MoMA Trip January 2025

January 23, 2025
Winter Arts Trip 

As a class, we were assigned to choose pieces to sketch that caught our eye in some way being that it relate to our thesis. During my day spent at the Museum of Modern Art, I chose a favorite detail from each piece that held my atention and sketched it alongside writing the artist's name and title of the piece. Some have more detail or extra annotation while others do not because of the lack of artist statement. 

Today I also learned from a very nice museum staff member that Matisse's first iteration of Dance in 1909 originally had a sixth dancer. The dancer's form proved to be stiff and not allowing the piece to freely flow, as of which it is now famous for. If you look at the lower left corner, on the grass is the outline of a calf, and if you follow it, you can faintly see the dancer's arm in the painted dancer's thigh. 

Cadence -- Otobong Nkanga 



First impression of Cadence. 



Sketch of museum-goers from above the Cadence installation on one of the balcony overviews. The last thing I did before leaving the museum, for fun, because I thought the people looked funny. 

Misc Sketches Below:


A favorite of mine was Agosto Machado's shrine telling queer stories in his community through personal and political items, regalia, statues, etc. "Ancestor worship, my gratitude for all these people who came through my life."-Machado 

The detail I drew was one of the two opposing statues with male and female anatomy. I want to know why they are wearing watches. 


Shrine (White) - 2022 



Heavy thesis inspiration with Niki de Saint Phalle's sketching in preparation for her piece "In Memory of My Feelings" (1967). "I am the door to the world's largest movie theater (700 ft. high)." 



Loved Ted Jaons "Long Distance." Cool concept for collaborative art where over the course of several years Joans had his chosen creative partner artist friends draw whatever they wanted over a super long folded piece of paper where they could only see the very edge of what the previous person had drawn. 



Mako Idemitsu's "Inner Man" was my favorite piece I saw at the MoMA today. 






Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Honors Studio: Alter Ego

Image
 Honors Studio: Alter Ego  December 2024 Think of words that describe yourself, and then think of words that are exact opposite of that. There's your alter ego.  Walter is fun to imagine. Although he is partly a failure, and a coward, he is human. This project was completed over the course of two nights, often filming between my sister taking over the bathroom with her extensive nighttime routine and ruining my hair with too much mousse and curl cream. Where Eva was unsuccessful, Walter came alive. Below are pictures and their accompanying captions for both drafts of the assignment that we were allotted.  All media shot with either a digital camera or iPhone cinematic mode, and a phone tripod was used for Draft #2.  "About once a month, forty year old finance/statistics/accounting/money laundering businessman Walter feels pretty enough to take haunting pictures of himself and takes a shower to wash it all off him. Apples, a favorite night time snack of his, are ...
Read more
Image
Honors Studio: Performance Art Ritual! cardboard, hot glue, acrylic paint, face lotion, cornstarch, water  The fate of the piece lies in the audience, not mine. I place my trust in others advocating for my choices, and making myself vulnerable, something I struggle with personally. My attempts at self advocacy are nonexistent.  One of my favorite parts of this piece was the interactions I had with people, and all the decisions I made. Many asked me to draw their friends. My sister (probably to spite me) asked for pink, a color I didn't have mixed, so I made it specially for her. Lots asked for circles, smiley faces...birds, teachers. At one point, one of the cardboard panels got loose. I decided I would give it to a person who spinned the mystery option at the end of the show.  Progress, close ups, videos... 1. SKETCH My initial ritual was very literal: I thought of my struggle with self advocacy and putting my voice out there, which is why I keep a journal to write down ...
Read more
Image
 Body - Honors Studio Assignment #4 TOP: Revised BOTTOM: Origin Don't Look At Me!  Artist's statement:  Paradox (Body Assignment)  cardboard, wire, acrylic paint & marker Honors Studio Art, 2024 I am aware of my biological sex at all times: How it can feel like a punch to the face when it is all I am summed up to, and something I have to be careful of, for my safety as a feminine presenting person. As humans we are constantly conscious of, and often ashamed of our appearance. I notice this manifests particularly in the clothing we choose to wear, so I intended from the start for this piece to be worn. The naked torso represents wearing your body on the outside--a feeling of being forced to meet expectations or dress a certain way. The irony of wearing this  out on the street, of drawing attention where you so badly don't want people to look, is what drove my intention with this piece. Three Core Ideas/Experiences that make up this piece:  1. Adam And Ev...
Read more