The Whitney Museum

Last Friday, I went to the Whitney Museum instead of attending Homecoming. I'm pretty glad I skipped out - while I did miss some fun with friends, I gained a plethora if influence instead. 

I originally went for the Edward Hopper exhibition that was going on, but found myself engorged with much more than I had gambled for. I fell in love with Robert Indiana's work as well. What I find really endearing about his work is the sheer size of his paintings. If it was on a smaller scale, I think I would just pass it off as something pretty but since all of the pieces in his exhibition were huge, I was really captivated. I am also just a Pop Art enthusiast and a sucker for clean, straight, bold designs. 

Anyway, back to Hopper. I liked his paintings, but I enjoyed his watercolors and charcoal sketches far more. He really was more of a designer than he was a painter. His defined, confident strides on the paper really show through in many of his works- I mistakes a lot of the steer colors for being lithographs or prints! 

Overall, this was a very succesful library hual for my brain.