Le Paree

Carolina.

I'm off on an extended Field Trip. I intend to have lots of goodies for you upon my return!

Le Paree

Just returned from an extended Field Trip. Bet you can tell where I was!

This is 'L'Air' by Aristide Maillol (b. France, 1861-1944), currently in the gardens of the Louvre.

Calder at OSP

Here's another view of the Calder 'Eagle'.

I just found out an exhibit of Calder jewelry opens at the Norton Museum in West Palm Beach in February -- http://www.norton.org/exhibitions/schedule2008-5.htm. How amazing would it be to own a piece of Calder jewelry?

The jewelry exhibit makes its way to the Metropolitan Museum in December -- http://www.metmuseum.org/special/se_event.asp?OccurrenceId=%7B2447333C-4D1D-4C74-9EED-62134307C209%7D.

Calder at OSP

Calder at OSP

Another sculptor I really admire is Alexander Calder (American, 1898-1976). I've stumbled across his work in the most unexpected places -- the wonderous 'Calder's Circus' at the New York Guggenheim, a downtown street exhibit last year, and a mercury fountain (1937) he gifted Joan Miro, housed at the Miro Foundation in Barcelona (the liquid flowing through it is actually mercury).

Here in Seattle I found 'Eagle'.

I wonder where I'll next find his work?

Seattle Sculpture Park

Seattle Sculpture Park

Seattle Sculpture Park

This week is our favorite new Seattle discovery -- the Olympic Sculpture Garden, an extension of the Seattle Art Museum.

Here is Richard Serra's (American, b. 1939) 'Wake'. The scale of these ships majestic, imposing, and yet graceful overall. You can walk in and around the towering pieces, viewing it from every angle. I missed the MOMA retrospective on his work last year, so I was excited to encounter Serra's work here.

You can find out more about the sculpture garden here --www.seattleartmuseum.org/visit/OSP

Definitely worth a trip if you're in the Seattle area!

Pratt

by Dan Fisher (American, Pratt '74).

Pratt

This is 'Welcome' by Raphael Zollinger (South African, b.?), the most overtly political of the pieces currently displayed on campus. He says he used 'archtypical images to comment on the abuse human beings visit upon one another'.

Pratt

Color figures by Sung Ha No (South Korean, b. 1976).

Pratt

You wouldn't know from my previous posts that I live in a large and bustling metropolis. In fact, I live in New York city, but I am lucky enough to live in the borough of Brooklyn, a sort of oasis just a 10 minute train ride from the madness that is Manhattan. Brooklyn is something of a personal utopia for reasons that are sure to reveal themselves through future posts.

Here is one. We have the Pratt University campus in our very own backyard. Pratt, founded 1887, is mainly known as an arts and architecture school. It also has a sculpture garden to rival some of the best across the country. Do you have a sculpture garden near you? Which would you recommend?

This sculpture is one of my favorites. It is called 'Victorian & Eucantha' (1988-1993), a large-scale head by Phillip Grausman (American, b. 1935). Actually, this is Eucantha, they used to be a pair, but Victoria has gone traveling, off to another exhibit, I suppose.