4th visit

 4th Visit

For my 4th visit, I again went to the Yale art gallery. For this visit I decided to walk through the Indo-Pacific Art exhibit. This time I visited alone, listened to music and had about an hour and a half visit, which I throughly enjoyed. Afterwards, I visited the Atticus bookstore across the street (notice how I’m always mentioning it in my posts, definitely visit if you’ve never been, such a nice vibe) and bought a book, did a bit a homework. To be quite honest, the exhibit kind of unsettled me. This is because the masks and journals with foreign languages gave me cursed vibes, but at the same time it was so cool and there were definitely a few pieces I LOVED. If I had to pick one (which I do), I’d say it was this beautiful collection of rings they had on display. If you were to ask any of my friends, they’d tell you how much I obsess and love jewelry, so seeing these piece from some time ago was so fun to me. 

The Yale art gallery is noted as the oldest art museum in the western hemisphere. Located in New Haven, Connecticut (obviously), it was founded in 1832 by John Trumbull. In 1832, the year he founded the YAG, he sold 60 mini portraits and 28 paintings to Yale, he designed the neoclassical building we know as the Yale art gallery. 

My general opinion of the exhibit was I was uncomfortable looking a quite a lot of the pieces. It reminded me of those types of movies where an explorer discovers an old artifact, breaks it or something and becomes cursed and spirals into craziness. While it did make me uncomfortable, it was also very interesting how the exhibit was able to do that, because I feel like art hasn’t really made me feel anything but happiness or sadness. All in all, I really recommend you guys visit this exhibit!

As I mentioned before, my favorite “piece” I saw was a collection of rings. As I also mentioned, due to my interest in jewelry, I was entranced by these beautiful accessories. Unfortunately, the artist(s) of these pieces remain unknown, so there is not much information I can provide about what works the artist(s) may have made before and after, but I like to imagine it was more jewelry such as bracelets, earrings, possibly even anklets. To give what little background I can, there is one ring I really loved titled Wire wrapped Ring with Claw set Stone which is believed to be made between mid 7th - 10th century. It is made out of gold and is from the Protoclassic period. 

Wire wrapped Ring with Claw set Stone (pictured top left corner), Unknown

Seeing these in person was so much fun, and it was so nice to speculate who might have worn or made these rings. I much look forward to my next visit. Even after the last post, I think I’ll try to visit at least a month because I really do enjoy the experience of being able to go visit these exhibits.