One of many: “Soundsuit” by Nick Cave @ Columbus Museum of Art It seems fair to assume that a major challenge of putting art on display for public consumption, among many challenges, is that old adage about it taking all types to make a world. And that one person’s type is another person’s anathema. TrashContinueContinue reading “The Object of Art”
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This Guy Again
“The Burghers of Calais, First Maquette” – Auguste Rodin @ Columbus Museum of Art In the immortal words of Depeche Mode – I just can’t get enough. Shot on Pixel 6 Pro, black and white filter.
Bienvenue a Columbus
Another adventure awaits. Shot on Pixel 6 Pro, black and white filter.
Hermosa Mujer
“Spanish Woman” by Gustave Courbet @ Philadelphia Museum of Art A running theme in the many, many galleries within the halls of the two Philadelphia art museums we visited, was the way the public — in particular the art critics — of the time responded to art that broke the then-current convention. Spoiler: the responsesContinueContinue reading “Hermosa Mujer”
The Belly of Montmartre
“A Montrouge” – Rosa La Rouge, painted by Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec @ The Barnes Foundation Every once in awhile a painting takes me back in time, to another place and age where I was surrounded by different things and engaged with different people. I get goosebumps as I see, just outside the corner of myContinueContinue reading “The Belly of Montmartre”
Anything You Can Do …
“Why shouldn’t I be proud to be a woman? My father, that enthusiastic apostle of humanity, told me again and again that it was woman’s mission to improve the human race…To his doctrines I owe my great and glorious ambition for the sex to which I proudly belong, whose independence I’ll defend till my dyingContinueContinue reading “Anything You Can Do …”
Bull-horn’d and wand’ring thro’ the gloom of Night
Statue of the Goddess Diana – Philadelphia Museum of Art I often balk when museum signs point out a spot and urge me to “take a photo here”, and all around me are tourists, each with their phone — or an actual camera, heaven forfend! — obeying said directions. Maybe I don’t want to takeContinueContinue reading “Bull-horn’d and wand’ring thro’ the gloom of Night”
Through A Glass Darkly
“Female Nude” by Pablo Ruiz y Picasso @ Philadelphia Museum of Art I can’t speak for all of America, but in my limited (undergrad, a long long time ago) sexology, sociology and psychology studies, we seem to have a reluctant relationship with public displays of nudity. In particular those of us who were raised inContinueContinue reading “Through A Glass Darkly”
Nobody Puts Seurat in a Corner
“The Models” by Georges Seurat – The Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia They told Georges Seurat that his pointilist style would never work for painting nudes. He respectfully disagreed. Shot on Pixel 6 Pro.
Degas B-Sides
“Little Dancer” @ Philadelphia Museum of Art “Interior (The Rape Scene)” @ Philadelphia Museum of Art “Art is not what you see, but what you make others see.”Edgar Degas I had to check the artist plaques twice to make sure I read them correctly. Yes, this is Degas, the same guy who had an obsessionContinueContinue reading “Degas B-Sides”
Muttering Retreats 