The Arts in New York City

I am really confused about which day our class decided on because we all seemed to disagree by the end of class… what day should we register for the gallery? It doesn’t seem like one day is agreeable for everyone =/

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International Center of Photography “This is War” by Robert Capa
Last Sunday, I visited the International Center of Photography with John and Wei.  Located on 6th Avenue and 43rd street, it housed Robert Capa’s photographs of the various wars- Sino-Japanese, Spanish Civil War, and WWII.  When I first heard the name of the exhibit, my mind […]

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Although at first it seemed like such a random exhibit, I eventually found a pattern. Zhang Huan’s work takes place in three different places: Beijing, New York, and Shanghai. His work in Beijing was mostly experimenting with his body and nature, as he was just opening up as an artist. These included some of still […]

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The exhibition of Zhang Huan would seem very disturbing, if you are not comfortable with nudity. As for us–it was. Although it is true that we should understand these works are produced for artistic purpose, I still felt a bit uneasy watching the performance of My New York, in which hundreds of men and women–all […]

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Well because I was so interested by the the group’s presentation, I decided to check it out for myself. I went on Friday with another class who also had to research the exhibit in the Guggenheim.
Seriously? This exhibit was like a comedy on paper. The problem was that we had to walk too much to […]

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Well, what to say.  His work was pretty straight forward.  I mean some of them really didn’t have much deep meaning I guess.  It seemed very literal in terms of relating everything to the theme of “Altered States”.  While it was enlightening, being this is my first ever visit to a gallery, I wouldn’t exactly […]

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definitely needs to be appreciated for all his hard work! I think I covered just about everything that I wanted to say during our class presentation, but I just need to talk about my favorite points again
-the theme of suspension- we perceive chains to be heavy, yet here is this chain defying gravity.
-the theme of […]

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After thinking about my expedition to the exhibition, I found some distinct differences between visual art and performing arts that contributed to my great appreciation for the abstraction of Puryear’s wood sculptures. One such distinction is that, unlike performing arts, visual arts is, literally, still. You can observe the piece for as long as […]

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Yes, this is after we’ve completed our performing arts chapter, but I just wanted to end a summarizing note about that part of our class, and maybe share a bit of what I wrote in that essay.
Wow, we did it- we’ve all seen at least one ballet, opera, and play… I feel so cultured! Seriously, […]

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