THE MODERN WINDOW AT THE MUSEUM OF MODERN ART
LE DeJEUNER SUR L’HERBE: LES TROIS FEMMES NOIRES"Le Déjeuner sur l'herbe: Les Trois Femmes Noires" is a project commissioned by the MoMA for The Modern restaurant window on 53rd Street. The project was executed in two stages: initially, a large format printing of Thomas' "Le Déjeuner sur l'herbe: Les Trois Femmes Noires" photograph occupied the window November 2009 through February 2010. In February, it was replaced by the painting on three panels that is currently on view.
Not sure if you noticed or not, but as Tara mentioned I took a small holiday to the BIG Apple. That’s right, I left 75 degree weather here in sunny San Diego and headed to the blustering east coast—NYC. Aside from it feeling a lot like Gotham City, I had an amazing time! In between catching up with friends out there, I was pleased to have some alone time to do “arty” things, so I headed to the MoMA. What’s funny, is that one of my favorite parts of the museum was the outside! Upon arrival, was a window on 53rd Street, outside of the restaurant, and in it was a HUGE Mickalene Thomas piece: “LE DeJEUNER SUR L’HERBE: LES TROIS FEMMES NOIRES”. I was so excited because a few days earlier we received our monthly copy of ARTnews Magazine and one of my favorite articles in it was “Rhinestone Odalisques” by Barbara Pollack. I’d never heard of Mickalene Thomas before, but I instantly fell in love with her work. Her images are so strong, empowering, feminine, and modern! I’m such a sucker for mixed media, bright colors, and shiny things, so I was beside myself when I saw that article. You can imagine my surprise coming across one in person so quickly. The thing was giant and so, so beautiful! I wanted to take it home with me.(But instead of becoming a criminal, I guess I'll just settle on making something like it of my own.) My best friend who I was with took a picture of me with her camera looking very excited in front of the piece, but I don’t have it yet so enjoy a few of the photos I do have. Please look up Mickalene Thomas’ work and/or pick up the current ARTnews, you won’t be sorry!
Talk soon. Carissa x
Outside of MoMA. . . Looks cold, doesn’t it?
Personal photo of “LE DeJEUNER SUR L’HERBE: LES TROIS FEMMES NOIRES”. . . Sorry about the glare. :-/
This is me standing inside MoMA, with a view of the outside. So if you use your imagination you can mind-photoshop me into the front of the Thomas window!
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