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New
York City—five boroughs densely populated with inhabitants from every part
of the globe—is fertile ground for making art. Unlike the refined and romantic
images of Paris and San Francisco, images of New York tend to be raw and
thought-provoking. They challenge common assumptions about who lives here
and why they choose this place to make their mark in the world. Artists
working in New York describe extremes of life that only New Yorkers experience
on a daily basis.
In Artists View New York, works of art about the city are grouped
according to topics that reflect particular New York experiences. This inaugural
selection includes art featured in the Metropolitan Museum’s 2003 special
exhibitions—Thomas Struth; The Photographs of Charles Sheeler; and
African–American Artists, 1929–1945: Prints, Drawings and Paintings
in The Metropolitan Museum of Art. This selection will expand over time
to include many more “New York stories” as told by the Museum’s permanent
collection.
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