The Baruch Museum of Art?
Have you ever notice how much art is actually around us? There is no need to travel a gazillion times to the Metropolitan Museum of Art to see art. We encounter art everyday just by attending Baruch. The Baruch Newman Vertical Campus houses numerous pieces of art. On every floor, you can find at least a couple of paintings or pictures. There are the chrome prints on the third floor; there are the black and white nature prints on the ninth floor; there are the series of “Produce Better, Live Better” ads on the tenth floor. Even the building itself can be considered artistic in its structure. The Vertical Campus is innovative in its organizations of stacked atria with expansive windows that allow so much daylight into the building. Photographs of the external building and internal setting are display all along the walls as you enter the Baruch Performing Arts Center. The BPAC acts as another way of providing the Baruch community with art as many plays and concert series are held there. If you don’t have the time or money to venture elsewhere to experience art, all you have to do is take a walk around the building during your breaks.
November 19th, 2007 at 9:42 pm
That’s very interesting…now that you mention it, we are surrounded by artworks in the VC. I think the reason why some of us don’t notice it is because, to some degree, we still believe in the socially constructed perception that you art is the stuff you only find in museums. Either that or we are just too busy to take notice.
November 25th, 2007 at 7:52 am
Yea i agree with Steve, we see lots of the pieces displayed everyday but dont think twice to consider it art b/c its not in the familiar setting of a gallery or isn’t highlighted. But yea i agree, the school provides us so many opportunities to explore artistic things we’ve never been able to before.