Week 141 3/16/18
We're excited to return to the Peabody Essex Museum in Salem, one of our favorites. The previous day we contacted our friend Jim Olson who is the Director of Integrated Media at the museum and he spent quite a bit of time with us, taking us through three of the four special exhibits, all of which he was involved with the planning and execution.
I think the Georgia O'Keefe exhibit probably brought in the most visitors because everyone is familiar with her art. This exhibit included many examples of her paintings but also photographs of the artist and many examples of her clothing and footwear which she designed and made herself. The exhibit was divided into her early work when she lived in New York, then her New Mexico period and finally Asian-inspired work.
Another exhibit was XYZT: A Journey In Four Dimensions with 10 interactive environments. This was a lot of fun and fascinating. The mathematics were explained but we couldn't understand it. All was black and white and many pieces involved typefaces.
The Playtime exhibit was probably more for kids but I went into the balloon room.
Finally our favorite - T.C. Cannon: At the Edge of America. T.C. was a Native American artist, poet, musician and Vietnam Veteran who died very young in an accident. The exhibit was creatively curated and lovingly displayed in a large network of rooms. Judging by the guest book, many visitors were moved to tears by the talent and life of this American artist. Besides the paintings and poetry, were recordings of his music, his guitar, his service medals and several pieces of correspondence.
Here is Jim showing us around the T.C. Cannon exhibit of which he is very proud.
And here is another piece at the museum that I love. I wish I noted the artist's name.
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