Ode to Picasso C.T. Rasmuss, pastel (2008).
For those of you who are not familiar
with the MoMA, its the Museum of Modern Art in New York City,
definitely the best museum I've ever visited, of course in my short
career I have visited a small portion thus far, but it's a top museum
worldwide nonetheless, especially for Modern art.
Recently I viewed a post on Facebook by
artist friend, Paulo Guimaraes, where he states:
"Heaven does exist! It's called the 5th floor at MoMA!!!! Seurat, Cezanne, Van Gogh, oh myyyyyyy!"
This got me to thinking: “How could I
bring Paulo's latest 2 works of art that he shared with me, and the
topic we've been discussing over my last few blog posts together?”
Answer - The MoMA!!!!
It is filled with masters, especially
with Picasso's if not more so than any other artist of the Modern
era, our discussion has been about “going into the past and seeking
out the Masters for influence”, what better way than seeing their
work up close? As evidenced by Paulo's reaction to his visit, and
what better place than the MoMA?(for a person living in Bronx, NY).
Next there's Paulo's two pieces of
artwork(seen below), where he told me that he was influenced by Picasso and a
Contemporary by the name of Keith Haring, And if you notice in his statement of
excitement/revelation; he doesn't mention Picasso, perhaps because
re-familiarizing with a master took a back seat that day, to the excitement of new horizons, therefore opening his eyes to the
potentiality of other “heroes”!
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| The God Particle Dualistic Confusion Chamber Paulo Guimaraes, oil/pencil (2014). |
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| The Root of all Evil Paulo Guimaraes, oil/pencil (2014). |
In turn, I believe experiences like this of
his, lead to other findings on top of that; and once we familiarize ourselves with these new found heroes, perhaps then we move onto discover their very own heroes, for example: 2 of Cezanne's(who Paulo
refers to) heroes were: Gustave Courbet and Eugene Delacroix, and they of course had their
heroes as well, and so on..
I'm not saying Paulo never saw a
Cezanne or Van Gogh till now, but upon his visit, he has become more
aware of his “surroundings” as an artist in a world of
creativity; passed down from generation to generation, displayed in a
Museum where the Masters reside, and their ideas are as inspiring as
the day they were generated, if not more so.
To be Continued...
[To familiarize you with Keith Haring, here's one of his artworks that struck my fancy if you will; an artist whose work I've come across many times, and if it weren't for Paulo sharing his influences for these two paintings, I may never have given him the attention he deserves]:
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