Monday, January 11, 2010
I think these paintings are giving me synesthesia.
Today it was off to the Guggenheim to see a few paintings by Kandinsky. The Guggenheim was built by Frank Lloyd Wright who is perhaps insane. Give me a skateboard or something, because this museum would be fun. Its basically an enormous ramp that spirals downwards towards the lobby. One thing that Frank Lloyd Wright and Kandinsky had in common was A) They both resisted the confines of time / space, and B) Some sort of affinity to circles. Frank Lloyd Wright successfully fit an extremely long hallway in a very small space. Also: You could get dizzy. Since it was the last few days of the show it was pretty crowded, and it was very fun to listen to the remarks of school children, and also: the elderly. Some children thought that the circles looked like a DJ setup, with turntables and all that. An elderly woman griped about a title. The painting was called "Several Circles" or something like that. It was one of my favorite, but she complained that it wasn't a very good title. Of course, some of his other paintings are titled 'Composition #2' or 'Work #2.' Obviously, the man wasn't very concerned with titles. Anish Kapoor had an enormous metal sculpture covered in rust. Its hard to explain... it looked like a huge steel balloon, you have to walk into another room, and down a corridor, and then there's a hole cut in a wall and you can look inside of it. I know that doesn't sound very cool, but it is extremely cool. The security guard almost had to 'calm me down.' Anyway, ate at the City Market Cafe with Bear, and that was really good. There was mayonnaise on the sandwich, and somehow it was ok. Anyway... bye
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The children were my favorite thing about the museum. Also, I'm glad I stopped you from leaning into the Anish Kapoor sculpture before you got yelled at. That would have been embarassing for you. Like the bus ride. :)
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