Picasso Black and White
With all the mid-terms, I sort of forgot to go out last weekend. But luckily, my Wednesday evening class was cancelled. So, I decided to look up somewhere to go.
I found out that Guggenheim is having a Picasso Black and White exhibition. I asked my friend from high school if he wanted to go with me because he told me a while back that he had to visit a museum for one of his classes as well. He agreed to meet up with me at Guggenheim. (I kind of felt bad for him because he had to pay $18 with student ID when I got in free because of Macaulay Cultural Passport. Well, I’ll probably just buy him food next time).
Anyways, walking up the ramp of the museum is really interesting. On one side, there are these paintings of the exhibition and on the other, it is the structure of the building. I loved the spiral ramp, especially when I finally got the the top. I always love looking down at the crowds from the top. It’s amazing.
The view from the top of the Guggenheim reminded me of one of Picasso’s paintings. With the dots and the lines, it looked a little like the Kitchen.
Unlike other museums and exhibitions, I really liked this one. It didn’t bore me at all even though all the paintings look somewhat similar. In most of the paintings, while playing around with lights and shadows, Picasso portrayed the poverty and loneliness through the use of black and white palette and the different geometric shapes. Even when it comes to the portraits of women, he let the features be disproportional and let them seem demented. I honestly wish I could be half as creative as him.
The architecture of the museum plus the paintings from the Picasso exhibition made the place very inspiring. For someone who normally gets bored at museums, Guggenheim really kept me entertained.
As I walked back down the spiral ramp, I noticed small groups of people here and there talking in front of the paintings. I tried to eavesdrop to see what they were saying about the paintings, but they weren’t speaking in English for sure.
Posted: October 25th, 2012 under Reviews.
