Brooklyn Museum Visit
Last Saturday I checked out the Brooklyn Museum for the first time in years (I can’t remember how many). There were three main exhibitions running and the place was packed. (The line took 45 minutes to get through!)
Anyway, our first stop was the solo exhibition of works by the sculptor Ron Mueck. I was going in with high hopes because in photographs his work looks truly stunning. In person, however, the pieces were less stunning and more creepy. Additionally, you couldn’t help but just keep looking for flaws and imperfections. It was weird. Kind of like when 3D animation gets close but doesn’t quite capture real actors.
Then it was on to the Annie Leibovitz: A Photographer’s Life, 1990–2005 exhibition. I can’t say how I enjoyed the work here because the exhibition space was so mobbed with people that the air was thick and gross. Between pushing through the throngs and breathing the stale air, we rushed through catching a couple glimpses here and there but not really spending any time.
Finally we reached Tigers of Wrath: Watercolors by Walton Ford exhibit which I absolutely loved. The guy’s work was so impressive, large, colorful, intricate and cruelly dark I was amazed. Another piece that really interested me in his pieces was the stories behind what they were depicting. They were so bizarre and based on famous accounts that I was mesmerized.
I should remember a couple things based on the day. One, to find out when the museum is the least busy and only go then. Two, to follow Walton Ford’s work for my next chance to see his latest.
