Our Queens Museum of Art was jam packed, as the Museum had a lot of diverse exhibits. This picture of the globe outside of the museum was a lasting exhibit from the Queens World Fair. It was massive, and made me feel so small (smaller than usual).
I took these pictures in the lobby, I think it was a beautiful way to enter the museum. Just like all of the different exhibits being so different and diverse, this mural has so many different facets to it.
This exhibit was so eye opening, I didn’t realize how large New York City is. It would be cool if there was a way to continuously update it, while not erasing the past. Maybe by adding layers? Or hologram/projection? It’s interesting the Robert Moses took part in creating this, as he created so much of New York. This model was also color-coded to show the various types of land use/building use. This model was also part of the World’s fair, it had airplanes flying in and out of airports, and lights got darker and brighter to simulate daytime/nighttime. They really thought of everything, and in 1964 it was the world’s largest scale model and averaged 1,400 visitors each day of the World’s Fair.
I really liked the World’s Fair exhibit because since reading Devil In The White City, they really intrigue me. This exhibit had pictures, videos, and real memorabilia from the Fair, which was really cool. This picture I took was a map of all the exhibits featured at the Fair. We didn’t spend a lot of time there, but my favorite part was all the photos, because otherwise I can’t imagine what they were like. I feel like in my life time I haven’t heard anyone discuss World Fairs, and I feel like maybe I didn’t know they existed really.
I liked this exhibit because my favorite part of history classes was seeing the political cartoons. They say so much through just the drawings and minimal words. But like they say, a picture (or drawing) is worth a thousand words.
I’ve always found glass making very interesting, it is so fragile and one mistake can cost the artist the whole piece. This picture is a lamp from the Tiffany Glass exhibit. Louis C. Tiffany was the son of the founder of Tiffany & Co, and spent his whole life being exposed to design and craftsmanship. Louis was a trailblazer in the world of glass.
This piece was the marrying of Lichtenstein’s work and other famous artworks.
This embroidered piece was very “Great Gatsby the eyes of god” for me, and very dreamlike. I loved looking at all of these because they are so intricate. When I was younger I use to embroider t-shirts and I can’t imagine how much time and effort this took. Especially the shading, the shading using string is incredible.
This field trip I walked almost 4 miles.