Museums of American art

through the doors of an art gallery, expecting to see something totally new, diverse and original, only to be disappointed by being surrounded with whiteness in every sense. This scenario speaks to the exclusionary nature that many people of color in the art world feel when they enter theses spaces. The notion of art has always been seen from the perspective of a certain particular group of individuals, who throughout centuries have sought to affirm whiteness in art and art history as the only…

his contributions to American society throughout the first half of the twentieth century were eye opening. During an era of revolutions in both politics and technology, Rivera was one of the many who was inspired to create work that was socially extreme at the time. His views of Communism, his view on Capitalism, and his representation of the industrial revolution around the world caught the attention and eyes of nations. His controversial art helped open the minds of Americans to be more…

The Peaceable Kingdom: Edward Hicks As an American folk painter born in Langhorne, Pennsylvania in 1780, Edward Hicks was an active Quaker who had devoted much of his time using his paintings for religious purposes and the advancement of religion. Some of his work include The Residence of David Twining (1846), The Cornell Farm (1848), Washington at the Delaware (1849), Noah’s Ark (1846), and Penn’s Treaty with the Indians (1847). He is best known for the painting The Peaceable Kingdom (1834)…

Peale Museum. Many historic districts are also situated here such as Mount Vernon Place, Fell’s Point and Federal Hill. City’s top two employers are Johns Hopkins University and Johns Hopkins Hospital. It is the 11th largest city in America with a population around 700,000. The Walter Art Museum and the Baltimore Museum of Art are the cultural heritage…

Text in and as Art The Yale University Art Gallery is a place for those who appreciate and want to enjoy different types of art in a professional setting. The Yale Art Gallery contains pieces from all regions and all eras, including: African Art, Arts of Islam, European Art, Art and Industry in Early America, Indo-Pacific Art, and American Art and Decorative Art before 1900. Each room is set up in a unique manner to fit its design. For example, the Yosemite Gallery has red painted walls that…

many new programs were created in hope to promote and fund the arts, by doing so it helped to improve the society as a whole. This new sudden burst in art shifted the attitude in America as art was used as a tool by the government. It was used…

where they can go sailing, windsurfing, hiking, swimming, biking, and fishing. White River State Park, the only cultural urban park in America, is in close proximity to popular attractions such as the Indianapolis Zoo, the Eiteljorg Museum of American Indians and Western Art, the NCAA Hall of Champions, and the Farm Bureau Insurance Lawn, a 6,000-seat outdoor concert…

Portapacks, SONY’s portable, analogue video recording unit, as well as experimenting with and exhibiting cathode ray tube televisions as a sculptural object, in 1960s Germany. By 1968, the Museum of Modern Art had already begun acquiring and exhibiting Paik’s video work. Yet the bonafide rise of video as a museum object, and the scholarship that would follow, is associated with the succeeding decade. Moving image, derived from magnetic tape, had a clear freedom from the constraints of the…

over: a feature that I had not noticed the first time I saw the painting. However, as I was living in Connecticut I had the opportunity to visit the Museum of Modern Art in New York City multiple times, and each time I was able to examine this piece in further detail. I had a similar experience when observing Claude Monet’s ‘Poplars’ in the Fitzwilliam Museum. In the central third of the oil painting is a brush hair, coated in green paint and attached within the painting. My great, great…

photographs of African Americans, more specifically middle-classed, during the Harlem Renaissance, which boomed during inter-war period i.e. 1920s-1930s when after World War I ended and before the spark of the Second World War.…