i had a wonderful trip to the mca! i'm determined to make good use of my free admission to museums this year. and so far i'm beating everyone in my deptartment and i think i'm at 3: art institute, shedd, and now the mca.
i read about jim nutt's exhibit and really wanted to make my way there (through may 29).
this exhibit was super interesting. but i don't know. maybe not my cup of tea. as Eric Lebofsky said "I couldn't reconcile the electricity of the line work, which bordered almost on obscenity..." there's absolutely no doubt that the work is very creative.
i'm going to let you decide on this one.
i liked that they had his work displayed in order from when it was made so i could follow his progression.
i was so excited to check out the other exhibits though...
i checked out susan philipsz work on workers collectives and their struggles for proper working conditions and sufficient wages. it's a sound installation and i really enjoyed it. at first i was shocked with the darkness of the room and was a little afraid to move in further, but i absolutely did. i started feeling the walls and stuff and thought i was going to feel a bench, but it was a speaker and i gasped a little. don't worry, no one else was in the exhibit at the time.
the urban china: informal cities exhibit was awesome. come prepared to read. it's text heavy, but it has so much information. i didn't get to soak it all in, but i could see myself going back and going at it again (through april 3). i especially liked that they asked questions and supplied paper for people to contribute their own ideas and post them for others to read. they contributed to the exhibit, which i liked.
they mentioned a year without made in china by sara bongiorni and it's going on my library request list right now
very interesting exhibit.
i really liked the new artist exhibit.
right now it's takeshi moro, pedestal for apology. in short, he is enacting the traditional Japanese bow of apology. there's a lot of underlying messages, but i'll let you look into it yourself. i really liked this one. even more after i read the explanation.
and my favorite: Without You I'm Nothing
i actually went in this one first and decided i needed to save it for last because i knew i would love it.
i especially loved the north room because it was all interactive.
maybe my favorite was this listening station area. it had cushions on the floor where you sit down, pick up some headphones and listen to some music. i, of course, had to try each set of headphones to see if it was the same song so i moved from cushion to cushion. but they talked about how in life we're in such close proximity with so many people, so many strangers, yet in our own worlds. yep, i think that was my fav from the trip.
this room was SUPER interesting though.
another was by burden. an etched piece with three million names representing the South Vietnamese people killed during the conflict, many of whom are unknown. it's a statement about how the loss of vietnamese lives remain largely unrecognized by americans.
anyway that room was my FAVORITE! it's there through may 1.
there was one piece by andy warhol and it made me want to see an exhibit by him. badly.
i did feel a pang of jealousy when i read the floor plan that the 5th floor was the staff floor. oh what i would give to not work underground...
i really enjoyed this trip and plan to make another trip there soon. oh, i forgot to mention the beauty of the museum. it's beautiful.
i read about jim nutt's exhibit and really wanted to make my way there (through may 29).
this exhibit was super interesting. but i don't know. maybe not my cup of tea. as Eric Lebofsky said "I couldn't reconcile the electricity of the line work, which bordered almost on obscenity..." there's absolutely no doubt that the work is very creative.
i'm going to let you decide on this one.
i liked that they had his work displayed in order from when it was made so i could follow his progression.
i was so excited to check out the other exhibits though...
i checked out susan philipsz work on workers collectives and their struggles for proper working conditions and sufficient wages. it's a sound installation and i really enjoyed it. at first i was shocked with the darkness of the room and was a little afraid to move in further, but i absolutely did. i started feeling the walls and stuff and thought i was going to feel a bench, but it was a speaker and i gasped a little. don't worry, no one else was in the exhibit at the time.
the urban china: informal cities exhibit was awesome. come prepared to read. it's text heavy, but it has so much information. i didn't get to soak it all in, but i could see myself going back and going at it again (through april 3). i especially liked that they asked questions and supplied paper for people to contribute their own ideas and post them for others to read. they contributed to the exhibit, which i liked.
they mentioned a year without made in china by sara bongiorni and it's going on my library request list right now
very interesting exhibit.
i really liked the new artist exhibit.
right now it's takeshi moro, pedestal for apology. in short, he is enacting the traditional Japanese bow of apology. there's a lot of underlying messages, but i'll let you look into it yourself. i really liked this one. even more after i read the explanation.
and my favorite: Without You I'm Nothing
i actually went in this one first and decided i needed to save it for last because i knew i would love it.
i especially loved the north room because it was all interactive.
maybe my favorite was this listening station area. it had cushions on the floor where you sit down, pick up some headphones and listen to some music. i, of course, had to try each set of headphones to see if it was the same song so i moved from cushion to cushion. but they talked about how in life we're in such close proximity with so many people, so many strangers, yet in our own worlds. yep, i think that was my fav from the trip.
this room was SUPER interesting though.
another was by burden. an etched piece with three million names representing the South Vietnamese people killed during the conflict, many of whom are unknown. it's a statement about how the loss of vietnamese lives remain largely unrecognized by americans.
anyway that room was my FAVORITE! it's there through may 1.
there was one piece by andy warhol and it made me want to see an exhibit by him. badly.
i did feel a pang of jealousy when i read the floor plan that the 5th floor was the staff floor. oh what i would give to not work underground...
i really enjoyed this trip and plan to make another trip there soon. oh, i forgot to mention the beauty of the museum. it's beautiful.
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