Brock Minnich Assignment #4

Whilst my excursion through The Big Apple, I was graced with the opportunity to venture into several parts of the metropolis that is Gotham City. During my trip to New York City, I visited two of some hundred plus art exhibitions.



The first exhibition that I visited and thoroughly enjoyed was located in the heart of The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Within it's walls of endless halls and rooms of art masterpieces, I couldn't help but to feel quite small when standing within the enormity of the building. I was fascinated time after time as continued to journey through the numerous galleries that encompasses the museum. Eventually, I found myself with an exhibit known as "Rooms with a View: The Open Window in the 19th Century." This exhibition airs from April 5th- July 4th, 2011.

This exhibition focuses on the Romantic motif of the open window as first captured by German, Danish, French, and Russian artists around 1810-1820. These works include hushed sparse rooms show contemplative figures, studios with artists at work, and window views as sole motifs. The exhibition features artists C.D. Friedrich, C.G. Carus, G.F. Kersting, Adolf Menzel, C.W. Eckersberg, Martinus Rorbye, Jean Alaux, and Leon Cogniet.



The exhibit further captivated my interest due to its artistic atmosphere where the entire exhibit was painted to be like the sky. Those who are enjoying the grandeur of the pieces themselves can focus out onto the beautiful collaborative that is the exhibition, through the museums use of colors that match and exemplify the landscapes found within each prospective painting in the exhibition. Side note: the pictures above were taken under extreme caution!

The second institution I was able to visit was The Fashion Institute of Technology located on 7th Avenue & W 39th Street. The Fashion Institute of Technology featured a collaboration of upcoming fashion designer Claire Catoire, and photographer Pascal Auve, called "Expressions Dentelle."

This exhibition is an illustration of the world-famous lace heritage that is shared by the two. The collaboration between designer and photographer works very well, Pascal's use, or lack of color, brings out the quality of Claire's work. The fine lace quality that is found on within Claire's work is amazing, furthermore the quality found in Pascal's work express the delicacy of lace within the composition.



"Expres sions Dentelle" was a great outlet to explore my artistic interests and rather quite entriging to view, however to get the real affect and see its true quality I highly suggest view it yourself. The enormity found with Pascal's work is beautiful and simple, yet complex and all encompassing in person.