museums [mostly elsewhere and in the summer][carley rickes]
Carly Rickels
This week I chose to focus on entries that took place in museums over the last two years. The majority of my museum documentaries were recorded over the summer, for the most part, out of Georgia.
A museum is an education. I like to traverse museums alone; to take my time pausing to draw or inquire from details.
When I was in Europe I regularly visited museums. I learned the amusement of being able to connect exhibitions through the familiarization of artists, styles, themes, and timelines.
Through museums I’ve grown an informal education of the arts’ role in history, politics, architecture, philosophy, etc, etc. Drawing and writing help me to solidify a moment or a scene or a painting. If i draw it then I’ve interacted with it and it can activate my memory later.
Sometimes I like the challenge of trying to make my lines look like someone else's. A museum feels like a safe space to learn from others. You have a direct source in front of you. It's like a lesson plan. You study your subject and then quiz yourself to represent it.
When something is regular
you get used to it
And then you teach yourself what to do with it
Please refer to images for this week's content. All the information is there, look for it. Sketches and drawings from the following museums are included in this post:
Pablo Picasso Museum, Barcelona, Spain, summer 2018
Joan Miró Foundation, Barcelona, Spain, summer 2018
Museu Nacional d’Art de Catalunya, Spain, summer 2018
Museu d’Art Contemporani de Barcelona, Barcelona Spain, summer 2018
Musee d’Orsay, Paris, France, summer 2018
Pablo Picasso Museum, Paris, France, summer 2018
Villa Savoy, Paris, France, summer 2018
White Chapel Gallery, London, England, summer 2018
Tate Britain, London, England, summer 2018
Tate Modern, London, England, summer 2018
V & A Museum, London, England, summer 2018
Het Schip, Amsterdam, Netherlands, summer 2018
Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Humlebaek, Denmark, summer 2018
Danish Architecture Centre, Copenhagen, Denmark, summer 2018
Danish Design Centre, Copenhagen, Denmark, summer 2018
Munch Museum, Oslo, Norway, summer 2018
National Memorial for Peace and Justice, Montgomery, AL, spring 2019
SF MoMA, San Francisco, CA, summer 2019
Contemporary Jewish Museum, San Francisco, summer 2019
Center for Land Use Interpretation, Culver City, CA, summer 2019
Museum of Jurassic Technology, Culver City, CA, summer 2019
Perez Museum, Miami, summer 2019
The High Museum, Atlanta, GA fall 2019
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