On September 1st I visited one of the best museums in NYC, the MET, or Metropolitan Museum of Art. It has been a while since I visited this museum and I did not remember much of it. Sadly, I was not able to complete the whole thing in just one day. Monet’s paintings alone took up nearly an hour! I did however make my way through a decent amount of exhibits, including a beautiful Cristobal de Villalpando selection (shown below), as well as Comme de Garcon’s fashion showing. These three exhibits stood out the most because of Monet’s beauty, the size of Cristobal’s paintings, and the abstractness of Garcon’s fashion line. Monet’s paintings while appearing to have no definitive lines still show every single detail inside the canvas. Cristobal’s painting, ” Moses and the Brazen Serpent and the Transfiguration of Jesus,” is a 28 foot tall canvas encapsulating two biblical events in one transitioning piece, truly breathtaking. As for Garcon’s fashion line, it was very interesting but I guess I do not understand her take on fashion art pieces. They were very abstract to say the least but gather quite a large crowd inside the exhibit.
The reason I like the MET is because even after a prolonged period of absence, exhibits such as Medieval Knights remain a center-piece of the museum. This brings me a nostalgic feeling allowing me to recollect past memories when I used to visit the same exhibits with my relatives almost a decade ago. I enjoyed this academic experience, being able to (without any cost) experience and learn about contemporary as well as past art and compare the two in a single day. To anyone hesitant about visiting this jewel of NYC, take the 6 train to 77th street and see for yourself, I guarantee you will find at least one piece inside the museum that you will love.
-Konrad Szenfeld
