Category: Reflections
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I would like to see some more modern art in the American art exhibit in the future. Having representation of art from different eras is very important. The American art exhibit does a fantastic job as this, but there is not much modern art representation. Modern-art needs to be preserved so that this era can…
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In the nude section of the 5th floor gallery, a piece titled “My Friend Will Be Me” by Sasha Gordon stands out boldly from the rest. It shows a persona of the artist, a woman with otherworldly purple skin with a big smile, in the middle of painting a nude study of herself, which had…
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Going into the Night at the Museum as a pre-med student, I initially thought the event wasn’t really for me. Sure, the Art Majors would probably have a blast, but what relevance could art have to my field or future goals? Then I spoke to an upperclassman friend who was taking a Human Anatomy class,…
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Bring a Folding Chair: A Portrait of Shirley Chisholm by Bisa Butler When I saw this art, I was struck by the color contrast in it using unique shades. At first, the green background made me think of nature and calmness. I even wondered if Chisholm was connected to environmental activism. But I realized that…
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In this museum, I see the universal struggles I and many other New Yorkers face in our everyday lives. There are artworks in the museum that address severe underlying issues in not only this city, but this nation as a whole. A prime example of this is Sebastian Errazuriz’s “We are the 99%,” a provocative…
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I can relate my current major, accounting, to the Night at the Museum due to the ways you can interpret different pieces. While me and my group were walking around, I realized each of us had different opinions when it came to determining the purpose and meaning of the different pieces. Accounting isn’t just about…
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Iago’s Mirror by Fred Wilson was the piece of art that stood out the most to me. After endless minutes of walking around all the exhibits on the fifth floor. On the fourth time, I fully looped around all of them and including a quick bathroom break. The intricate designs on the black mirrors were…
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In comparison to my previous ideas about museums, this experience has reinforced or challenged those ideas because I used to be an avid hater of museums. I thought they were boring and time consuming, however throughout macaulay I have learned how to be a critical museum visitor and really broadened my scope. I’ve learned that…
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I feel that among everybody around me I feel a little international because of my mixed heritage so my relation to all of the American art is mixed as well. It’s my hope I can find common ground with my peers in the future
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When I typically go to museums I have to find interest in other cultures and countries, which is fine. I have no problem learning new things, but the lack it representation in most museums creates no meaningful connection to audience of minorities. I can spend hours in a museum just looking for a small section…
