MOMA
We also got a chance to go see the MOMA in its new (to us anyhow) location. It's exquisite. The collection really is amazing.
I don't know why, but I have this thing for Jasper Johns. I don't really love Pop Art generally, though I do like it and respect its ironic critique of consumer society. I heard this story of an interview he gave once, that went something like this (paraphrasing from memory):
"But why do you use the stencils (Johns frequently used stenciled numbers in his work)? Is it because you like them or is it just because the stencils come that way?
"That's what I like about them...that they come that way."
I thought that was just a delicious answer.
But in any event, it was moving to see some of his (and others') more famous work up close, such as this well-known piece "Flag."
I don't know the girl in front of it. She was just there and I thought it gave some sense of scale. I highly recommend going if you are in town. On Friday nights it's free from 4-8.
I don't know why, but I have this thing for Jasper Johns. I don't really love Pop Art generally, though I do like it and respect its ironic critique of consumer society. I heard this story of an interview he gave once, that went something like this (paraphrasing from memory):
"But why do you use the stencils (Johns frequently used stenciled numbers in his work)? Is it because you like them or is it just because the stencils come that way?
"That's what I like about them...that they come that way."
I thought that was just a delicious answer.
But in any event, it was moving to see some of his (and others') more famous work up close, such as this well-known piece "Flag."
I don't know the girl in front of it. She was just there and I thought it gave some sense of scale. I highly recommend going if you are in town. On Friday nights it's free from 4-8.
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Photographing Strangers are we? :)
Only the myopic ones that stand directly in front of art.
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