Museum Lover! (Montas)
By Johandalys Montas.
I enjoy visiting museums! I enjoy discovering the significance behind various pieces of art and occasionally adding my own interpretation. To me, a museum is like to an adult playground. The fact that the museums in London are free is their finest feature. Before I return to the United States, my goal is to visit at least ten museums. The Tate Modern art museum in London is now my favorite museum. In comparison to traditional art, the artworks on display at the Tate Modern are far more expressive, liberated, and informal. The Tate Modern feature a wide variety of artwork from throughout the globe.
My favorite art piece from the Tate Modern Art Museum was “Are You Happy Here, Honey? Are you Finding What You Really Want?” This artwork is one of the four billboard paintings in the Tate Modern by an artist named Ming Wong. The artist expanded his video installation Life of Imitation. This artwork, in my opinion, represents an immigrant woman who constantly questions if she is content where she now calls home.
In my situation, while I have been in London, I frequently ask myself whether this is what I wanted in terms of being in London or whether this is what I needed. Even if I occasionally wonder why I chose to travel to London, all my queries have a positive outcome. I wanted this experience, and I got it. I have been treated so well by London this far, and I am grateful for the opportunity. I adore art that I can relate to in my own personal way.
Here I am carefully analyzing a different billboard artwork by Ming Wong, “And If By Accident . . .”. In my opinion, the woman shown in the artwork does not want to be identified by others. This might be a sign that she does not want to interact with them anymore or feels as though she has outgrown them.
This is a painting at the Tate Modern Art Museum by an artist name Nicole Eisenman who has created this painting to showcase the “disgust at America’s conservative… followers of Trump.” I am assuming that the artist created this painting addressing what was being said about immigrants who tried to cross the borders that connect to the USA. The people in the painting are roaming the desert. The artist painted the humans in an abstract way. It is very interesting how modern art can be influenced by politics and can be displayed in a museum for millions of people to create their own opinion on it.
