`
Travelin' Cousins
  • Home
  • About
    • Our Story
    • Media Kit
    • Write for Us
    • Press >
      • October 2018 Press
    • Contact
  • The Daily Scoop
  • Travel Articles
    • Travel Adventures Articles
    • Throwback Thursdays >
      • Elisa's Throwback China Trip Adventure
    • Foodie Fridays
    • Travelin' The NYC Outer Boroughs with Elisa
    • Walt Disney World Wednesdays
  • Things To Do
    • Entertainment Reviews
    • New York Area
    • Southern California Area
  • Where to Stay and Things to Do
  • Where to Dine Vegan
  • Fun Fact & Travel Trivia Articles
    • Fun Facts List Directory
  • Tanya's Photo Gallery
    • Pictures from Auschwitz/Birkenau - WARNING: Mature Content/Depressing Images
  • Elisa's Photo Gallery
  • Travel Tips
    • Know Before ya Go

Travelin' The NYC Outer Boroughs with Elisa

Explore the history, culture and dining in The Bronx, Brooklyn, Queens, Staten Island and Long Island with Elisa!

LEARN ABOUT THE "OTHER" BOROUGHS

Contemporary Art Exhibits at The Bronx Museum of the Arts

11/6/2018

0 Comments

 
One of the things I love about being a travel blogger is that I often find myself in local destinations that, as a rule, do not get featured on the world travel stage.

That’s where I like to come in and tell both locals and visitors how they can broaden their knowledge and widen their travel experiences, here in New York City, and especially in the great borough of the Bronx.
Picture
The Bronx Museum of the Arts (c) travelincousins.com
Anyone who follows my blog, knows just how much I love history!  In fact, if I could spend all of my leisure time in museums, that’s exactly where you would find me.  Whether it be ancient artifacts or the artwork of pop culture, I relish surveying and studying it all.

Cut to my recent, first-time and solo visit to The Bronx Museum of the Arts.  I underscore “solo” because there are few people in my sphere who can bear to visit a museum with me. Yes, I study each and every part of the exhibition and read every single placard to absorb all of the knowledge available.
Picture
Interior of Museum (c) travelincousins.com
Conveniently located on the Grand Concourse, not far from the House that Ruth Built, for those visiting by train, and across the street from a parking lot for drivers like me, this museum is a delightful way to spend a few hours.

Structurally, the exterior of the building is quite striking, with contemporary features characteristic of today’s New York, and yet, I found it to fit right in with its older neighborhood surroundings.

Entry is free and the interior space is rather intimate.  Architecturally speaking, the high ceilings, geometric lines of the walls and large windows give the museum a large and open feel. 

Picture
(c) travelincousins.com
The Museum primarily specializes in contemporary art by New Yorkers of Latin, Asian & African-American descent and I was drawn to pay a visit to view two exhibits about which I read that piqued my interest.

So, let's talk exhibits! The first, Manuel Mendive: Nature, Spirit & Body, sadly, closed this past Sunday (Nov. 4th), however, it was my desire to share my experience as I was not familiar with this Afro-Cuban artist or his works, prior to my visit, and thought it meaningful to feature.
Picture
Manuel Mandive Exhibit (c) travelincousins.com
Picture
Photos of Mendive's artwork by John Rowe (c) travelincousins.com
For the past fifty years, Manuel Mendive has studied the influence of African oral-based traditions on Cuba through the creation of his contemporary art.  According to the exhibit, "His multidisciplinary work, in particular performances, has become a vehicle for exploring the intersections between art, religion, philosophy, politics, ethics, and anthropology. "
Picture
(c) travelincousins.com
This is a very interesting description, but as just an ordinary art lover, I can tell you what I enjoyed most and that is, I found his works to be aesthetically pleasing because of their abstract nature and calming and earthy color palette.  Whether, his paintings, (so aptly captured in the photographs of John Rowe), or his chairs or carvings, his works elicit a balance of both the primitive and contemporary.  
Picture
(c) travelincousins.com
Incidentally, John Rowe has spent over two decades documenting people and cultures worldwide, and his work has been published by National Geographic, NBC News, CNN, Al Jazeera, The Guardian, L'Oeil de la Photographie and The Explorers Journal among others.
Picture
(c) travelincousins.com
Moving right along, a fairly new exhibition,  Christopher K. Ho: Aloha to the World at the Don Ho Terrace, which opened on October 3, 2018 and runs through January 6, 2019, is small but very enjoyable to peruse.  This solo exhibition, includes a 35-foot tall banner, artifacts from a defunct Hawaiian hotel co-owned by Ho’s grandfather, and signage mimicking the hotel’s grand entrance.  
Picture
(c) travelincousins.com
Picture
(c) travelincousins.com
Picture
(c) travelincousins.com
For me, because I love pop culture memorabilia so much, it was delightful viewing each of the pieces in the collection which are  displayed in a glass case.

Upcoming and newly opened exhibits include Rochell Reinstein: Image Of An Image, which just opened this week (November 7, 2018 to March 3, 2019) and Eddie Martinez: White Outs (November 14, 2018 to February 17, 2019).


-Travelin' Elisa
​
Picture
For Your Information
The Bronx Museum of the Arts
1040 Grand Concourse
Bronx, NY 
T: 718-681-6000
 www.bronxmuseum.org

0 Comments



Leave a Reply.

    Picture

               Elisa 

     Elisa is co-founder of Travelin' Cousins travel blog along with her cousin "Travelin' Tanya." She lives on Long Island, New York with her two daughters and her dog Punkin. An entrepreneur whose professional career has included a variety of businesses in the toy, licensing and direct marketing businesses, she is now a blogger and freelance writer. Since her teen years, she has traveled extensively throughout the United States, Europe and Asia and continues to travel these days throughout the world with her daughters and cousin Tanya. Her other passions include photography, cooking, dining, the theatre and shopping.   

    Enter your email address:

    Delivered by FeedBurner

    Archives

    September 2020
    August 2020
    July 2020
    May 2019
    April 2019
    March 2019
    February 2019
    January 2019
    December 2018
    November 2018
    October 2018
    September 2018
    August 2018
    July 2018
    June 2018
    May 2018
    April 2018
    March 2018
    February 2018
    January 2018

    Categories

    All

    RSS Feed

The Scoop Blog
Travel Adventure Articles
Travelin' the NYC Outer Boroughs with Elisa
Walt Disney World Wednesdays
Travel Resource Guide
Vegan Dining Guide

​


   
                                                      
Fun Fact and Travel Trivia Articles
Elisa and Tanya's Favorites
Travel Tips - Know Before You Go
​
About
​Contact Us 
​Media Kit 
​
(c) Travelin' Cousins 2020 All Rights Reserved