Today I took a brave pill and decided to have a trip to New York, to go to the Brooklyn Museum to see Judy Chicago's The Dinner Party. I want to do some more content analysis, to contrast with the exhibition and gallery I analysed in Scotland.
While having my swim this morning (1750m), I decided to restrict the range of what I evaluate. I have been debating whether I should look at how women are represented in general galleries, or how they are represented in women only galleries or exhibitions. I happen to have found some interesting stuff in women only galleries, and I think I will restrict the range of women this way, so I consider what skills and talents are being represented first. I think considering what gets represented in a mixed gallery brings a much wider range of material to be considered, which brings too many variables. I am a beginner at content analysis and need to start with something manageable.
I am going to New York from 29 Jan to 5 Feb, Friday to Friday. This is a time of tourist bargains, and I have 3 weeks at uni with no lectures, while tutors are marking our submissions. You can go to New York for 3 days, but I chose to go for a week, as I cannot face an 8 hour flight for fewer days away. I suspect I will spend days in the Brooklyn Museum, but it is closed on Monday/Tuesday, so I will do some general tourism as well. I would like a bus tour, a trip up the Empire State Building and a theatre trip. I will try to get a show that has not been staged in London.
I have asked my tutor for a tutorial before I go. I want to be really hot at object analysis if I am putting this much time and effort into viewing and analysing a seminal feminist artwork.
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