Today I went to see the MOMA exhibition by Francis Alÿs which is very aptly named A Story of Deception. One of his works, When Faith Moves Mountains, was inspired by a phrase from the bible (Mark 11:23) when he asked a group of 500 volunteers to move a 1,600-foot sand dune just using shovels. [...]
Posts Tagged ‘MOMA’
Definitions of faith
Posted in What I'm looking at, tagged art, Francis Alys, MOMA, When Faith Moves Mountains on July 31, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
The Irascibles
Posted in What I'm looking at, tagged Abstract Expressionists, art, Jackson Pollock, Mark Rothko, MOMA, New York on February 15, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
“Pictures must be miraculous” - Mark Rothko in 1947 I am lucky enough to live just a few blocks from MOMA so I get the chance to visit shows more than once and spend time with paintings that I love. The first few times I went to see Abstract Expressionist New York I couldn’t get past [...]
The modern century through the eyes of a master
Posted in What I'm looking at, tagged Henri Cartier-Bresson, MOMA, New York, photography on April 9, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
“Henry Cartier-Bresson’s images, many plucked from the everyday whirl of his beloved Paris, had the power and poetry of Zen and particle physics–smashing the atom of the present, bottling its spark, and generating flashes of life and light.” David Friend, Vanity Fair’s editor of creative development New York’s Museum of Modern Art first planned a [...]
