This was the second time I’ve gone to Moma. I don’t remember much from the first visit two years ago. As I walked through the exhibit few pieces stood out to me. For example, “Sun, Moon, Simultaneous 2” by Robert Delaunay, and “The Park” by Gustav Klimt. My favorite piece was “The False Mirror” by Rene Magritte. It reminded me of a time that I looked into the sky and saw clouds. However at the same time the eye seems to be looking right back at me. This reminded me of Simultaneity, the property of two events happening at the same time. I felt that the eye also acts as a window for us to see the other world, like there is a beautiful and promising tomorrow.
This was a very creative piece because everyone has at one point of time seen an image similar to the blue sky so we can relate to the piece. After I reminisced about my past experience. I started to feel uncomfortable because I realised the eye was watching me the whole time and it was like it was with me through my journey to my memories. This piece was found on the Painting and Sculpture I at Moma and is an oil on canvas from 1928. Man Ray an owner of the painting in 1933 described the painting as “sees as much as it itself is seen,” which is the perfect description for this artwork. Later I realised that the eye has no eyelashes and a very black pupal that I wasn’t painting attention to at first.
Sandy Cheng
I have not seen it in the MoMa, but it is an interesting painting since I searched the photo on google. I see a beautiful sky and furture from the bright eye, at the same time, the eye is looking at me and makes me feel uncomfortable also. It is kind of a weird eye because it does not have eyelashes.
you really introduce a very splendid work to us! I love this painting, too! It seems like a person is focusing his eyes upon the blue sky and the white clouds, however, we can guess it should not be all that the painter want to present. It makes me think about what the person is considering, what is his/her mood at that moment.