"Four Stars" "★★★★"
This Exhibit at the Brooklyn Museum was put together very well and gave a pretty good view of Rock and roll through the photographer's perspective. The inclusion of some musicians was a bit questionable but I'll let Amy Winehouse pass just because I'm in a good mood. The Brooklyn Museum's resources must have been limited because I'm sure many more musicians could have been included in the show. Despite this you get a very well rounded picture of rock and roll. I was helpful that the curator divided up the show into separate categories of pictures like "crowds" or "performances" showing how a photographer and a musician would have to adapt to different situations. The photography was all great; capturing timeless moments that would have slipped away from our memory had it not been for the photographer. It's definitely worth a trip to Brooklyn to go see this exhibit especially if you are a fan of music. I would have given this show five stars. You see, the show is on the 5th floor and its the only exhibit on the floor, so I was expecting a huge show. The show is pretty big for Gallery standards, but not for museum standards. What is taking up the rest of the floor you may ask? Nothing but a HUGE gift shop with posters, studs, earrings, and other rock and roll paraphernalia. It was very disappointing to come out of a refreshing show and then get bombarded with "BUY, BUY, BUY" I'm used to a small gift section after a show, but this gift show was the same size as the show itself, if not bigger! So just be prepared when you are finishing up for a five minute walk through a crowded gift shop. One redeeming factor was that right as you come out of the show there is a little room with magazines that you can cut up with scissors and glue together an album cover. A little sill though because it was filled with 25-30 year olds giggling with excitement like a preschool arts and crafts class. Like I said before, The photography is really good, just don't expect to become enlightened or anything like that. There are some other great exhibits at the Brooklyn Museum right now so you should still make that trip!
Review of the Brooklyn Museum exhibit: Who Shot Rock & Roll:
This Exhibit at the Brooklyn Museum was put together very well and gave a pretty good view of Rock and roll through the photographer's perspective. The inclusion of some musicians was a bit questionable but I'll let Amy Winehouse pass just because I'm in a good mood. The Brooklyn Museum's resources must have been limited because I'm sure many more musicians could have been included in the show. Despite this you get a very well rounded picture of rock and roll. I was helpful that the curator divided up the show into separate categories of pictures like "crowds" or "performances" showing how a photographer and a musician would have to adapt to different situations. The photography was all great; capturing timeless moments that would have slipped away from our memory had it not been for the photographer. It's definitely worth a trip to Brooklyn to go see this exhibit especially if you are a fan of music. I would have given this show five stars. You see, the show is on the 5th floor and its the only exhibit on the floor, so I was expecting a huge show. The show is pretty big for Gallery standards, but not for museum standards. What is taking up the rest of the floor you may ask? Nothing but a HUGE gift shop with posters, studs, earrings, and other rock and roll paraphernalia. It was very disappointing to come out of a refreshing show and then get bombarded with "BUY, BUY, BUY" I'm used to a small gift section after a show, but this gift show was the same size as the show itself, if not bigger! So just be prepared when you are finishing up for a five minute walk through a crowded gift shop. One redeeming factor was that right as you come out of the show there is a little room with magazines that you can cut up with scissors and glue together an album cover. A little sill though because it was filled with 25-30 year olds giggling with excitement like a preschool arts and crafts class. Like I said before, The photography is really good, just don't expect to become enlightened or anything like that. There are some other great exhibits at the Brooklyn Museum right now so you should still make that trip!
Press release of the Brooklyn Museum exhibit: Who Shot Rock & Roll:
October 30, 2009–January 31, 2010
Morris A. and Meyer Schapiro Wing, 5th FloorWho Shot Rock & Roll is the first major museum exhibition on rock and roll to put photographers in the foreground, acknowledging their creative and collaborative role in the history of rock music. From its earliest days, rock and roll was captured in photographs that personalized, and frequently eroticized, the musicians, creating a visual identity for the genre. The photographers were handmaidens to the rock-and-roll revolution, and their images communicate the social and cultural transformations that rock has fostered since the1950s. The exhibition is in six sections: rare and revealing images taken behind the scenes; tender snapshots of young musicians at the beginnings of their careers; exhilarating photographs of live performances that display the energy, passion, style, and sex appeal of the band on stage; powerful images of the crowds and fans that are often evocative of historic paintings; portraits revealing the soul and creativity, rather than the surface and celebrity, of the musicians; and conceptual images and album covers highlighting the collaborative efforts between the image makers and the musicians.
Who Shot Rock & Roll: A Photographic History, 1955 to the Present is organized by the Brooklyn Museum with guest curator Gail Buckland.
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