Field Trip #1

    On my first field trip to the Moma Museum I saw a whole bunch of diverse art in which spoke to me in different ways. Three ways in which I related the three groups of art were personal Individual identity, cultural identity and historical time. I can relate to three specific paintings and sculptures because I feel that they spoke to me and caught my artistic interest.
    The first painting I chose was the painting by Takashi Murakami, “727”. I consider this as an individual identity painting towards myself. I feel that I can relate to this painting as a remembrance of my childhood. The way the colors mix and change create different moods for me. And the figure in the painting reminds me of a cartoon game I use to love as a kid. Even though there is only one figure in the painting I feel like it says a thousand words in my head.  As if I’m looking in the past of my childhood in a reflection. I think this compared to the other paintings is different because its made with different style and sends out a different message.
    The second piece of art I chose was by Ai weiwei, “Berne and Hong Kong from the series Study of Perspective”. I consider to be a historical photograph in my view. That’s because the first I noticed was its in black and white. Next, I was aware of the perspective of the photograph, it was taken in “first person”. In my point of view it shows how someone view the world in the old days in their eyes. They are sticking there middle finger towards a city. I think the person who took the photo has a sorrowful or harsh experience with the world and either they don’t worry or care about the life they could have lived or maybe they are angry at it for some reason.
    Finally, the third piece of art I chose was by Lisa Yuskavage, “Outliers”. I consider this to be a cultural painting. That’s because of the way the people look and the setting they are in. Clearly in my eyes they aren’t fashion specialist, one of the women is wearing a simple dress and the other is wearing a half of a shirt on with her bosom out in the open. I can consider this to be an old cultural painting because of the color of their socks which could represent some kind of culture of theirs. After, I can infer that this was based on people who lived years ago. What leads me to that is their lack of lady-like manners such as sitting with your legs wide open and sitting with your breast out. Lastly, I can infer this was based on people from a long time ago was their scenery, they are sitting on a pile of rocks as if they were cavemen. People these days don’t normally go outside half naked and sit on rocks.
    My first trip to the Moma Museum helped me view art in a different way. I now understand that there is much more to art than its first perspective looks. I now know that “works of art” have a profound meaning behind every stroke, color, and or interaction. In which I can relate to people, myself and the rest of society.  

Takashi Murakami
Japanese, born 1962
"727"
Synthetic polymer paint on canvas board, three panels
1996

Ai Weiwei
Chinese, born 1957
"Berne and Hong Kong from the series Study of Perspective"
Gelatin silver prints
1995-2003

Lisa Yuskavage
American, born 1962
"Outliers"
2011