Thomas’ Suggestions
Posted on November 13, 2007
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1. The Rubin Museum of Art:
a. It is free with a cultural passport
b. The artwork here reveals much about the many cultures that are represented. One could observe the evolution of various artistic styles in each part of Asia, as people moved from China, to Tibet, to Mongolia, to India, and so on. There are also exhibits that show the influence of Greeks and Romans after their arrival in India, and how their presence in Southeast Asia altered the styles and techniques used in the sculpted art forms there. The work here exists in many mediums, including textiles, sculpture, paintings, portraits with stone inlays, . Most interesting of all is that the techniques and art forms that originated here are in use all over the world today. It’s exciting!
2. The National Museum of the American Indian
a. It is also free.
b. At the NMAI we will be able to learn about a generally downtrodden group in American Society. We can do this in a variety of ways: we have the option of either going to a dance performance on Saturday, November 17th, or we can look at their paintings and sculptures at any other time. Especially interesting are two exhibits that are up now. They are the “Beauty Surrounds Us” and the “Listening to Our Ancestors” exhibits, which both allow us to examine the pasts of this collective group of people. If one craves to see the more modern side of the Native American people, that is possible too, through the Norval Morrisseau exhibit, which examines his life’s work.
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