Infinite Blue @BrooklynMuseum
When I visited the Brooklyn Museum in February they were in the midst of an expansive first-floor-wide exhibit. Surveying the entire collection, Infinite Blue collected museum objects that prominently featured the colour blue. Part of their Year of Yes: Reimagining Feminism at the Brooklyn Museum
A Year of Yes: Reimagining Feminism at the Brooklyn Museum presents the history of feminism and feminist art while showcasing contemporary artistic practices and new thought leadership.
Blue is a perfect theme. While not explicitly stated in their literature, it seems to have been selected by the museum’s curators for embodying core feminist values:
In cultures dating back thousands of years, blue—the colour of the skies—has often been associated with the spiritual but also signifies power, status, and beauty. The spiritual and material aspects of blue combine to tell us stories about global history, cultural values, technological innovation, and international commerce.
The Painter Goblin is an ever evolving project. Colour is key part of its evolution. To promote Infinite Blue and the goal of A Year of Yes, we decided to look at the Brooklyn Museum’s paintings via Wikidata to pay homage to, and showcase the wonderful work of the female artists in their collection.
Each of the paintings below use one of the Painter Goblin’s palettes that incorporate the colour blue in subtly different ways. We hope you like the result.
Autumn Foliage, Elizabeth Boott Duveneck, @BrooklynMuseum https://t.co/OFf7xqLHwU #wikidata #digitalart (Palette: #AnnaAtkins #CyanoTypes) #InfiniteBlue #AYearOfYes ???????? pic.twitter.com/BsfUEdu41i
— Painter Goblin (@paintergoblin) March 18, 2018
Portrait of Eugénie Tripier-Le-Franc, Eugénie Tripier-Le-Franc, @BrooklynMuseum https://t.co/U6xdjpR18g #wikidata #digitalart (Palette: #Seatoun) #InfiniteBlue #AYearOfYes ???????? pic.twitter.com/NCWRl4J7t1
— Painter Goblin (@paintergoblin) March 18, 2018
La Scala dei Giganti, Emma Ciardi, @BrooklynMuseum https://t.co/0VHHkypqlq #wikidata #digitalart (Palette: #YvesKlein #Anthropométrie) #InfiniteBlue #AYearOfYes ???????? pic.twitter.com/CRH2wO65Bg
— Painter Goblin (@paintergoblin) March 18, 2018
Kiss Me and Youll Kiss the Lasses, Lilly Martin Spencer, @BrooklynMuseum https://t.co/NobYqCaFju #wikidata #digitalart (Palette: #LeTriTricolore ????????) #InfiniteBlue #AYearOfYes ???????? pic.twitter.com/q4dRZqlOy4
— Painter Goblin (@paintergoblin) March 18, 2018
Flowers, Still Life, Mary Moser, @BrooklynMuseum https://t.co/pomUnI5YwP #wikidata #digitalart (Palette: #ZiggyStardust) #InfiniteBlue #AYearOfYes ???????? pic.twitter.com/Eij8FS9yPt
— Painter Goblin (@paintergoblin) March 18, 2018
Do visit the Brooklyn Museum if you get a opportunity. It has been one of my favourite’s to visit so far. More details can be found on their website.
As I sat down to finally put pen to paper on this blog this morning, on typing my first word, this song (??) came on the radio. Thank you Joni.
Blue
Songs are like tattoos
You know I’ve been to sea before
Crown and anchor me
Or let me sail awayBlue
Here is a shell for you
Inside you’ll hear a sigh
A foggy lullaby
There is your song from me
Notes:
The quote from the title image is from Ludwig Wittgenstein’s ‘Philosophical Investigations‘, and the neon sign can be seen, featured quite prominently at the Museum’s exhibit’s entrance:
276. “But don’t we at least mean something quite definite when we look at a colour and name our colour impression?” It is virtually as if we detached the colour impression from the object, like a membrane. (This ought to arouse our suspicions.)
