The Met

Although I could only stay for about an hour, I was able to cram in a lot of information at one time thanks to the small space and the speed of our curator's voice. I have been in that room before however, I did not know what the importance and relationship most of these artists had to Washington Square. It was fascinating hearing about the rejected artists forming their own club; meeting at a location I pass through almost everyday.

I am not very knowledgeable in modern art. Unlike Renaissance art and Impressionism, I do not know the stories behind most pieces of Modern Art. I had never heard of automatic drawing seen in the pieces by Matta, and I did not know that he influenced many people and held sessions of this type of drawing. What I was looking for was the connection between the modern artists and Washington Square. Yes, I knew that Washington Square was home to many creative minds, but why did they choose to flock there? Jackson Pollock's piece was another amazing piece of work. He stepped outside the boundaries of what was conventional and dripped latex house paint over his canvas without a conceived outcome in mind. I had never been exposed to modern art in this fashion with someone by my side telling me the back story of what was going on at that time in Washington Square Park.