Brunch & the Brooklyn Museum

Yesterday afternoon, I met up with some ladies as part of a Brooklyn Girl's Night Out meetup for a little cafe brunch and browsing at the Brooklyn Museum. I've been meaning to hit the museum myself, on one of the Target First Saturday's (free from 5-11pm + live music), but it hadn't worked out yet. Luckily, there were five of us ladies who had an interest and didn't mind paying the $10 admission. The museum itself is much larger than I was anticipating. Five floors of stuff! Granted, it was five floors of stuff I wasn't totally interested in, but I'm glad I checked it out. My favorite parts were probably the Egyptian art on the third floor, some of the Japanese art on the first, and basically all of the fifth floor where the contemporary art is. It's pretty clear I'm a modern art kind of girl.

Getting our Art on

One new thing at the museum, is a current exhibit by local Brooklyn artist, Fred Tomaselli. Born in the late 50's and completing most of his work in the 1980's, Tomaselli's stuff is pretty "pharmacologically" influenced. That being said, some of his stuff was really neat. His paintings are made out of acrylic, photocollage, and resin on wood panels. There is depth upon depth, and I was a fan.

Some of Tomaselli's work

The Raven

The Raven - up close

Another area of the museum I found really cool, was the visible storage and study center up on the fifth floor. Basically a big closet full of museum archives, there was some rad modern stuff. Plenty of old appliances for a kitchen exhibit, a fun futuristic bike, and soooooo many modern chairs. They must have had an Eames-type exhibit in the past. I hope it returns.

Poor lighting, but cool museum storage

Aching feet aside, our 3 hour tour of the museum was pretty fun. I'm glad I met some cool ladies to spend the afternoon with, and I'll definitely be checking out the museum again.