A portion of “Les Vessenots in Auvers” – Vincent Van Gogh (1890) @ Columbus Museum of Art It seems like everybody who’s anybody is trying to find a way to help the modern populace get a little bit closer to understanding the work of Vincent Van Gogh. Which makes writing about him here all theContinueContinue reading “The Game of Gogh”
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The Constant Struggle
Every day they’re hustlin’. Shot on Pixel 6 Pro.
Daddy Issues
Left: “Weeping Willow” by Claude MonetRight: “The Weeping Willows on the Lily Pond at Giverny” by Blanche Hoschede-Monet @ Columbus Museum of Art Often it’s the artists who find their own way, and create a new style that catches the art world by storm, that receive our highest praise (and tunnel vision attention). But howContinueContinue reading “Daddy Issues”
I Love Eva, Too
“Female Nude (I Love Eva)” – Pablo Picasso @ Columbus Museum of Art I have a terrifically (in all senses of the word) conflicted relationship with this artist, but I do so love how he depicts women at this stage of his career. Shot on Pixel 6 Pro.
Average Art
Upstairs corridor @ Columbus Museum of Art He had the look of one who had drunk the cup of life and found a dead beetle at the bottom.P.G. Wodehouse Alas, despite this hall seeming to be a promising beginning to a gallery of fascinating and drool-inspiring sculpture, this was more or less all that theContinueContinue reading “Average Art”
Mirror, Mirror On The Wall
Unknown Title / Artist – room in the postmodern wing @ Columbus Museum of Art Keeping in mind that this is not “my genre” — some displays are way more fun to photograph than they deserve. (Or maybe I’m completely dense, and this was the artist’s intent all along.) Shot on Pixel 6 Pro, blackContinueContinue reading “Mirror, Mirror On The Wall”
The Object of Art
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”
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”
Muttering Retreats 