Like meeting a celebrity or coming across a famous piece of architecture, it's always a surprise (to me) how famous works of art look immensely different in person. The size of an artwork can deceivingly seem more monumental or (the opposite effect) un-impressively small in photos, textbooks, and on the internet compared to the real thing. Nearly always I'm struck at how drastically a works impact can change when seen in person and I try to document the most extreme cases. . . Artwork: Roy Lichtenstein's Pop Art classic Drowning Girl
Where: Museum of Modern Art, NY
In-person effect: This was a case in which I imagined a much larger, more monumental original, perhaps because of the work's imposing figure (the titular girl drowning) and overall composition or perhaps because of the impression previously left by Warhol's similar yet much larger works. Lictenstein is still a genius in my eyes, simply a more subtle one.
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