What if I told you that you could see works of art from Monet, Picasso, Andy Warhol and many other famous artists completely for free?
Well that's actually what I just did. Right now I'm at the MoMA or the Museum of Modern Art.
And I actually thought it was really cool
it's free on Fridays from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m.
When most people think of Modern Art, I think they tend to think of something pretty abstract. You know, like a Rothko painting where it's basically
just like a blank canvas that's supposed
to evoke a certain emotion
but modern art can be many things it can be surrealism like Salvador Dali's words
where there was a sense of realism, but
yet we we are sort of like in a dream
there's the sense of imagination and
diving in your subconscious.
Abstract art really started in the 1920s with people like Pablo Picasso and the creation of cubism.
Looking at art instead of just from traditional Renaissance framing tried to look at the subject from many different perspectives.
and it also simplified their figure into
simple geometric shapes.
Van Gogh, despite being one of the most famous artists today was not that well-known during his day.
I believe he only sold about one
painting or so in his lifetime.
The rest of his work outlived him so I think that's so interesting. People like him,
Edgar Allen Poe, so many of these starving artists only became famous after their death.
To me the coolest thing about
being here at MoMA is you're not only
seeing these world-renowned artists work
but you're also seeing work from artists who
Maybe in a generation or two generations
from now, will be the Pablo Picasso of their time.
Also, the Museum of Modern Art was one of the first places to recognize photography and filmmaking as an art form.
At the time, a lot of painters were like yeah you're you're documenting you know things that are going on,
but this is art? MoMA was one of
the first places to let photographers
and filmmakers showcase their work
That's all for this tour of MoMA, have
you been? If so tell me about it in the
comment section below, or tell me about
what your other favorite museums in New York are.
I'd love to know. That's all for
this video, thanks so much for watching
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