Carnegie Art Museum Essay

Carnegie Art Museum My family and I went to the Carnegie Museum in Pittsburgh on November 25, 2017. We saw different art exhibits consisting of modern art pieces and traditional art pieces. The first art exhibit was called 20 20 and it focused on African American lives from different perspectives. The second art exhibit was more permanent and had a variety of art. This second exhibit was much bigger and didn’t focus on one particular idea. I found both interesting, but some pieces I wouldn’t consider art. I enjoyed several aspects of each art exhibit at the museum. In the 20 20 exhibit my favorite piece was a painting of Michelle Obama. I also liked the creativity in a wall covered in magazines pages that advertise beauty products for African American women. The artist took these magazine pages and dramatized certain aspects like hair and skin with different colors and glitter. In the main exhibit one of my favorite pieces was a painting of water lilies done by Claude Monet. The painting covered an entire wall and was detailed and calming. Another piece that …show more content…
In the 20 20 exhibit, there was a large black circle cut out of cloth hanging on the wall. I didn’t understand this piece at all. To me it was just a circle, I didn’t see any meaning or significance behind it. I don't think this piece belonged in an art museum because it was boring and didn’t have a quality that made it stand out. In the other exhibit there was one piece that consisted of a bed frame and a chair on a platform but the chair and the bedposts had baby clothes on it. In my opinion I found this “art” piece to be a waste of space. It didn’t have a clear meaning or a beauty to it. There didn’t seem to be any effort put into making it. Anybody could throw clothes on a chair and call it art. I don’t think such a simple and meaningless piece belonged as the center of attention in the