I wound first like to go off by saying that I absolutely loved the Routes of Influence exhibition, as well as the Basquiat exhibition. It sadden's me that I can only write about one of the exhibitions but, C'est la vie.
The first thing I saw while walking into the Ornament and Empire exhibition was this huge 'Boat' looking sculpture. The sculpture was very curious because the closer you look, the more hidden easter egg's you find, and I most likely didn't find most of them myself! The most obvious thing that I saw, that related to this topic, was the patterns that trailed across both the the exterior and the interior. And then, If you look even closer you see the "cross-hatched"design that is subtly over the more obvious exterior pattern.
The paintings were definitely my favorite part of the exhibition. The way pattern is portrayed I find really beautiful. The painting's stuck with me a lot more than the sculpture, probably because I am more connected to painting, but overall I just find them very compelling. For example, the painting to the right with the woman was very interesting. The fact the the woman is just a silhouette with this incredibly detailed head ornament was kind of ironic to me because usually the ornament is the thing that is blurred and pushed to the background.
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