This video shot by YouTube user chrspck is pretty self-explanatory: it documents every single painting on display in the Museum of Modern Art’s painting galleries on April 10, 2010 (last Saturday, for the curious). We spotted Bacon, Pollock, Braques, Monet, Rothko, Kahlo, Dubuffet, Picabia, Leger, Klimt, Mondrian, Warhol, Chagall, Wyeth, Johns, Gauguin, Newman, Van Gogh, Twombly, Lichtenstein, and many, many others. With the piano music twinkling in the background, the video becomes as aesthetically abstract as MoMA’s permanent collection. In fact, we’re feeling pretty Zen right now. Watch for yourself after the jump.
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Horrifying. This trivializes every single painting as worthy of nothing more than a split-second of notice.
On the contrary, it makes me want to return to the museum to see all of the paintings I recognized and love, and to search out the ones I’d forgotten. Keep hitting the pause button and you can look at each entry for as long as you like! For those unfamiliar with the museum’s collection (and people that are unable to get to MOMA) it is a wonderful opportunity to sample their amazing works of art.
Phyllis Stein – great user name. Thanks for the laugh.
into the memory landfill.
I thought this was totally inspiring. Makes me want to spend the day at the museum. Not to mention, spend time in the studio and paint/create. Thanks for posting the link.
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amazing. Brilliant.
Is it really EVERY painting?
Whatever, made me want to visit NY soon…
It almost makes me cry to see these images desecrated like this. Just because you can do it doesn’t mean you should do it.
Thank you for the posting, chrspck.
I think P Clem has the right perspective; it’s nice to see the paintings and it’s motivation to go visit in person. No more, no less.
This can’t possibly be intended as a replacement for that…be serious.
How can someone criticize this video, or the posting of this video? How did a series of glimpses of well-known quality art become offensive?!
I have never seen a Comments section anywhere that didn’t criticize the subject of discussion, and I’m pretty sure now I never will, and it’s just very sad. Isn’t it?
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