i) Was happy to discover an artist by the name of Yves Tanguy. He was a French surrealist painter, and one of his paintings truly had me staring at it for more than just a few seconds. The name of the painting is called "He Did What He Wanted" (1929). The scene is the bottom of an ocean; there is a grey octopus in the foreground on a sandy sea floor; grey, smoky, dreamlike sensations in the background, and in the distance hovers a human looking up at an rather unique creature (has some similarities to a horse, but I could be mistaken). A couple of objects, including a small tree contain numbers). The scene doesn't make a lot of sense, but it was pleasing to the eyes, nevertheless.
ii) If someone asked me what is the most popular painting at the MOMA, I would have to say it is Van Gogh's "The Starry Night." The number of people gathered by this painting, and the number of times the guard requested the people to step back, had me thinking that MOMA's "The Starry Night" is the equivalent audience scene as The Louvre's "Mona Lisa."
iii) Not to be rude, but some pieces of work ARE REALLY NOT ART. I mean, hanging a shovel from the ceiling IS NOT ART, especially since the artist bought the shovel from a hardware store, and just signed the handle. Seriously? Also, painting a canvas a single shade of red IS NOT ART. Many curators and other professionals may disagree, but that's just my opinion.
iv) I did enjoy the 60s pop work very much, most notably Roy Lichtenstein's "Drowning Girl." Basically, it's like comic book art. In this work, a rather stubborn teary-eyed woman is thinking "I don't care! I'd rather sink - than call Brad for help!"
To wrap up, enjoy the pics taken below:
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| Vincent Van Gogh's "The Starry Night" - MOMA's most popular painting, it seems. |
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| Jasper Johns' "Flag." Reminds me of the US soccer team at the World Cup :) |
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| A tall rose in the court yard at the MOMA....has me wondering if it has anything to do with Jack and the Beanstalk...hmm |
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