NYC Whitney Museum of Art

When I was in NYC over spring break on a design tour with my FA499 class we went to various museums and galleries, but by far the most intruiging and insipiring exhibits were at the Whitney. Lorna Simpson's work is so powerful that it took me an hour to finish just a small room of photographs. Her work focuses on African Americans, especially women. She examines what it means to be black, the past injustices and present struggles between races.

There was also an extensive exhibit of Gordon Matta Clark's work, which enthralled me. His work has always fascinated me, I mean honestly who thinks of cutting houses apart and saying its 'fine' art? To be so close to those roofs and to view the top of a doorframe from above is disorienting. He forces you to look at things in a way that you couldnt without his assistance, which is what has made is art so lasting.




At the very end when I was rushing through the museum to get out before it closed I got to see some early work from Alexander Calder. I barely recognized it because the quality of the shapes is so much rougher and unrefined than his later more well known mobiles.

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