MOMA Visit

Today I visited MOMA virtually, although I wish it could’ve been in person it was still nice to do it online. During the visit, there were a couple different exhibitions, the one that caught my eye was the “Celebrating Five Women Artists” exhibit. I am currently taking a contemporary women artist class, and we talk a lot about how in art there aren’t many well known women artists compared to men, thus, I thought it was nice to see that MOMA was trying to highlight some women artists. In the exhibit I loved two photographs the most, the first one is by Carrie Mae Weems – Not Manet’s Type, in the photo you see a woman in a circular mirror but we can only see the back of her, the photograph is black and white which is what drawed me to it. There wasn’t much description so I had to look it up, the photo is a part of a series that talks about the bias and expectations of what it means to be a woman, especially a black woman. Knowing more about the image made me love it a whole lot more, and appreciate the amazing artists that were showcased in this exhibition. The second photo that intrigued me was a photo that is untitled by a japanese artist named Rinko Kawauchithe, the image shows a woman’s hand, the photo is really soft and out of focus giving it a really delicate feeling. Overall, the exhibit was beautiful to look at online but it made me wishI could’ve seen it in person.