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| - I like to walk up the big steps, which everyone always comments on. They're too big to walk without seeming awkward, each one about two and a half steps to get up. By the time you walk up all of them, you either feel tired because of how slow you achieved the top or out of breath because of how briskly you had to walk up without feeling too slow. I also always look out to the right and think that in a decade of visiting this museum, I've never been out in that courtyard. Is it even a courtyard? This is besides the point.
If there's any review that makes me feel like a real snob, it's this one.
The Carnegie is more than worth a visit. It's worth a revisit. And a membership. Visit a new area every month for a year. And then revisit each area in the same order for years. The routine won't get old, or maybe it will, I don't really care. My favorite sections are Contemporary Art and Architecture. The wall of chairs is a great snapshot to admire, and the various drawers make me wish I could resist buying furniture at Target.
I don't really like post-war art, because I feel like it's maximalist without purpose, and when the commotion dies down and you look at the more minimal expressions, you're just left with muted tones of mustard yellow and dulled grays. But I'm also a walking hypocrisy, because my favorites of the entire collection are two large post-war pieces.
After walking upstairs, I turn left and walk through a few of the entry ways until I get to the black-and-white canvas on the right of one of the rooms, right when you walk in, Franz Kline's "Sigfried."
I usually keep walking until I find the glass doors to the contemporary collection, and after a few other entryways, I stop and sit down on the bench placed to stare at Sigmar Polke's "Watchtower II."
If I have time, I explore more. But usually I just resolve to look at everything else another day, at another point in the routine, which cycles back to coming in and reaching the same conclusions.
It's possible you won't like these pieces of art. You could like other pieces more. It's nice to look at art and have opinions.
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