More modern art

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After our modern art exposure to Andy Warhol, it was time to visit other artists' works. Some of the pieces on exhibit at the SFMOMA were cartoonish and reminded me of comic strips while others were hyper realistic. It just amazes me to view "modern art" as an eclectic collection of works created between 1860 and 1970. It could basically be anything!

Roy Lichtenstein's work, I think, embodies the comic strip style of artworks... and for some reason, reminds me of Betty Boop (hairstyle, maybe?). He has a way of making his art evoke a sense of fun (or entertainment) and fluidity.


Chuck Close's portraits are breathtaking. Each time I visit SFMOMA, I'm excited to his his works. From afar, each portrait looks like the view of a person through a glass window covered in raindrops. Up close, I could see the individual squares containing blobs... which remind me of pixels. Each artwork just makes me go "Wow! That's art right there!". 


The intricacies in detail in the paintings were in sharp contrast to the simplicity of the shapes and monotones of several sculptures whose creators I failed to take note of.


As we were walking out of the exhibit, Anna got so excited. She saw a work by a famous hyper realist sculptor. It's a really cool piece too: a gigantic head of a sleeping man. Because the rest of the body was missing, I remembered an exhibit I saw at the Hirshhorn Museum in Washington, D.C. about absence.


One of the last pieces that made a mark on me is this image of an elderly woman. At first, it looked like a regular photo but a closer look revealed that across her face was text. I couldn't read it because of the size but the minute lines made by the text provided an additional dimension to her face.


While I am not a big fan of modern art, I am certainly starting to appreciate it more each time I visit the SFMOMA.

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