Satch Hoyt, Say It Loud!
I went to The Brooklyn Museum to check out Infinite Island: Contemporary Caribbean Art and Global Feminisms Remix.Infinite Island was actually way better than I had expected. I don't know what I was expecting but it was really enjoyable. The work is a bit playful in its approach while still tackling issues of poverty, western culture, and slavery. Say It Loud!, by Satch Hoyt, is one of the first pieces you see in the gallery and is for sure the first you hear. The microphone is set up on top of a podium of black studies books with a ladder in the back of it. Playing on a loop is James Brown's "Say it Loud - I'm Black and I'm Proud" which actually cuts out the "I'm Black and I'm Proud" part. Viewers are urged to go to the top and state their name and what they are proud of. While walking in a guard was trying to coax and middle aged white man to go up and say what he is proud of. After a few minutes he scaled the ladder and announced that his name was Al and that he was bald and proud. Global Feminisms Remix was actually a bit disappointing. The show consists of selections of works from the Global Feminisms show that was up in the summer. Although there was some pieces I really enjoyed, including work from Tracy Moffett and Judy Chicago's The Dinner Party ( which is a semi permanent and not part of the exhibition persay) it felt somewhat like a "left overs" show.

Edward Hicks, The Peaceable Kingdom
One of the best parts of the museum occurred while I was making my way up to see the Infinite Island show. I came across Edward Hicks painting The Peacaeble Kingdom. I am not normally a fan of this kind of work but it is the first painting that I remember seeing. It still hangs over my families couch and I can remember staring at it for hours. Seeing it in person made me realize what a shotty reproduction we own.