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An Adventurous Painting One of the things that I love about museums that have blogs is how easy it can be is to get a hold of counterparts when you need something. In read more...

An Adventurous Painting

Shelley Bernstein on May 14, 2009

One of the things that I love about museums that have blogs is how easy it can be is to get a hold of counterparts when you need something. In the most recent instance of this, we were able to film Valerie Hegarty talking about her work in 21 and her piece, Fallen Bierstadt, takes its inspiration from another work, Bridal Veil Falls owned by the North Carolina Museum of Art. One quick comment on the NCMA blog and we had a high resolution file to incorporate into our little video, yay!

If you read our blog, chances are you will really like the NCMA blog, which gives a behind-the-scenes look at the goings on direct from staffers—it's definitely in my own feed reader and I love the opportunity to get to know the people working there. Chad is no exception—though we've never met, I know him well enough through his blogging to not be surprised at all when he, after seeing the above video, sent along a note that said "I'm now imagining our painting out in the wilderness, having adventures." Nice : )

[edit! Valerie is taking questions via our blog. Leave a comment and she'll answer when she checks in!]

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Sarah Baley Sarah Baley’s show “Bois” opened at Collette Blanchard Gallery on the Lower East Side last Thursday night and we are very happy to have this image by Sarah in the read more...

Sarah Baley

Patrick Amsellem on May 13, 2009

Sarah Baley’s show “Bois” opened at Collette Blanchard Gallery on the Lower East Side last Thursday night and we are very happy to have this image by Sarah in the collection.

Sarah Baley (American, born 1969). Dug, 2005. From the series: Bois, 2009. Chromogenic print, 24 x 20 in. (61 x 50.8 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of the Artist, 2009.14.

Youth culture and sexuality have often influenced both fashion photography and contemporary art. The work of Sarah Baley, an emerging Brooklyn-based artist, is indebted to the confluence of interests and close dialogue between these worlds in the recent decade. Her series “Bois” is an exploration of a Brooklyn-based, lesbian community who identify as bois. Many in the group call themselves gender queer, which implies a rejection of the gender binary system and an embrace of sexuality as a sliding scale of possibilities. In Baley’s view, sexuality has become one of the few ways in which people can still express freedom. In this image, “Dug,” Baley placed her subject—staged her, dramatically lit—by the East River close to the Brooklyn Bridge. The evolving industrial urban landscape, reflected in the rapid development of Brooklyn’s waterfront, functions as a metaphor or mirror for the group’s fluid definition of sexuality and gender. This photograph will be included in an installation of contemporary art at the Museum this coming August and Sarah's show is on view at Collette Blanchard Gallery through June 17, 2009.

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A visit from artist Seher Shah Seher Shah recently stopped by the Brooklyn Museum to see her large drawing Jihad Pop Progressions 5 – Interior Courtyard 2, 2007 on view in the fourth floor Contemporary galleries. Part read more...

A visit from artist Seher Shah

Eugenie Tsai on May 4, 2009

Seher Shah recently stopped by the Brooklyn Museum to see her large drawing Jihad Pop Progressions 5 – Interior Courtyard 2, 2007 on view in the fourth floor Contemporary galleries.

Seher Shah (Pakistani, b. 1975). Interior Courtyard 2, 2007. Graphite pencil on white, medium weight, wove paper, 80 x 120 in. (203.2 x 304.8 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Purchase gift of Dr. Margaret Hammerschlag and gift of Donald T. Johnson, by exchange, 2008.4. © Seher Shah. Photograph courtesy of Bose Pacia, New York.

Part of her “Jihad Pop” series, the layered imagery merges private imagery, iconic Islamic spaces, and universal geometric forms. Seher’s visit provided a wonderful opportunity to hear her insightful−and impromptu—comments about the piece.