Trip to the Met - Two Posts in one?

            So, I decided to go to the Met because a lot of the works I wanted to see and artists were on display there, and I had been to the MoMa before to see the Tim Burton exhibit (which was AMAZING) and since I went on a Tuesday to the city the MoMa was also closed.

 I was stunned at first at how big the museum was, I had not expected it to be so massive. There was no way I was going to finish a fraction of it in the time I hade to walk around.

            

Of course we got lost 100000 times before we even found the modern art section. Every guard just telling us to straight and we walked through so many exhibits before we were finally in Modern Art. I wanted to focus on that section because most of my favorite pieces fall under it and the artists were amazing.

           I saw Georgia O’Keefe. I was never a fan of hers when we saw some of her pictures in class but in person the paintings were beautiful. The colors were so deep and dark and the strokes and shape of the design was just so appealing to me.

           

 I saw was The Figure 5 In Gold by Demuth. In person it was so much fun to sit back and look for the 5’s and walk forward and back to see the different perspectives of the painting. I really enjoyed it.

           

 Saw some Picasso paintings and my favorite Abstract that I saw was one called The Dreamer. The colors in it were so light and I could make out the women just lying down and daydreaming. Being so close to a Picasso was so exciting itself I was in glee.

After strolling through most of the modern art I started to go crazy because I was dying to see a Jackson Pollock in person. When we finally stumbled upon it I was almost doing back flips! In person its just stunning, I have to disagree with anyone that says it does not take skill to create this. Because its not just a bunch of splatters of paint. The way they are laid out and the colors make you go into a haze. I was just so fixed in this painting it was amazing to see it in person.

            

We then stumbled on one of my favorite favorite favorite Picasso works. Woman Ironing. I almost walked right past it because I did not recognize it. The colors in person are completely different then any picture I have ever seen of it. It was beautiful and dark and dreary in person and I never wanted to move from it. I wish I could have taken it right off the wall there and gone home with it. I still cant figure out why I love it so much, the story I see behind it just makes me want to hug her and learn more about her.

I then saw Seurats A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte. This in person is just remarkable. The detail in each dot and placement is insane. I never appreciated it in class but seeing it in person I almost gasped. The detail is just brilliant and skill behind it is wonderful.

            I later went on a manhunt looking for the few Monet water lilies they had. I was disappointed because they only had two very small ones and need to take a trip to the MoMa to see more.

           

            Overall I loved my trip to the Met and would love to go back and spend a few days there. Seeing the art in person is necessary because no picture of a panting could ever do it justice.