Have you guys visited a museum? I have an Its something that most people find boring but , I really enjoy. So when I learned that we were not going to be able to attend the Museum of the City if New York in person I was a little bit disappointing. However we attended a virtual tour of the “Blue ” exhibit at the Nassau Museum of Art, that is located in Roslyn Harbor, NY. The “blue” Exhibit was presented by the curator and director of the Nassau Museum of Art , Dr Charles A Riley. He presented what he calls the “blue period”, which are all the aspects and paintings within the museum that are the color blue. I think that the music and the paintings paired together with his explanations, prevented the virtual experience from being extremely boring. Within this exhibit I loved the paintings by Antonio Santin, the punching bag by Jeffrey Gibson and the piece by Yves Klein. The piece by Antonio Santin is called “Toast to Ashes” and is an oil painting on a canvas that is 215 x 150 cm. I love how realistic the painting looks. To be honest while taking the virtual tour I actually though they just hanged rugs and called it a day, I was shocked to find out later that this is a painting. The piece by Jeffrey Gibson is called “Deep Blue Day”and is a vinyl punching bag that repurposed with recycled wool blanket, repurposed painting, leather fringe, tin jingles,and beads to create an amazing piece. What I like about it is the fact that he used something completely unusual to create a piece of art. Finally , the piece by Yves Klein is called” Venus Bleue”, is Dry blue pigment in synthetic resin on a plaster statue of the Venus. This Venus is 27 1/8 x 12 ½ x 9 7/8 inches, and blue however the original Venus de Milo is Made of Parian Marble and is larger than life size, standing 204 cm (6 ft 8 in) high. I loved how dramatic the color looks on the Venus, It so a deep blue and is so calming.
