Today’s class trip to see artwork made by Kai Althoff at the MoMa was very interesting. It was the first time that I have been to an art museum in over five years. The room was filled with a numerous pieces varying from sculptors to painting but one piece in particular caught my attention. The piece appeared to look like a burnt down church. It was out on the floor and looked like it was made of cardboard. The colors were mainly black and white with the exception of what appeared to be bags of chips and snacks in one of the buildings. When I first looked at the piece it reminded me of another painting that we looked at as a class when we were first learning about Romanticism and the sublime. The setting was also a gloomy church scene. I got a feeling of “sublime” when looking at the piece. Although it looked tragic to have a church burnt down, it captured my attention and I admired the details. I also connected with it because it reminded me of the civil rights era. During that time period church’s that had black attendants were occasionally burned down by the Klu Klux Klan. I saw a cross with a white flag that made me wonder if that was a possibility as to why the church was burnt down in the first place. However continuing theme of Romanticism, if felt a feeling of negative capability as a walked away from the piece. I knew would not be able to get a definite answer for the meaning of the piece but i accepted it for what I saw and admired its beauty.