Brooklyn Museum

Last Sunday I visited the Brooklyn Museum to view Judy Chicago’s exhibition, The Dinner Party. While the piece itself revealed an incredible insight on her work in contrast to what we discussed in class, I had a lovely time admiring and observing the other pieces composed in the museum. It was satisfying to see pieces and artists we study in class in person. Not a copy, but original pieces of these reputable and globally renowned artists in grasping distance. I went with an art-appreciative friend who enjoyed the pieces, yet I can tell there was a disparity between our experience when confronted with these pieces.

To see various favorite artist’s original works in person, after discussing and studying their aforementioned pieces to a large extent in and out of class, was incredibly euphoric and satisfying. Pictures and videos we perceive in class do not do their pieces justice.

Judy Chicago’s work was phenomenally displayed, and was massive in person compared to pictures or videos. There’s something beautifully unique in seeing the product of hundreds of women collectively working together, along with the piece itself representing such a significance in the art world. The piece represents a culmination of tumultuous history in the controversy behind the piece; the context as how it even eventually arrived in the brooklyn museum is intriguing enough. Not only that, but it being such a massive representation of the timeline in iconic women throughout history, often shadowed, was finally all manifested into this piece. It was remarkable to be able to see this in person.