I went to the Phoenix Art Museum on the day of March 16th, 2016. Thankfully the museum was located in one of the nicer areas of Phoenix so I didn’t have to worry about getting stabbed as I made my way inside the building. The exterior of the building mainly consisted of visually appealing cement and steel pillars with a modern design. While I wondered around searching for an entrance into the building, I joined a small party of people who were also lost. After wandering around aimlessly for a short while, we stumbled upon a worker at the museum who was nice enough to give us all directions. I branched off from the group and made my way through a courtyard which had a brick path and well-groomed trees sprinkled about. Large buildings
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At first, I attempted to quickly skim through all of the different areas that the museum had to offer. However, this proved to be more time consuming than I had previously expected. As I kept searching for the end, I continued to find more sections of art. There was a surprisingly diverse variety of art pieces. These ranged from iconic rare baseball cards to miniature life like replicas of various rooms in a …show more content…
Modern Art The next area I ventured off to was the portion of the museum dedicated to modern art. When I entered the area I was greeted by a tree flowing in the wind that was projected onto the wall. The simulated tree’s leaves changed colors over time and it would sway about due to the indication of wind. This helped bring the art piece to life. The title of the art piece was Mike Kelley 13 and was produced by Jennifer Steinkamp. The piece gets its unusual name because it “is named for Jennifer Steinkamp’s teacher and fellow contemporary artist Mikey Kelly….”2007-2008 The next art piece was unique yet enjoyable because it encouraged people to interact with it by taking and consuming actual pieces of the work. The art piece was named Untitled (Rossmore II), 1991 by Felix Gonzalez-Torres. The exhibit consisted of green candies artistically laid out on the floor next to a wall. It instructed the viewers to “take a piece of candy, or maybe two; as you eat it, consider how revolutionary this artistic approach is in the context of a museum exhibition, in which all other artworks are
At first, I attempted to quickly skim through all of the different areas that the museum had to offer. However, this proved to be more time consuming than I had previously expected. As I kept searching for the end, I continued to find more sections of art. There was a surprisingly diverse variety of art pieces. These ranged from iconic rare baseball cards to miniature life like replicas of various rooms in a …show more content…
Modern Art The next area I ventured off to was the portion of the museum dedicated to modern art. When I entered the area I was greeted by a tree flowing in the wind that was projected onto the wall. The simulated tree’s leaves changed colors over time and it would sway about due to the indication of wind. This helped bring the art piece to life. The title of the art piece was Mike Kelley 13 and was produced by Jennifer Steinkamp. The piece gets its unusual name because it “is named for Jennifer Steinkamp’s teacher and fellow contemporary artist Mikey Kelly….”2007-2008 The next art piece was unique yet enjoyable because it encouraged people to interact with it by taking and consuming actual pieces of the work. The art piece was named Untitled (Rossmore II), 1991 by Felix Gonzalez-Torres. The exhibit consisted of green candies artistically laid out on the floor next to a wall. It instructed the viewers to “take a piece of candy, or maybe two; as you eat it, consider how revolutionary this artistic approach is in the context of a museum exhibition, in which all other artworks are