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June 14, 2006
MoMA Photos
Can I rant for just a little bit? So MoMA is all different and huge now, and there is a fantastic Architecture & Design area (with Apple products and subway signs and a Bic pen), and there are warehouse-sized rooms downstairs and famous paintings upstairs.
My favorite part of their collection, however, is the photography. What have they done with that? They've dedicated one of their less-glamorous, back-of-the-building mazes to the art, and they cram in whatever they can willy nilly. There's a little Stieglitz, a little Steichen, some Cindy Sherman, and some newer stuff all in the same room (or at least it feels that way). And it's crowded as hell. And MoMA owns tons of really fabulous photography. Why can't they showcase it better?
I'm so disappointed every time I go there, because I head straight for photography and then feel as if I'm on the subway -- people stand right next to me, and it feels like one of those cars where every ad is designed differently. If I'm lucky, there will be some great photography in one of the mammoth rooms, but you have to wander through random huge welded things to find it. Next time, I have to try ICP instead.
Posted by csageday at June 14, 2006 02:06 AM