The newly finished branch of New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art has put up a collection of unfinished works of art by some of the most famous artists in history on display. We will be seeing a whole lot more from the nations oldest not to mention largest art museum, step right in and be instantly taken by the almost infinite amount of fine pieces of art that Met Breuer has to offer.
You may be wondering why does New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art (one of the world’s most amazing museums) need a second location? Well the Met’s Director and CEO, Thomas Campbell said that “The Met has actually been collecting modern and contemporary art since its inception,” and “We want more space, we want to be more exploratory, we want to do more.”
So the Met started searching for the ideal spot to expand their marvelous collection, and as a result Met Breuer came to be. Located a mere stones through away from the Met, Campbell said “really, it was a great gift”. Many may know the new museum well as the former spot of the Whitney Museum, which was just recently relocated to a new spot in downtown Manhattan. The location and structure are equally as famous designed by master architect Marcel Breuer, that opened in the year 1966. Marcel Breuer became famous for his unique box-like building designs, in which was an architectural style known as Brutalist.
The Met’s Chairman of Contemporary and Modern Art, Shen Wagstaff took the iconic building, stripped it down and then recreated it the way Breuer originally had it designed. She made it so that art can talk to you without any disturbances whats so ever, which gives you the most out of the exhibit as humanly possible. Kelly Baum and Andrea Bayer are co-curating the exhibit that showcases unintentionally unfinished pieces of art. This exhibit features over 200 works all the way from the Renaissance to the present day, including artists such as Cezanne, Warhol, and Da Vinci.
There’s one work that’s a portrait of James Hunter Black, a Vietnam War Draftee, by Alice Neel. Alice Neel got as far as finishing his face, neck, and one of his hands. The rest of the portrait was sketched in. The man was later called to duty, and even though the portrait was not entirely finished, Alice Neel still signed it as well as exhibited it (during her lifetime), and even called this incomplete painting finished.
What’s really unique about this museum isn’t its shape or the names of artists displayed there, what’s really unique is the unfinished pieces that makeup the exhibition, because sometimes things that are incomplete can still be in motion. The Exhibition will be opened through September 4th.
For more information visit: “Unfinished: Thoughts Left Visible”
