Rubin Museum of Art

This past Saturday I went to the Rubin Museum of Art. I missed a chance to attend the Team Baruch meeting (but i do plan on going soon), so I hit up this really interesting museum where I learned a lot of things and came out with a great experience that I know I would like to revisit again.

The Rubin Museum of Art is a museum that specializes in showcasing art from the Himalayas and regions similar to it. Walking into that museum really made me feel very immersed into a culture of the past. The artifacts and galleries had a very distinct smell to them. Every hallway and room had its fair share of item and great lighting to make everything stand out and look very unique.

All of the artifacts and paintings i learned where either made out of metal, clay or stone and wood and had very unique textures to them. This was because these were the most used commonly used materials in this area and time since they were the easiest to get a hold off and portray the cultures ideas.

Something i found really unique was that on one of the floors, there was this huge shrine. I never seen one in person and this shrine was a very culture based and religious one and it was just an amazing sight to see. It was huge and all up in your face once you got off the staircase.

I ended up taking a lot of pictures of the artifacts and paintings in the museum but my favorite had to be this giant face that was just sticking up on the wall. According to the description, this is the face of Hatha Dya or the “Devine Grandfather”. The amount of detail that was able to go into this face is just insane. The material used here  copper alloy and its just crazy to see all the little ridges on the headpiece and as well as on the facial features (mouth and eyebrows).

Anyways heres proof of me being here taking a half faced selfie with the “Devine Grandpa”.