An important reminder, but it's buried deep in the museum. People will have had a ton of opportunities for inappropriate touching, long before they ever see this reminder..................
The panels had an interesting texture. Smooth, mostly, and cool to the touch.........
Along with the coal panels, there was this metal wall, with a lot of words for us to play with. I think many people contributed.........
I played with this for a few minutes. It is interesting (liberating) to have a limited set of words. I felt very comfortable with putting words together....
I am surprised to need to report that I can't remember for sure whether some of these combinations were mine. I think this one was, but I'm not sure.
This next one is mine. I think it needs another comma after "stood." At the very least.
This one is not mine. There's a lot packed into these few words, don't you think? The arrangement is physically precise, as well as careful in the choice of words.
This one is mine. I was thinking about diffuse mode and focused mode, left and right brain, cortex and cerebellum, the 10% of me that is human cells and the 90% of me that is ... others......... Wanting to listen to the wisdom of all the interior voices........
Someone, looking over my shoulder, asked if all/any of the above was art. My reply was that it/they were not a museum purchase. Or, at least, only the materials were a museum purchase, while, I believe, the arrangement of the words was done by random volunteers.......
On the other hand, I'm inclined to think the word work above is as likely to be Art as much of the stuff that can be seen in museums.
I mean -- one can look at Sarita and have no shadow of a doubt that she is Art. But on the other hand, in museums one sees piles of broken mirror, and three all-black canvases hung side by side, and many naked pictures, taken over time, of someone who is trying to lose weight..... Are any of these things more likely to be Art than these words arranged by random museum-goers? I would say .... NO. And that is my considered and final opinion.
We saw this when I was here last year. This is a very large (12'x15'?) structure made of the metal side of cheap screw on/off bottle caps. For all it is made entirely of metal, it has a very cloth-like look. Especially as it is rumpled........
On our way home. Even the parking garage has interesting things to look at. Some are museum purchases.
Do you like one of these better than the other? I wasn't sure I could decide...............
(Wasn't it polite of the drivers to put only black and white cars into this arrangement?)
Some interesting things in the parking garage are random.
I'm pretty sure no one planned this arrow to go, just so, over the lines cut in the floor. But I bet you could get a museum to purchase and display it, if you came up with the right backstory...........
It's always good to visit the Nelson. Its Asian collection is exemplary, and it has a lot of very interesting work in other categories, too. Thanks for organizing that, Mom and Dad!
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