Yale University 4

 This is my final paper about the Yale University Art Gallery. This is a continuation of my trip today with my friend Tori. The weather today was chillier which seemed to bring more people inside the art gallery. It was also much more packed maybe because it was a Saturday rather than a sunday. I was not allowed  to bring in a drink so that I wouldn't disturb the art. As we walked me and tori talked about the preservatory necessities to keep the gallery open. We thought it was chillier in there to preserve the art. It seemed that teh painting rooms were colder than the sculpture rooms. We also noticed that some displays were more interactive than others. One art piece has headphones and a tv to watch so the sound went with the ten minute video. This was much more immersive than other pieces. Some pieces had glass around it. This was mostly the dish pieces. They are very serious with taking care of the art. Some pieces specifically asked you not to touch. All the while Yale has security guards stationed every 20 to 30 feet. Anywhere you go a security guard is watching and aware of your every move. for the most part it is silent in the museum. However, it is open to young children as well. There was a low hum to the place as people chatted about art and children frolicked. 

I want to focus on some pieces we found moving. The first is the most relatable to me a few years ago. It is a piece called Diagram of the Ankle by Jean-Michel Bachiat. At first looking at this piece I thought it was interesting because it reminded me of my own notes. I envisioned the artist starting a class maybe a medical class about the diagram of the ankle. One can only imagine that is where the piece started and the imagination bloomed from there. The viewer tracks the thoughts from left to right as they get more and more abstract. Doodles fill the page. Tori and I could relate heavily to this feeling. It feels like you are scattered and trying to hold the grasp fo the main idea of the class but not missing any little thing however it is so hard because many distractions and wild thoughts are roaming through your brain at this age. Something I really liked about this painting is that the viewer goes through the artistic process at the same rate as the artist. It is a journey rather than a snapshot of the final product. As a student I could relate to this heavily. Upon further research I learned more about the the artists intentions. Basquiat lived from 1960-1988. He embraced the graffiti and street style adn was influenced by andy warhol. The piece is a two hinged canvas that reminds one of a notebook. it is acrylic paint oil stick and xeroxed paper. Me and tori recognized the iconic three-pronged diamond doodle that all students do when they are bored. Basquiat wanted to challenge what has meaning and who gives it that. He labeled his art shit art in order to challenge the things that weren't labeled that. https://www.nxthvn.com/shit-art-a-basquiat-analysis-by-a-young-person-nxthvn-apprentice-justin-threet/

Another piece I was drawn to was one of a room opening to the ocean. This piece is titled Rooms by the Sea. It was made in 1951 and is oil on canvas. Th artist is Edward Hopper who was American nad born 1882 and died in 1967. I liked this painting because it seemed so surreal a quiet and relaxed room opening to the calm waters of the sea. The surreal part is that the ocean is very close to the door. It seems that it is right at the edge of the property. While I felt calm looking at the two places it did seem a bit ominous like someone might jump into the water any second. Upon further inspection the blurb recites that the artist also referred to this painting in his notebook as the jumping off place. One wonders what he meant, jumping off for creativity, jumping off from responsibility, escaping the world? Hopper often spent summer in capecod and built a sunny secluded studio at Truro overlooking the bay on a bluff. Was the artist seeking escape or a calm getaway. The sense of danger suggest the former.