The Whitney Museum

In New York City lies a museum on 75th and Madison, named the Whitney. The building is special because it was imagined and realized by the architect Marcel Breuer. Breuer was a student at the Bauhaus in Germany where many students came to understand the basic qualities of all the arts. The Whitney building, from a three quarters view, has each proceeding floor jut out a little bit from the previous level and creates an upside step pyramid effect. The institution itself has dedicated its 84 years of life to finding new american artists, buying their work, and displaying the pieces in the gallery to give the artists a chance to show off their work. That was Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney's original intent, which the museum still carries out today. A prime example to date is Cory Arcangel's Super Mario Clouds from 2003. Cory hacked the Super Mario Brothers game to repeat a cloud sequence in order to cross the boundary of digital technology and pop culture. The audience sees here a new art form being created out of something relatively old and archaic. By acquiring this piece the Whitney became a collector of new media and won't stop unless there is nothing new to show.