There was loads of art that grabbed my attention at MOMA but one stuck out the most for me and it’s a piece created by Lee Bontecou, Untitled 1961.

At first glance, I noticed this piece right away because of the size it had compared to other artwork in that area. From afar, a viewer can see an enormous black hole in the center of the piece similar to a pit. I immediately questioned why? There is as well loads of layers that surround the depth of that black hole. However, what truly allowed me to connect with this piece is what Lee Bontecou had stated regarding this piece “My concern is to build things that express our relation to this country—to other countries—to this world—to other worlds—to glimpse some of the fear, hope, ugliness, beauty and mystery that exists in us all and which hangs over all the young people today.” When I read her description about the piece I immediately started to submerge myself within this piece and make the piece become me. I started to invasion myself as Untiled. I believe I’m made up of many layers and each layer holds a mystery about ourselves that we may never know or be lucky enough to know in the years to come. One of our main purposes in life is to find who we really are, we will go through many layers (chapters) in life to reach that black hole or maybe we will die trying. We are a mystery waiting to be unfolded.

-Cristian Manuel Solano