MoMA

Pop art, art in which common place objects (such as comic strips, soup cans, road signs, and hamburgers) were used as subject matter and were often physically incorporated in the work.By creating paintings or sculptures of mass culture objects and media stars, the Pop art movement aimed to brake the boundaries between "high" art and "low" culture. The concept that there is no hierarchy of culture and that art may borrow from any source has been one of the most influential characteristics of Pop art. Pop artists began to look for inspiration in the world around them. They did this in a straightforward manner, using bold swaths of primary colors, often straight from the can or tube of paint. They adopted commercial methods like silkscreening, or produced multiples of works, downplaying the artist’s hand. Pop artists favored realism, everyday (and even mundane) imagery, and heavy doses of irony and wit. At the MOMA "Do the dance" by Elizabeth Murray created in 2005 was a very beautifully design pop art piece. The title comes from the 1960 Ray Charles/Betty Carter hit Murray listened to while painting this work. The imagery within the jumbled and interrupted maze is at once comic and abject, and recognizable. Murray describes her process as "a construction." "The painting comes to me in pieces and it goes up on the wall," she has said. Which leads me to believe that Ms.Murray was influenced by cubism. in which fragments and pieces are put together usually dealing with shapes to create something new. The scale of this art piece was very large and very colorful. it literally popped at you from a distance, it called for attention. In this work it almost looks like there are distorted organs, stitches and bones. it gives an uneasy yet funny feeling when you look at this canvas and its color give more separation and distinguish these fragments even further. 
As we passed along the cubism section in the MoMA i discovered "Card player" by Pablo Picasso created in Paris,during 1913-14. Cubism is an early-20th-century art movement which brought European painting and sculpture historically forward toward 20th century Modern art.Cubism in its various forms inspired related movements in literature and architecture.Cubism has been considered to be among the most influential art movements of the 20th century.Cubists explored open form, piercing figures and objects by letting the space flow through them, blending background into foreground, and showing objects from various angles. Some historians have argued that these innovations represent a response to the changing experience of space, movement, and time in the modern world. The card player uses very darn and plain colors. There are various shapes of different angles found in this painting.The scale was average sized but very captivating because of the precise lines and shapes.It differentiated from the other's in the room because others were softer whereas painting was very cut edge and rough. 
The trip to the MoMA was interesting and very educational. it was definitely a new experience witnessing the different sizes of the paintings vs looking at them in class. the scale of painting does in fact give you a different perspective on the artist message. 

"Do the dance" by Elizabeth Murray created in 2005 

"Card player" by Pablo Picasso created in Paris,during 1913-14.