Have 6 Seconds for Contemporary Art and Photography at MoMA?

Looking at artwork and photographs-albeit briefly-at MoMA.

Every photograph in two rooms and a half at Museum of Modern Art (almost): a brief video tour.

Have 6 seconds for contemporary work?

After renewing my artist membership at MoMA–one of the best deals ever–I took a quick look at two of my favorite areas of the Museum of Modern Art: the front area of the Photography Department and the last section of Contemporary Art on the forth floor.

Whenever I have twenty minutes or more, and I am in Mid-Town, I love to drop by and look at work.

The show, “A World of Its Own: Photographic Practices in the Studio,” took over the area traditionally allotted to the historical trove of photographs, but they do juggle things from time to time (in this case, I can’t say I’m fond of the temporary take-over).  Not shown in the clip were a few videos, including one by William Wegman and the Fischli and Weiss, “The Way Things Go.

Steve Giovinco

With over three decades of experience, Steve Giovinco's recently has created night landscape photographs made a sites of environmental change, particularly focusing on the transformative beauty of remote and challenging locations like Greenland. A Yale University MFA graduate, his career highlights include over 90 exhibitions and is a three-time a Fulbright Fellow semi-finalist.

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