbert and George had an exhibition which was very interesting and different from anything I have seen yet on the tour. My favourite in their collection was probably Balls or The Evening Before The Morning After. Another exhibition was Burning Down the House, building a feminist art collection which had over 50 years of collections of works by artists that have risen above narrow roles imposed on women or challenged the status quo, fighting for equality and justice for all. Out of this exhibition, my favourite piece was by Edwina Sandys called Marriage Bed, which was a full size bed half covered in roses and the other half covered in nails depicting both the good and bad of married life. The Brooklyn Museum also had a contemporary art collection. My favourite collection was the Kehinde Wiley paintings, in particular Go, which was on the ceiling. We had to rush a little bit through the contemporary art section as we were running out of time, so I didn’t get a real good look at all the pieces of work, but all in all an enjoyable experience at the Brooklyn Museum.
After a quick lunch we jumped on the subway and headed uptown to go to the Whitney Museum of American Art. The Whitney consisted of five floors each with different exhibitions which were all very interesting. On the first floor Corin Hewitt’s Seed Stage exhibition was on display, which was only small but quite fascinating. Hewitt had photographs and an installation using organic and inorganic materials. I guess no one ever told him not to play with his food! On the second floor there were two exhibitions, the first called Progress which bought together works from the Whitney’s permanent collection. My favourite pieces in this were the works by Naum Gabo called Linear Construction in Space and Number 4; and also Nicholas Nixon’s Brown Sisters which consisted on four photographs of the same sisters aging over time. The third floor had William Eggleston’s collection Democratic Camera, Photographs and Video, 1961-2008. On this floor we had a group discussion about the works, talking about how the photographs use American vernacular to appeal to the American culture, creating monumental everyday snapshots that are aesthetically pleasing. Level four was probably my favourite, with Alexander Calder’s The Paris Years, which displayed his wire drawings and sculptures/mobiles. They were amazing works of art where you could clearly see the precision in each piece, displaying different shapes and balance between objects all working together to create movement. My favourite piece was Calder’s Circus, which had numerous parts to it, each depicting scenes seen at the circus. The fifth floor was The Whitney Collection and Signs of the Time, which were also really interesting. My favourite pieces on this level were Jasper Johns’ Three Flags, Burgoyne Diller’s Third Theme, and Sol LeWitt’s Scribbles. I really enjoyed going to the Whitney and after an extremely long day headed home on the subway for an early night.
After a quick lunch we jumped on the subway and headed uptown to go to the Whitney Museum of American Art. The Whitney consisted of five floors each with different exhibitions which were all very interesting. On the first floor Corin Hewitt’s Seed Stage exhibition was on display, which was only small but quite fascinating. Hewitt had photographs and an installation using organic and inorganic materials. I guess no one ever told him not to play with his food! On the second floor there were two exhibitions, the first called Progress which bought together works from the Whitney’s permanent collection. My favourite pieces in this were the works by Naum Gabo called Linear Construction in Space and Number 4; and also Nicholas Nixon’s Brown Sisters which consisted on four photographs of the same sisters aging over time. The third floor had William Eggleston’s collection Democratic Camera, Photographs and Video, 1961-2008. On this floor we had a group discussion about the works, talking about how the photographs use American vernacular to appeal to the American culture, creating monumental everyday snapshots that are aesthetically pleasing. Level four was probably my favourite, with Alexander Calder’s The Paris Years, which displayed his wire drawings and sculptures/mobiles. They were amazing works of art where you could clearly see the precision in each piece, displaying different shapes and balance between objects all working together to create movement. My favourite piece was Calder’s Circus, which had numerous parts to it, each depicting scenes seen at the circus. The fifth floor was The Whitney Collection and Signs of the Time, which were also really interesting. My favourite pieces on this level were Jasper Johns’ Three Flags, Burgoyne Diller’s Third Theme, and Sol LeWitt’s Scribbles. I really enjoyed going to the Whitney and after an extremely long day headed home on the subway for an early night.
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