Modern Art Review
Modern Art is something that not everyone can understand and appreciate. The Met museum displayed an exhibit of Abstract Expressionist Art, which include Acrylic on canvas by Kenneth Noland, Soft calendar of the Month of August by Claes Oldenburg and Unfurled by Louis Morris.
Every Modern Art Artist has a unique way of expressing himself or herself. Claes Oldenburg takes every day objects, such as lipstick or a clothespin and distorts them in shape and size making them several stories high. Because of their size, many art works are displayed outdoors all over the country. He is also famous for creating soft, inflatable art such as the “Soft Calendar of the Month of August.” He took the actual days from a 1962 calendar of August and he distorted the numbers, inflated them, and created a relatively large calendar, as a piece of artwork.
Many of Kenneth Noland’s pieces look like targets. They have layers of rings with a smaller centerpiece. This abstract artist carefully selected colors to create a unique sense of mood and emotion when looking at his artwork. Because of its colors, different sizes of circles, Acrylic on Canvas has a calming effect. Looking at the work you can feel relaxed, even though in a way it does look like a target. Louis Morris is an abstract expressionist painter who used similar techniques to those of Kenneth Noland. He paints strokes in a different array of colors, either to juxtapose the strikes by foiling one strike with another or creating a rainbow effect with peaceful colors. However he leaves most of the page blank and leaves it up to the viewer to interpret however he or she sees fit.
These and many other Modern Arts were hung side by side in one room in the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Being able to almost touch the art is as close as anyone can get to these multi-million dollar artworks and the fact that they were not behind glass gave everyone a more intimate feeling.