“MoMA PS1: The Good, the Bad, and the Misunderstood”

     I have never visited the Moma PS1 museum, it’s a really nice one. I went there with my friend and her cousins. I really enjoyed the viewing the artworks and taking pictures. It was hard to choose which one I liked because most of them were really beautiful that I had a hard time to choose.
    One of the paintings that I misunderstood was the one called “American Beautiful” . I do understand that there is an American flag but I don’t know if its an animal under it or a human. it’s a bit confusing because I know is there is a deeper meaning than calling America beautiful. The artist is also trying to say something else. To me it jus looks like a animal covered with the flag of the United States on top.
    One of the artworks that I disliked is called “The Madmen” by Enrique Marty. The reason I don’t like this piece is because its really scary and creepy. I don’t like things that scare me and it reminds me of my nightmares when I was a little girl. I always use to dream of a tall zombie with an egg head chasing me. This artwork made me remember my nightmare, which was a bit disturbing.
     One of the paintings I admired was called ‘’The Long Jump’’. Before people use to play basketball for the passion and love they had towards it. Now some players play it for the money. This painting also reminds me back in the days when I use to love in Brooklyn by a small park. I always use to see my neighbors play basket in that small park and I enjoyed watching them. The basketball player in the painting even looks like one of my neighbors named Corey. His skin a really dark color, tall and handsome.
     In conclusion there is no bad painting because every painting has its own meaning. The artist of the artwork did his painting that way  for a reason and sometimes the viewer but not get it but makes its own interpretation. Good artwork doesn’t necessarily always needs to give us all the answers but catch out attention in some form that keeps our eyes on in. It also makes us wonder and ask questions about it, which makes it more interesting.

David Hammons
 “America the beautiful’’
Lithography and body print.
1968

Henry Taylor
 “The long jump”
Acrylic on canvas
2010


Enrique Marty
“The Madmen”
Sculpture and watercolor on wall
2002