Category: Reflections
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This art made me feel calm. Even though the trees are all decimated, the ray of sun shining through the clouds gives off the feeling of the calm after the storm.
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The art piece I wanted to highlight in my response is “Shifting the Gaze” by Titus Kaphar. This painting caught my eye as soon as I saw it. The white streaks over the detailed painting behind it was so intriguing. Why would an artist cover up something so beautifully painted? As I read the small…
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The piece of art that invoked the strongest feelings in me today was Iago’s mirror by Fred Wilson. Its immense details and gothic aesthetic was so beautiful in my eyes that I stood in front of it for a long time. The lights from the ceiling reflected off certain crevices in the piece and really…
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As I came up to the top of the staircase, opened the fifth floor staircase door, I immediately noticed a blend of cultures, histories, and narratives that reminded me of the diverse and vibrant community I belong to in New York. It felt like I stepped into a brooklyn living room, the artwork from the…
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One of the pieces that really spoke to me was by Ernest Methuen Mancoba. Mancoba really challenged European and American perceptions of African creativity and its possibilities. Later in his career, Mancoba further defied conservative expectations for Black African artists, pioneering a shift beyond the tradition-based works. The artist moved toward abstraction and used energetic…
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This experience challenged my previous ideas about museums because there were so many themes mixed into the exhibit like the water, nudity, pull in a chair, floral, all mixed into the 5th floor. There were so many stories and pieces exhibited in this one place that it challenge my thought of a museum that specializes…
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A piece of art that really spoke to me was the piece “New York, Late afternoon, Winter” by Childe Hassam from 1900. It is a painting of lower Central Park on a chilly day in an NYC winter and it really spoke to me as it reminded me of the winters I experienced growing up…
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This experience challenged my previous ideas about museums. Before I came, I thought that just looking at everything would be remarkably boring. However, I was able to appreciate the depth of what I found. I appreciated the ancient Egyptians relics that were thousands of years old. I recognized that real people spent time making those,…
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The Acadians in the Achafalaya, “Evangeline,” by Joseph Rusling Meeker invoked a sense of tranquility and reflection, the overhanging branches of the trees throughout the lake convey a dark, calm and serene mood,
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This really challenged my idea that museums are boring. I think it was because I never went with people who wanted to dig deep into the idea the paintings had in them. I liked that exhibits for the 5th floor were all in a circle and so it leads you to go around and around…
