The class trip last Wednesday was my first time going to the Whitney. It was a different experience for me because I've never been to such a large exhibition of modern art. I am used to seeing more pre-modern, classical pieces in museums. However, I definitely enjoyed the variety of works at the Whitney, and I found a few artists I particularly liked, including: Roland Flexner, Trenton Doyle Hancock, and Charles Ray. Flexner's "Thirty Sumi Ink on Paper" were absolutely my favorite pieces in the whole museum. From what I understand, he uses a Japanese technique of placing paper on top on ink floating on water or gelatin, but then he adds his own twist by blowing, blotting, and tilting the ink. From afar, his ink pieces look like photographs of some odd, dark landscape or caves; but upon closer examination, you can see there are no definitive, recognizable forms in the image at all. I think they are mysterious and beautiful.