MoMA

Leesa had found out that the MoMA (museum of Modern Art) had free admission for Friday night, courtesy of Target stores, so we and five others met up and toured the museum. The two guys that went with us admitted before we went to see everything, that they knew nothing about modern art, and what they did know they didn’t like! They got a different impression when the few pieces that we saw were Van Gough’s, one being Starry, Starry Night. It doesn’t look much different than the posters and prints that are mass produced – but this was the real thing. The painting was covered in glass, and we could go nose to nose with it, much different than my experience in the Geddes Museum. But it was real.

 This is Ted - the unbeliever of Modern Art! 

I like modern art. I like the textures, the forms, the designs – the ability to see art in different ways. Many pieces were ‘out of the box.’ That was OK, I was able to see the beauty in them. However, there was only one room in which a very quick walk through was all it deserved!

 A masterpiece - out of duct tape!

 Metal Sculpture.

 Construction paper weaved together - who would have known

this would be Modern Art! 

Moms - hold onto your child's artwork!!!

 Miniature masterpieces in wire.

 A popular Modern Art piece.

 A whole new concept to eating food that is lighter than air - how about eating out of something made out of feathers?

 This is titled "Fat Cat"

 Hanging from the rafters

  They had some very large pieces of Monet, one was Reflection of Clouds on the Lily-Pond. 

 Then they had a number of paintings of another 

famous artist, Andy Warhol.

Here are few other things I found interesting, like the following - TYPOGRAPHY! I just finished a class in Print Publishing, so "print" is interesting to me.

Then there is furniture design - which is considered Modern Art - so this is for you Kate - even though my pixs don't do it justice, nor did I capture it all!

 Exhibition of South African music artists.

.An exhibit of Picasso's experiement of guitars.

 

 Not a great picture - but a quilt!

And yes, a block of bales of hay.

I am still wondering about this!!!

Afterwards we all visited a Thai restaurant a few blocks away, Pongsri. It was delicious! In fact if I could get some others to go back – we will. There were seven of us, and we all ordered a different dish and shared family style. We had yellow, green, gang sub-pa-rod, and masaman curry, pad thai, and a couple of other dishes. Yum! Leesa ordered one that was hot and spicy. Silly me for even trying!