In conjunction with the exhibition The Forever Now: Contemporary Painting in an Atemporal World, we invited several artists from the show to walk us through MoMA’s permanent collection galleries and discuss a few artworks. Revisiting key pieces in the Museum’s collection with these artists has truly given me a fresh perspective on the works themselves and their significance today. (Be sure to catch the first of these gallery tours as well.)
In our second installment of this series, we visited the galleries with the artist Joe Bradley, who immediately zeroed in on two eye-catching works—one contemporary sculpture just recently acquired by the Museum, and one iconic painting. He shares a few thoughts on each piece below:

From left: David Hammons. Untitled (Night Train). 1989. Glass, silicone glue, and coal, 42 x 42 x 30″ (106.7 x 106.7 x 76.2 cm), depth and width variable. The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Gift of the Hudgins Family in memory of Lawrence D. “Butch” Morris. Photograph by John Wronn; Joe Bradley examines Untitled (Night Train). Photograph by Naomi Kuromiya
David Hammons. Untitled (Night Train). 1989
“I’ve been on a David Hammons kick. To see something of his in the flesh…it’s a rare treat. This one is kind of heartbreaking. The Night Train rolling through. Hammons’s stuff always looks beautifully out of place.”
Andy Warhol. Orange Car Crash Fourteen Times. 1963
“I find Warhol‘s current position as God a little depressing. I know he was great, but enough already. As a painter he seemed to lose interest at some point and trail off into some pretty questionable territory. All that celebrity portraiture. But these early silkscreens are great. Just brutal. This one kills everything else in the room.”

Andy Warhol. Orange Car Crash Fourteen Times. 1963. Silkscreen ink on synthetic polymer paint on two canvases, 8′ 9 7/8″ x 13′ 8 1/8″ (268.9 x 416.9 cm). The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Gift of Philip Johnson. Photograph by Paige Knight. © 2015 Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York