I chose to visit the New York State Museum to view the Bernice Abbott: Changing NewYork exhibit. According to the information on the exhibit wall, Bernice Abbott (1898-1991) left Ohio to experience New York City and study the sculpture and life there. Shewould model for artists to make a living in New York before becoming…
On a recent visit to the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), I had the pleasure of viewingsome of the works of Hal Fischer. This specific photo series from 1977, Gay Semiotics,describes a “lexicon of attraction” according to Fischer. More plainly, Fischer’sdocumentarian lens offers an academic insight into interpersonal signals for gay hook-up culture of the…
Joseph Grigely, White Noise (monochrome), 2000, oval-shaped room, conversations on whitepaper, pins, White Noise (polychrome), 2023, oval-shaped room, conversations on coloredpapers, pins, 2023, on view at MASS MoCA. In Joseph Grigely’s White Noise, you are immersed in the silent life of the artist. White Noise is a collection of notes passed to Joseph Grigely, who…
La Travesia / La Voyage, Gamaliel Rodriguez I visited Mass MoCA and viewed Gamaliel Rodriguez’s exhibition titled “ La Travesia / LaVoyage.” The exhibit consisted of a 60 foot long drawing of a dystopian, overgrown landscapeof Mass MoCA, where the artist had a residency. Something I enjoyed about this work is whenyou’re up close and…
Sky Cathedral, Louise Nevelson, 1958 Finished in the year 1958, Sky Cathedral by Louise Nevelson would be the first of many large-scale wall installations from the Russian sculptor who boldly took the stage to transform therepresentation scope within the 1950’s. The sculpture made of arbitrary, scavenged pieces ofwood towers over its audience with dimensions of…
Jackson Pollock, Number 12, 1952, 1952, mixed media Jackson Pollock created the piece, Number 12, 1952, in 1952 with mixed media on canvas.The piece, which is incredibly large, envelops the viewer into an abstract web of color andline. No representation can be found, which forces the viewer to feel the emotionalconversation of the piece. There…
Struggle by Robert Goodnough, 1966-67 Robert Goodnough’s 1966-67 piece titled Struggle combines mediums, colors, and shapes tocreate an energetic explosion of form on canvas. Goodnough combines charcoal, acrylic, and oilpaint allowing for colorful, solid, overlapping shapes surrounded by sprawling black lines. Thepiece does not allow the viewer’s eye to rest. Instead, its chaos jumps from shape to…
Joseph Squillante’s Horizon 11, August 2001, is a black and white photograph of theNew York City twin towers from across the Hudson. Squillante spent close to half a centurytraveling the length of the Hudson River starting in the Adirondacks and ending at the mouth ofthe New York Harbor. He found most of his inspiration in…
Affine Nelson, The Researchers Wall, 2018, From the Museum of Biological Diversity, the Ohio State University, Color prints, with giant push pins. The Researcher’s Wall is a photographic installation created by Affine Nelson. The installation features agrid of nine life-sized color prints of bird specimens from the Ohio State University’s Museum ofBiological Diversity. The specimens…
Tuck High Company, found at the City of Neighborhoods exhibition at the New York State Museum (222 Madison Ave, Albany, NY 12230) is a recreation of a store that was once on 24 Mott Street in Chinatown of the lower east side of Manhattan. Many Chinese immigrants came to the United States during the 1850s…