WEEMS

My impression for this exhibition was that I felt like it was over whelming. All the different locations she used for her photos and the meaning behind each photo is just amazing. For example she had a whole room of photos she took in Africa and the history of the location. One piece that really interested me is this one. The reason it interested me so much was because it showed a women in a area that looks like its going through extreme poverty and she honestly looks like she belongs there. In this exhibition like I said before she has a room of photographs of places in Africa and in society people usually think that Africa is poor, not interesting, and boring, but Weem's was able to find the beauty of places that you couldn't see with the naked eye. I believe that Weem's uses photography as main medium because with photography it seems more relateable and realistic than with painting and sculpture. For example if take a photo of a chair who know that that chair is somewhere in the world but if you paint a chair that chair can come from your imagination. I also think that Weem's uses photography to make a statement and help the audience create an aesthetic emotion. Weem's uses historical photographs by using head and profile shots of slaves and writing what their profession was for example there was a woman that was labeled “kitchen” which can make you assume that she worked at the kitchen. This experience compared to the met was better to me because I felt like this museum was more futuristic and was a form of art its self. Like the way it was built in a circular form and when you go inside its spiral to get to the top floor. What really caught my eye was that as you travel up the spiral you’re not just looking at plain walls you are looking at different and beautiful works of art. I remember I watched this movie called “When in Rome” and it took place at this museum and as I explored I noticed a painting that was in the movie I was just astonished that I saw something that was in a movie. Don’t get me wrong the met was beautiful but everybody has different opinions and mine is that the Guggenheim museum was more interesting to visit and experience.