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I’m Still Standing

by Eve Blane on October 20, 2012

in Dance,Performance Art,Teen Reviews,TRaC

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I sat in an open white room at the Museum of Modern Art with over two hundred people, all of whom had been waiting for Jérôme Bel’s The Show Must Go On to begin. All of a sudden “Come Together” by the Beatles started playing through the speakers on the side while people from the crowd took to the stage. Twenty performers in street clothing lined up and looked out to the audience for the rest of the song.

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Tagged as: Dance TRaC, Jerome Bel, MoMA, The Show Must Go On

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Wandering through the International Center of Photography

by Eve Blane on May 16, 2012

in Teen Reviews,TRaC,Visual Arts

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A Photograph from Grey Villet's exhibit at the ICP

"Covered" by Anna Shteynshleyger

At the International Center of Photography there were three photographs in particular that made an impact on me. Two of the photographs were taken by Anna Shteynshleyger and the other one was taken by Grey Villet.

The first picture named Covered by Shteynshleyger looked plain until you took a closer look. A girl stood in front of a grey background with her back mostly to the camera. The whole thing almost looked staged but you still got a feeling of vulnerability. The girl wasn’t perfect, She had zits on her back and her hair cut looked messy but yet she stood there as if she was perfect.

Another photograph of Shteynshleyger’s also got my attention. [click to continue….]

Tagged as: Anna Shteynshleyger, Grey Villet, International Center of Photography

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Exploring The Whitney Biennial

by Eve Blane on April 2, 2012

in Teen Reviews,TRaC,Visual Arts

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Visitors look at Richard Hawkins paintings at the "Whitney Biennial 2012." Photo Credit: New American Paintings Blog

With the Multi Arts Teen Reviewers and Critics, I visited the Whitney Museum of American Art and explored the “Whitney Biennial 2012” exhibit on its opening weekend. There were many interesting and different pieces but three really stood out to me.

Nicole Eisenman’s portrait of a boy on his cell phone makes a very real and serious point about the way people are so attached to their phones. The painting consisted of mostly dark colors such as browns and blues and purples, and one of the boy’s eyes looked as if he had been punched in the face. He looked very tired and sick of being on his phone but yet he wasn’t able to put it down which is very much the way society is today.

I especially liked Richard Hawkins piece, it was a collage of sorts. It had two photos of women and both of their bodies looked mangled and distorted in ways. [click to continue….]

Tagged as: Nicole Eisenman, Richard Hawkins, Sam Lewitt, Whitney Biennial 2012, Whitney Museum of American Art

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