Night At The Museum

I really enjoyed the night at the museum trip. I found it really interesting to view a bunch of different art works from various different genres and seeing how different people view them as well. I enjoy going to museums typically, but this one was one I never seen or been to before. So this was a really interesting trip overall for me. The bus ride was not that bad overall. Im glad we were able to all travel together rather than us having to individually go and leave since that would have been a hassle to do. Getting there, I was able to see some old friends that I went to high school with since this was an event for all of the Macaulay ’29 class from all the CUNY’s which was nice. They had a nice beginning presentation describing the purpose of this trip that didn’t go well due to some technical difficulties but it was still funny. Then the trip really began.

With the amount of time that we had I was able to go through all of the different exhibits on the 5th floor at least 3 times so I got a good look of what was around. I was not disappointed in the slightest. I liked how they incorporated a lot of different styles of art with also different time periods of art as well. I really liked the addition of the newer art that is added since it talked a lot about modern topics. In fact, one of my favorite pieces was a piece from 2017.

This was one of my favorite pieces from the exhibit titled Shifting The Gaze by Titus Kaphar. This piece was made as a way to battle the other old paintings that had slaves blocked out and only shined light on the slave owners/royalty in the painting. It was a really powerful piece for me since I took an AP African American Studies class in high school so I was able to understand the history behind the art pieces that blocked out/redacted slaves so to finally see one that challenges that idea in such a way is really touching. Especially for it to be displayed in a museum at that. That alone speaks volumes in many different ways that shows how the professional art scene is accepting art that can be deemed controversial to emphasize a message that isn’t deemed good enough.