GREAT MUSEUMS:MoMA-N.York I

The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) is an art Museum located in Midtown Manhattan in New York City. It has been important in developing and collecting modern and contemporary art, and is often identified as the most influential museum of modern art in the world. The collection of MoMA has artworks from the greatest artists in the history of art, from “Les Demoiselles d’Avignon” of Pablo Picasso and works from Henri Matisse and Van Gogh, to Marchel Duchamp, Jasper Johns, Andy Warhol, Jackson Pollock and Sara Szee.

By Efi Michalarou
Photo: MoMa Archive

Continuing our tour in the great museums and their collections, after the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao, Spain, our next stop is MoMA. The museum’s collection offers an overview of modern and contemporary art, including works of architecture and design, drawing, painting, sculpture, photography, prints, illustrated books and artist’s books, film and electronic media. In this first part of tribute, we will show you a part of the most recent acquisitions paintings and sculptures, by older and younger contemporary artists as: Sol Le Witt. Alex Katz, Yayoi Kusama, Sarah Szee, Mathew Barney, Michel Majerous and Janine Antoni. In early 2014, the museum unveiled Diller & Scofidio + Renfro’s plans for a redesign of its building, featuring a retractable glass wall, new gallery space and the opening of its entire first floor, including the sculpture garden, free to the public. In particular, the proposed expansion would give the museum 15,500 square feet of new gallery space in the former site of the American Folk Art Museum and 39,000 in the Tower Verre. Construction on the project is scheduled to be finished by 2018 or 2019.

Alex Israel, Sky Backdrop, Synthetic polymer paint on canvas, 2013, MoMa’s Archive
Alex Israel, Sky Backdrop, Synthetic polymer paint on canvas, 2013, MoMa’s Archive

 

 

Carol Bove, The White Tubular Glyph, Powder-coated steel, 2013, MoMa’s Archive
Carol Bove, The White Tubular Glyph, Powder-coated steel, 2013, MoMa’s Archive

 

 

Adrián Villar Rojas, Return the World (Trunk), Unfired clay, cement, wood, and metal, 2012, MoMa’s Archive
Adrián Villar Rojas, Return the World (Trunk), Unfired clay, cement, wood, and metal, 2012, MoMa’s Archive

 

 

Sarah Sze, Triple Point (Pendulum), Salt, water, stone, string, projector, video, pendulum, and other materials, 2013, MoMa’s Archive
Sarah Sze, Triple Point (Pendulum), Salt, water, stone, string, projector, video, pendulum, and other materials, 2013, MoMa’s Archive

 

 

Monika Sosnowska, Untitled, Steel and lacquer, 2012,  MoMa’s Archive
Monika Sosnowska, Untitled, Steel and lacquer, 2012, MoMa’s Archive

 

 

Alex Katz, Tulips (4), Oil on linen, 2013, MoMa’s Archive
Alex Katz, Tulips (4), Oil on linen, 2013, MoMa’s Archive

 

 

Matthew Barney, The Cabinet of Baby Fay La Foe, Polycarbonate honeycomb, cast stainless steel, nylon, solar salt cast in epoxy resin, top hat, and beeswax in nylon and plexiglass vitrine, 2000, MoMa’s Archive
Matthew Barney, The Cabinet of Baby Fay La Foe, Polycarbonate honeycomb, cast stainless steel, nylon, solar salt cast in epoxy resin, top hat, and beeswax in nylon and plexiglass vitrine, 2000, MoMa’s Archive

 

 

Christopher Wool, Untitled, Enamel on linen, 2007, MoMa’s Archive
Christopher Wool, Untitled, Enamel on linen, 2007, MoMa’s Archive

 

 

Matthew Barney, The Deportment of the Host, Cast polycaprolactone thermoplastic and self-lubricating plastic, 2006, MoMa’s Archive
Matthew Barney, The Deportment of the Host, Cast polycaprolactone thermoplastic and self-lubricating plastic, 2006, MoMa’s Archive

 

 

Simon Denny, 16.20 FAMILY STRINGS, 16.40 CONVERSATION, 17.05 FAMILY BREAK, Inkjet print on canvas and railings, in three panels, 2013, MoMa’s Archive
Simon Denny, 16.20 FAMILY STRINGS, 16.40 CONVERSATION, 17.05 FAMILY BREAK, Inkjet print on canvas and railings, in three panels, 2013, MoMa’s Archive

 

 

Yayoi Kusama, Suitcase, Mixed media, 2004, MoMa’s Archive
Yayoi Kusama, Suitcase, Mixed media, 2004, MoMa’s Archive

 

 

Abraham Cruzvillegas, Polaris, Umbrella and peacock and pheasant feathers, 2002, MoMa’s Archive
Abraham Cruzvillegas, Polaris, Umbrella and peacock and pheasant feathers, 2002, MoMa’s Archive

 

 

Janine Antoni, Saddle, Rawhide, 2000,  MoMa’s Archive
Janine Antoni, Saddle, Rawhide, 2000, MoMa’s Archive

 

 

Polly Apfelbaum, Blossom, Synthetic velvet and fabric dye, 2000, MoMa’s Archive
Polly Apfelbaum, Blossom, Synthetic velvet and fabric dye, 2000, MoMa’s Archive

 

 

Michel Majerus, splash bombs I, Synthetic polymer paint and pencil on canvas, 2002, MoMa’s Archive
Michel Majerus, splash bombs I, Synthetic polymer paint and pencil on canvas, 2002, MoMa’s Archive