Museum Visit: Institute of Contemporary Art

Most of Susan Te Kahurangi King’s work had a cartoony, childhood doodle feel to them. I realized, after reading more about her, that she was influenced by the cartoons she grew up watching. I found the layout of her works that have a lot going on to be interesting. I’m used to seeing art where a single character is the main focus of a drawing but most of her work seemed to portray a scene. Many of her work were very expressive to me. When I was looking around the exhibit, I couldn’t help but think of the drawings I did when I was in elementary school. I’d use the word “childhood” as a way to overall describe her artwork. To me each piece seemed to tell a story that I didn’t understand but could tell was there. I didn’t get that feeling from her more abstract work though.

Then there’s Ida Applebroog’s work. I liked her exhibit the least of the two but it still caught my interest. One part that really caught my interest was her book series. They seemed oddly dark to me. I could tell from her work that she dealt with depression. I also noticed a lot of self-questioning and questioning of life in general from her work.