What's in The MoMA? Artist - Paulo Guimaraes Gets Inspired (Part 2 of 2).

 Crucifixion (Corpus Hypercubus)  Salvador Dali, oil (1954).

For us artists some times the answer to the question, "What's in the MoMA?" when asking the regular public, would most likely be, "just a bunch of stuff that makes no sense"; and this type of response would of course offend most of us.  But what right do we have to be offended by such an attitude from the public, if we ourselves do nothing to defend the nobility of such important establishments?!

As I'd mentioned in part one of Paulo's visit to the MoMA, he became heavily inspired, and now has a series started, totaling 4 pieces; he's actually exhibiting these pieces in NYC:

posted above is Dali's vision of Christ, and it happens to be the inspiration for Paulo's final piece of his 4 piece series, he told me that he recalled it from when was still in school; and just for the record, this is not in the MoMA,but actually in the MET, which just so happens to be around the corner, so your in luck Paulo Guimaraes in being reunited with your muse!!

I remember seeing my 1st Dali and it was at the MoMA, and I saw a lot of artists here for the first time, and some for the "plentieth" time; as always it's a great feeling to see masterpieces that you've never saw, but can see work you've done in them.  And then there are works that you wish to aspire to, followed by the ones you'll only ever be able to admire(I feel that by admitting this last one, only means that there's no reason for me personally to figure it out artistically, leaving the magic of it untouched & forever pure).

As you can see from Paulo's final artwork(of 4) below: there's a good resemblance to Dali's masterwork, with much added character and uniqueness to it, staying in line with the rest of Paulo's series as a whole; and in viewing his series as a whole, there definitely an evident signature, so much so, that the words which come to my mind are: "Cubist-indigenous Americana"(perhaps a dawning of movement parallel to the original Cubist movement, where African artifacts inspired Picasso, not my call however-artist freedom, a beautiful thing we must agree:):
>click here to view (part 1) & Paulo's 1st two artworks of series<

Cubist Christ  Paulo Guimaraes, oil 24 x 36 (2014).

The whole: "copying", which I, as you might already know refer to as "Remake" of the masters always resurrects a great argument between most all artists; of all genres and philosophies; whether academically trained to the max or 100% self taught(independent)..."When is a painting truly a one of a kind?' this eventually leads us to another world, too large to discuss here and now. What's important for now is: just because you visit a museum for inspiration, view art books, take part in collectives or learn from your contemporaries of the world...what matters most is:

      That you stay true to yourself, never stop learning from the library amassed by the great artist before you, and give credit when credit is due.  Because how else is the generation after us to learn about their craft and their surroundings(artist/non-artist) and to truly make the best of it!

And again to be great is to be part of the great circle that continues to grow, and the only way to be part of it: is to wholly infuse yourself into it with everything you got, and as Dali once said:

“Begin by learning to draw and paint like the old masters. After that, you can do as you like; everyone will respect you.” 
                                ― Salvador Dalí