First the Museum of Modern Art iPhone App let us get closer to their collection and exhibition schedule, now the latest app from
MoMA lets you get up close and personal on your iPad with one of the great New York movements; Abstract Expressionism (AbEx).
Abstract Expressionist New York is on at MoMA until 25th April 2011 and the exhibition comprises of a range of key AbEx works drawn entirely from their collection. MoMA is showing paintings, prints, drawings, and sculpture from the movement that can boast such names as Jackson Pollock, Lee Krasner, Barnett Newman, Willem de Kooning, David Smith and Mark Rothko. The exbhibition is noteworthy for being the first occasion upon which MoMA have devoted an entire floor of the museums space to a single theme.
To go alongside the exhibition you can now pick up the Ab Ex NY app for your iPad which acts to encourage interaction with and understanding of the works on show. With imagery, audio and video, you can indulge in around 60 works from the exhibition, along with related art-historical texts to keep the works in context.
The app also has some short videos by MoMA's Marie-Josée, Henry Kravis, and Ann Temkin who offer their insights on the movement and it's artists. Another nice feature is also an interactive map of New York City and Long Island that lets you take a look at where the AbEx artists lived and worked.
Visit the MoMa website to find out more about the app, and how you can
download it.
