Michelle Wong
Final Project Proposal
For my final creative project, I
want to create an instagram account called “girlswhogotogalleries”. This
account will feature girls, or guys, going to art galleries, or museums, and
pictures would be taken of them next to the piece of art. All the art I will
feature will have an underlying political, gender, human rights messages. In my
captions, I will elaborate on the piece of art.
I
already went to the Bronx Museum of Art when they had an exhibit on AIDS, so
that will take up my first layer in my account. I have a few galleries that I
want visit to include in my project. I want to go to the New Museum, since
right now they have an exhibition with a strong political message that is also
very monochromatic in terms of art. Then I will visit some galleries in
Philadelphia. There are a lot of resources I can use, since there are many
galleries and art museums in NYC. My instagram handle will be an attraction,
since it is about girls going to galleries. So I would want to surprise
visitors who visit the page with the purpose of seeing girls. I would surprise
them with a bigger message, aside from a pretty girl going to a gallery.
Hi Michelle,
ReplyDeleteThis week, in anticipation of our proposed trip to the Brooklyn Museum, I was looking at its website and noticed that they have some excellent exhibitions with feminist viewpoints. One, by artist Marilyn Minter called Pretty/Dirty, only runs until May 7. You might want to take a look at this, as it might be good to incorporate in your project.
See https://www.brooklynmuseum.org/ for this and other exhibits.
All the best,
Tom
Hi Michelle,
ReplyDeleteI think your project sounds very interesting. It reminds me of John Berger's Way of Seeing article. I think it will be interesting for you to bring together the male gaze and preconceptions of girls going to galleries.
Good luck! I hope you get to explore many galleries!