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beautifulbizarremagazine:

I love Takato Yamamoto’s deliciously dark work! Which is your favourite?
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brooklynmuseum:

Each week the Brooklyn Museum Summer Interns and Fellows participate in full-day educational programs that explore the roles of museums through on-site visits and field trips to other institutions around the city. Look out for our weekly posts where we’ll share what we’re doing and learning in the program.

Week Two: A lot of emphasis is placed on the front end of museums but what about the happenings that go on behind the walls? On the second floor, past the Arts of Korea introductory wall text, through the double doors, into a really cold holding space for casings with coded entry, and through another set of double doors lies the Brooklyn Museum’s Libraries and Archives. We had the privilege of meeting Molly Seegers, the Brooklyn Museum Archivist. Since she’s the sole archivist, she’s extremely busy, so this was a huge deal for us.

Molly shared the Brooklyn Museum’s roots which extend back to 1823! Its narrative begins in a pub where the founder, Augustus Graham, voiced the need for a library. Some years later, what was initially known as the Brooklyn Apprentices’ Library developed into the Brooklyn Museum that we all know and love. She also shared records of the Brooklyn Museum Community Gallery and shed light on the Brooklyn Museum Art School. This resonated with me considering that a couple of the artists featured in the exhibition that I’m working on, Soul of Nation, were educated at the BKM Art School. Following that, we got a peak at some of the 7th grade writings of poet Walt Whitman who was fortunate enough to study in the Brooklyn Apprentices’ Library.

The in-house excursion to the archives and library was extremely insightful especially because it helped inform all of our museum practices. The visit also helped us answer our running question, “What role do archives play within museum settings?” I didn’t know how much work went into archives. I found that the visit to the archives gave me a glimpse of the not so pretty, but equally interesting work of archivists. They’re scholars, detectives, and unsung heroes of museum settings whose tireless work enables our cultural institutions to preserve and present the complexities of history.

Posted by Autumn Harris
Edited by: Ariel Kaufman

hifructosemag:

Gabriel Barredo’s meticulous mixed-media sculptures and installations are made using found objects. See more of his work on HiFructose.com.

brooklynmuseum:

The Fence Art show took place in the Brooklyn Museum’s parking lot every June for over fifteen years, from the mid-1960s through the early 1980s. This unconventional exhibition allowed the institution to literally and figuratively escape the traditional boundaries of the museum space: any Brooklyn-based artist could participate, the artworks were displayed on the fences that surround the museum’s parking lot, and all of the art was for sale. Photos from these exhibition make clear that this event was not only well-attended, but also that it was fun! This unusual exhibition’s unpretentious atmosphere encouraged visitors and local artists to mingle and discuss art casually, while enjoying Brooklyn’s early summer weather.

A 1974 poster explains that the show, which included over 200 local artists, was attended by a panel of judges who would “award winners in all categories - painting, sculpture, graphics, ceramics, and crafts”. Winning artists had the opportunity to participate in a Community Gallery show the following year. Although the event was democratic in the sense that it encouraged the participation of all Brooklynites, the museum maintained a pretty firm boundary between outside and inside, selectively inviting the winning artists to show within the confines of the building. For artists who made the cut, it provided a rare opportunity to exhibit within the walls of a prestigious institution. And for those whose work remained on the fence, there was always next year!

master-painters:

Gérard Trignac

His website:

http://www.trignac-gerard.com

aqua-regia009:

Sacro sangue (Details), 2016 - Agostino Arrivabene