The Moma had been closed for a few months, the anticipation to see what has been accomplished during this time was high. I have been to Moma several times since a kid, but even more often now as an adult, as I have become a lover of modern art. And though I didn’t expect it to be closed for two whole years (being a New Yorker makes me want everything done in a New York minute), I felt as if it needed an upgrade and even some expansion! After all, it’s average amount of visitors is 1.5 million people annually. Walking around before used to make feel as if I was always fighting to get a good look at a piece of art, or I was suffocated by the amount of people next to me constantly. With all said, it is needless to say I was very excited to see the transformation, and now even more since I am admiring it through an architectural art lens.

^Isa Genzken is a German contemporary artist who lives and works in Berlin. Her primary media are sculpture and installation, using a wide variety of materials, including concrete, plaster, wood and textile. She also works with photography, video, film and collage. (Artist art above.)

 

When entering the Moma, right away it’s visible that they expanded and they made the ticketing process very easy and quick, this is as opposed to the “old” Moma that had long lines and felt very crowded as soon as you walked through the door. We worked our way right outside to the “sculpture garden” (the outdoor patio) and we were greeted by an enormous rose by Isa Genzken, a female artist who has definitely left her mark at MOMA. Walking into this garden sparked nostalgia from Beauty & the Beast.The above is a picture of the full patio, which has chairs and installation art, along with small patches with water, creating a zen inside the chaos of NYC.

As I continued to walk around the patio, it like I was in a European garden somewhere in Greece. The loud city horns are inevitable, it feels like you are in a cross between peace and chaos. But, over all on a nice fall day it would be a nice place to bring a journal and find a bench where you could just unpack how you’re feeling. Following this, we went back inside and began exploring the rest of the museum.

While walking around the MOMA exhibitions, something struck me, there was color on the walls now! Before MOMA was infamous for its white walls and now it has colors from pastels all the way to black in the exhibitions! This was certainly different and it did change my attention span to stare at the pieces. I couldn’t keep the same attention span on the pieces of art anymore.

 

See you next week!

xoxo,

P