Brittney Logan |Assignment NYC trip|

I went to the MOMA for the first time and I was truly amazed, seeing the images in class on projectors are completely different than seeing them in real life. I spent four hours in the MOMA admiring a lot of pieces, I was really fascinated how the museum was set up, just with all the different floors, and how each floor had something different to bring to the table. The bookstore was quiet amazing also, and I loved how they had sections on the floors where you could buy other things from the bookstore.I loved how it was so much open space in the galleries, I didn’t feel overwhelmed by people running into me or walking in front of me while I was trying to take pictures.

Andrew Wyeth’s “Christina’s World” was really interesting to look at up front and personal, I was introduced to this piece in my 2-d design class, I was always fascinated at how he was able to show the depth in this image, The detail is so precise in the grassy field and the picture leaves you wondering if she’s hurt and trying to get back up the hill or if she’s admiring the view from afar. What I really loved about this piece was that you never know what her face looks like and you can only see the back and wonder, I also always wondered If this was a dream because of the title he gave the piece.

This piece above was by the Guerilla girls, I’ve always found some of their work interesting, I mean what’s not interesting about a group of girls that wear guerrilla mask and no one knows who they really are except them. A lot of the stuff they display in their artwork is truthful and it shows the injustice that females encounter on a daily basis. This piece is simple and simply has a line cutting off 1/3 of what women actually make as artist than male artist do, just because our society is bias male artist make more money and are considered more famous than female artist.

The Gallery I visited was Hubert Gallery on Madison, it’s a very small neat gallery, when you walk in there’s a desk to the right and artwork hangs from the walls and some lean on the walls, there’s a small section in the back that has more artwork with another desk that someone sits at. There was a cute little wiener dog that greeted us with a tennis ball, the atmosphere was really laid back and I enjoyed that because a lot of galleries they attack you soon as you enter trying to get you to buy something’s.

This piece was by a lady called Fiona Morley, I have never seen a piece of work like this and I was instantly fascinated, I thought it was so “cool” I have seen some pretty amazing 3-d pieces but this one was so weird nerdy that it stood out too me, she used metal wires and paint and made all the faces the same with the wire. Overall the piece was really unique and her use of background choice I thought was very good, it compliments the rest of the piece.

This piece by Damien Hirst attracted my attentions just because I love polka dots, and I love bright colors. I was disappointed with the way they have it displayed though, the piece is wrinkled inside the frame, I think appearance is everything it can make or break a piece and although I love polka dots and bright colors, I was very withdrawn from the piece because it was wrinkled. The lighting in the gallery was relatively very well though, the gallery was more contemporary art, which I appreciated also.