Thursday, February 11, 2010

Art Isn't Easy

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On Day 3 of our Seattle vacation, Anna, Joh, and I visited the Henry Art Gallery.  It's located right on the University of Washington campus and despite its small size, it is a really cool gallery and has many, many things to look at, such as a collection of polaroids by Robert Mapplethorpe and a skyspace by James Turrell (pictured above).

Also, this weird couch thing (by Roy McMakin, in case you're curious).

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Despite the fact that it was still relatively early in the afternoon, we were already exhausted.

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Anna took the opportunity to rest upon the art, while Joh and I were content to photograph her.  I'd like to think she became part of the piece.  Which maybe was the artist's intention.  At any rate, I would love to have a weird staircase-chair piece in my apartment.

Lastly, I'll show you the Turrell skyspace from outside the gallery.  I think the exterior is supposed to change colors, depending on the light outside.  Pretty nifty.

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2 comments:

Skye said...

I love the title of this post.

I also wonder if rain and stuff can get in the skyspace or if there is a door that closes it off. How quirky!

Megan said...

I also love the Sondheim reference - as every blog post should have!