On Sunday, September 7th we headed to the city to explore the Whitney Museum. The commute to the museum went very smoothly where we took the ferry and right after hopped on the 1 train to the museum. The city is a foreign place for me and I’ve only been to the city twice without my parents so being able to go with friends was a fun experience. The weather was gloomy and rainy but that didn’t stop us from walking 12 minutes to the museum. Once we got there me and a couple others got some overpriced food and drinks and waited for the rest of group to come. The tickets were free for people 18 and under so that was a bonus so once everyone came we entered this magical oceanic elevator to the top floor.
The 8th floor was Christine Sun Kim: All Day All Night exhibit that was drawings, paintings, and visual representations of the deaf community. The floor was filled with paintings and drawings that represented ASL and different perspectives of how deaf people view the world around them. This piece specifically spoke to me because it encapsulates what deaf people have to go through in their day to day lives.
The 7th floor was named “Untitled” America. This floor spoke to me a lot because there was a lot of beautiful pieces that were just amazing to look at whether or not I saw the true meaning within them. Many of the paintings had a lot going on within them with different textures and colors that made them mesmerizing to look at. These ones below really caught my eye with the designs and their colors.
The last floor we really explored was the 6th floor that had so many more physical sculptures and more visual pieces that were based around nature. There was this one sculpture that reminded me of Moana that was just so beautiful and like nothing I’ve ever seen.
At the end of our museum tour, we headed to the first floor where there was this vending machine with mini paintings where we got our keepsakes for the trip. I got the green central park bench and I felt like it was perfect for me because I love green so much. After that thanks to Khadijah, we went to koreatown for some goood food and we did karaoke. After that we parted ways and I was able to take the SIM bus home all the way to the front of my house which was just the perfect way to end the day. Overall the day was such a success as the museum was actually interesting where each floor had a different theme trying to convey different messages and we were able to bond as a group in NYC.
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