La Travesia / La Voyage, Gamaliel Rodriguez I visited Mass MoCA and viewed Gamaliel Rodriguez’s exhibition titled “ La Travesia / LaVoyage.” The exhibit consisted of a 60 foot long drawing of a dystopian, overgrown landscapeof Mass MoCA, where the artist had a residency. Something I enjoyed about this work is whenyou’re up close and…

Sky Cathedral, Louise Nevelson, 1958 Finished in the year 1958, Sky Cathedral by Louise Nevelson would be the first of many large-scale wall installations from the Russian sculptor who boldly took the stage to transform therepresentation scope within the 1950’s. The sculpture made of arbitrary, scavenged pieces ofwood towers over its audience with dimensions of…

Jackson Pollock, Number 12, 1952, 1952, mixed media Jackson Pollock created the piece, Number 12, 1952, in 1952 with mixed media on canvas.The piece, which is incredibly large, envelops the viewer into an abstract web of color andline. No representation can be found, which forces the viewer to feel the emotionalconversation of the piece.  There…

Struggle by Robert Goodnough, 1966-67 Robert Goodnough’s 1966-67 piece titled Struggle combines mediums, colors, and shapes tocreate an energetic explosion of form on canvas. Goodnough combines charcoal, acrylic, and oilpaint allowing for colorful, solid, overlapping shapes surrounded by sprawling black lines. Thepiece does not allow the viewer’s eye to rest. Instead, its chaos jumps from shape to…