I had never been to New York before this trip. It was a truly amazing experience in which I learned so much about art, culture, and history. I got to experience places that I have been waiting my whole life to see. Upon reflecting on the study-at-large as a whole, I think the most educational experiences I had were at the Museum of Modern Art, the United Nations, and the 9/11 Memorial & Museum. I was so excited to visit the Museum of Modern Art. It held some of my favorite works from some of my favorite visual artists. I had taken four years of art in middle school and high school, so I have a fundamental understanding of art history and various movements. It was so amazing seeing all these artists that I have studied and seeing all artworks
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It was particularly amazing to see many of these works before the museum had opened to public and there were massive crowds around them. I cannot describe the surprise of walking around the corner to see Vincent van Gogh’s Starry Night hanging on the wall with no one around it. In high school, I had intensely studied this piece before when I was trying to reproduce it with a Sharpie pen. However, there was something very profound to seeing in person. It was a little smaller than I had expected it to be, but still so beautiful. Unlike many people of my generation, I take very little selfies but I had to have one with this masterpiece. My absolute favorite artist is Roy Lichtenstein. I love pop art and, in particular, his works, because they are so visually appealing to me. Sadly, the museum did not have his most famous work Drowning Girl on display because it was out on loan like several other works I wanted to see (Andy Warhol’s Campbell’s Soup Cans, Salvador Dali’s The Persistence of Memory, etc.). But, they did have one of Lichtenstein’s pieces known as Interior with Mobile. I could have looked at this artwork all day. It was a massive piece depicting a bedroom in the coolest, most “pop art” way possible. I want
It was particularly amazing to see many of these works before the museum had opened to public and there were massive crowds around them. I cannot describe the surprise of walking around the corner to see Vincent van Gogh’s Starry Night hanging on the wall with no one around it. In high school, I had intensely studied this piece before when I was trying to reproduce it with a Sharpie pen. However, there was something very profound to seeing in person. It was a little smaller than I had expected it to be, but still so beautiful. Unlike many people of my generation, I take very little selfies but I had to have one with this masterpiece. My absolute favorite artist is Roy Lichtenstein. I love pop art and, in particular, his works, because they are so visually appealing to me. Sadly, the museum did not have his most famous work Drowning Girl on display because it was out on loan like several other works I wanted to see (Andy Warhol’s Campbell’s Soup Cans, Salvador Dali’s The Persistence of Memory, etc.). But, they did have one of Lichtenstein’s pieces known as Interior with Mobile. I could have looked at this artwork all day. It was a massive piece depicting a bedroom in the coolest, most “pop art” way possible. I want