New York - Guggenheim

I recently went to New York with other people from my course. As cliche as it sounds, we all had the time of our lives. Though the journey was long and tedious, we made the most of it. The first day we were there we went to the Guggenheim Museum (www.guggenheim.org). The Guggenheim mainly holds paintings and photography of a more modern nature though it does have some classics from the likes of Picasso and Van Gough. The building itself is a work of art, it spirals upwards getting wider as you go leaving a dramatic atrium in the centre, normally naturally lit via the ornate glass roof. Even without the art inside it was worth the visit, I've always had a love of architecture, and this was certainly a fascinating example. They've currently got an exhibition on called contemplating the void, which is all about art within and designed specifically for the atrium area. All the ideas and concepts were displayed in one of side rooms. It was really interesting to see what different people had come with and done. There were options from filling it with water and using it as a giant aquarium, to fitting trampolines so you could bounce from floor to floor.

Around the spiral was displayed alot of photographic work from artists like Ori Gersht, Roni Horn, Hiroshi Sugimoto (www.sugimotohiroshi.com), and James Casebere (jamescasebere.net). There were other artists on display, but I enjoyed the work from these four the most.