Aug 15, 2012 | Art Institute in Chicago, MCA Chicago, museums
A million thanks to my boyfriend’s family who let me tag along on their family vacation to Chicago last week. They took me to the Shedd Aquarium, on an Architecture River Cruise, and stuck it out with me through (almost) both museums! Thanks to them I now have two great collections to add to my mini online database of photos, posts, and descriptions.
Four days in Chicago means we only had time for the highlights, so I chose to check out the Museum of Contemporary Art (MCA) Chicago and the Art Institute of Chicago.
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The Art Institute of Chicago |
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Open Tuesdays
10am-8pm
and Wednesdays-Sundays
10am-5pm (closed Mondays) |
Open Thursdays
10:30am-8pm
and Mondays-Sundays
10:30am-5pm |
Highlights:
- Skyscaper: Art and Architecture Against Gravity
- Heidi Norton’s Plants on the verge of a natural breakdown
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Highlights:
- Roy Lichtenstein: A Retrospective
- European Modern Art, 1900-1950 – 3rd floor
- Impressionism Galleries – 2nd floor
- American Modern Art, 1900-1950 – 2nd floor
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I’ll be publishing more in-depth posts on both museums in the next couple of days, so stay tuned if you want more info and descriptions on these beautiful places and all the wonderful art they contain. There’s nothing like walking into a brand new museum for the first time.
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Aug 13, 2012 | inspiration
Now that most forms of classical beauty have already been perfected, one of the best ways to create something aesthetically interesting is by surprising the viewer with something completely unexpected. Below you’ll find selections of art and photographs that manage to pull this off by trading in reality for something even better:
Works by Robert and Shana Parkeharrison found here:
Of the series she wrote, “Draped is about becoming the dwelling itself; experiencing the double edge of domesticity. The domestic interior of the home is a place of comfort but can also be camouflage for individual identity when the idealized decor becomes obsession, or indication of position or status.”
Living underwater, photo found
here:
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Aug 9, 2012 | news
Since I’m visiting Chicago this week, I thought it would be fitting to post some art news happening here:
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A previous Garbage Wall like the one to be installed.
Also from the Sun-Times article. |
A wall of garbage is making its debut as art next month at Chicago’s Navy Pier. Normally I don’t go for the whole everyday-items-as-art nonsense, but after going on a river cruise today and hearing all about how awfully polluted the water used to be, a public work like this might not be such a bad idea.
It’s meant as a reminder against pollution, as a way of physically showing how much waste we create without fully noticing. The Natural Resources Defense Council is the environmental group that’s bringing the exhibition to Navy Pier, and the very first “Garbage Wall” was created by Gordon Matta-Clark in New York City in 1970.
Read the full story on the Chicago Sun-Times here.
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