The aim of this paper
The aim of this paper is to evoke a memory of a piece of art that I saw while visiting the Twin Towers National 9/11 Memorial & Museum.
My tour of the New York Museum
On my tour of the New York Museum on November 19th, 2016, I felt a decision to choose Spencer Finch's piece artwork presented as "trying to recall the color of the sky on that September morning" (Kennedy, 2017).
Choosing Mr. Spencer Finch's artwork
The main reason I chose Mr. Spencer Finch's artwork was that I knew his motivations when he showed his works at the memorial museum. Furthermore, even though I had seen the artwork pictures before, I sensed a powerful sense of strength in me. Tears dropped down my eyes as I stood in front of the massive wall reading the quote that stretched approximately sixty feet saying, "No day shall erase you from the memory of time". Furthermore, the quote reminds us of those who lost their lives on that specific day and those of who will never be forgotten by their loved ones and America as a whole.
My research and writing the piece of artwork
From my research and writing the piece of artwork by Spencer Finch on paper, I learnt a lot about the feeling, emotions and defining meaning that was brought about on creating the piece. The attack of the twin towers that morning on September 11, 2001 has be described by many as beautiful clear day; also, the meteorologist referred to it as a 'serve clear' witch according to the aviation term for the pilot meaning to have unlimited visibility conditions (Cohan, 2017).
The artwork by Spencer Finch
The artwork has 2983 of individual unframed squared paper of which each is hand painted with different shades of blue surrounding. Moreover, in every square represents individually people who were killed during the September 11 and the bombing in 1993 of the World Trade Center (McQuade, 2017). From the blue shades, the capture of images showing the clear sky brings about of what became a dark morning.
References
Cohan, J. (2017). Spencer Finch at the National September 11 Memorial and Museum – News – James Cohan Gallery. Jamescohan.com. Retrieved 1 February 2017, from http://www.jamescohan.com/news/2014-05-15_spencer-finch-at-the-national-september-11
Kennedy, R. (2017). Spencer Finch Turned to the Heavens to Honor the Dead. Nytimes.com. Retrieved 1 February 2017, from https://www.nytimes.com/2014/05/15/arts/design/spencer-finch-turned-to-the-heavens-to-honor-the-dead.html
McQuade, J. (2017). Classicist says quote of Virgil’s inscribed on 9/11 Memorial is. Melville House Books. Retrieved 1 February 2017, from https://www.mhpbooks.com/classicist-says-quote-of-virgils-inscribed-on-911-memorial-is-shockingly-inappropriate/
