#freedoms2017
This post is just notes and thoughts// will write up more on some works that intrigued me including Njideka Akunyili Crosby's painting, Andrea Caspo's Parabiosis: Neurolibidinal Induction Complex. Fucking loved them both. Also of interest: Jack Pierson's self-portrait. Transcribed notes/thoughts from Whitney's Human Portraits/Dreamlands, "Who we are and how we perceive and commemorate others" White Box ("old media") VS Black Box ("new/digital media") "In a culture in which the fashion industry, cosmetic surgery, and digital editing have made physical appearance more malleable" "to explore invented personas and darker psychological states" Juxtaposition/repetition/poetry Imposing experience VS interpretation/intention/what manifests Whitney museum costs $17, good thing I go to a 50K/yr elite school that gets me free admission. Who sees this work? I have the privilege of access. What are my advantages? What do I gain from this show personally? How can I/might I incorporate the ideas I intake, the beauty I witness within these exclusive white and black boxes towards outside, the rest of the world, the working class? (re: current events. thinking of my immigrant parents, who won't understand any of the english in this museum? my grandmother, who's whole world is a rapidly disappearing agrarian countryside in south korea? what do these black box gimmicks have to do with the people I love and respect the most? ) What is expected of the audience? To gain from any work is to contemplate them for a good chunk of time, it's impossible to truly intake and appreciate all the works in this museum in one visit. Most people who, even if they could afford the price, can't make time for second or third visits. I think art is important. But I tend to approach art in museums, especially those that can only be experienced in museums at a price like dreamlands, critically: what do i gain from this (as a person, artist, educator)? what might the world gain from this? how can its ideas be beneficial, socially? Besides that, I personally look for new ideas, philosophy.
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