Last weekend, B and I took a day trip and went up to the Peabody Essex Museum and then on our way home, stopped at the Rose Art Museum. At the PEM, we saw the Calder exhibit, "Calder and Abstraction: From Avant-Garde to Iconic ". When I graduated from college, I got a job as an "gallery assistant" at the Calder Foundation. It was a great job right out of art school. I loved being around the art and learning about Calder's life, art, and the inner workings of the foundation and how they keep the Calder legacy alive, as well as help promote the arts and individual artists (see Atelier Calder). Though I did like working at the foundation, it was one of the reasons why I left New York City: the job felt unfulfilling and I spent the entire day doing mindless duties, with little interpersonal interactions. It just wasn't the right fit for me after the "honeymoon" period wore off. Along with that, I was never a huge fan of Calder's work, but I appreciate the impact he had on art history and the artists who have undoubtedly been influenced by him (i.e. Richard Serra).

While in the gallery, B and I did some sketching of the sculptures. I'm definitely not the best "artist" in the literal sense, but I did enjoy the sketching.

At the Rose, we saw "Mark Bradford: Sea Monsters" (along with a few other small exhibitions, including one of my favorites, Alex Hubbard), which B and I both really enjoyed. Bradford's work is so complicated and in each piece, you can really examine and experience the repetitive and time consuming nature of his process, then step back and enjoy the abstraction. I've been thinking a lot about creating hanging sculptures, so I really enjoyed Bradford's (imagine the sculpture below hanging). This show was definitely worth seeing (I liked it better than the Calder).

Museum Trip

Frieze Questionnaire

Framingham Project