Orozco at Dartmouth
April 26, 2012
I am in Hanover to talk about Cyber War and Cyber Peace, but a super quick tour of the gorgeous campus revealed the incredible Orozco mural The Epic of American Civilization. I’m not usually much for murals, but this one is stunning.
Zig Zag Local Art
April 15, 2012
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We attended the Rendezvous opening at the Zig Zag Gallery in The Plains. Rendezvous is a joint show of Winslow McCagg and Tia Maggio. Great space, gorgeous work, and a perfect night for an opening.
Tia and Winslow make a very nice pair.
Nature
Winslow’s art is exceptional. Multiple levels and at least 4 reads per work. The light at the Zig Zag was very good for viewing.
Sorry about the photography here. Too many people to get the light to cooperate.
Winslow. This one looked even better here than at the Mill.
This was our first exposure to Tia’s work. We bought these two.
Amy's favorite. Piney Swamp.
My favorite. Love the blue. Wavelength.
Garden: Step one weedeat and till
April 15, 2012
After 5 hours and a bunch of two-stroke exhaust, the garden is ready for 2012.
Screen door keeps the bugs out.
Bottom land where most anything will grow.
Dirt.
Amy’s Spring flowers.
Steppables (after two years getting established).
Pileated woodpecker
April 14, 2012
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In black and white, this woodpecker’s red head is not red. Oh well. Amy’s camera was set wrong.
Early morning woodpecker.
College and the Arts: Isabella Stuart Gardner Museum
April 7, 2012
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Jazz at the hat Goorin Bros Hat Shop.
Ambiance = good.
 Hat too small. |
 Hat just right. |
Rhinoceros.
What he said.
Somebody replaced the Isabella Stuart Gardner museum (one of my faves) with something much less quirky.
All quirks replaced by glass.
Nostalgia. I miss my original museum. No pictures inside.
That’s it. Tour over. Time to go home.
College and the Arts: Minneapolis Institute of Arts
April 6, 2012
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Who knew that Minneapolis had an unbelievable collection? Wow. Must go see Minneapolis Institute of Arts.
Behind this nondescript Federal looking facade is an incredible collection of art.
Kandinsky from two eras.
Study for Improvisation V
Yes, Kandinsky was a Russian.
And a token Van Gogh (there are a bunch of these on Earth)
Juxtaposition
 Old School |
 New School. |
You may not have heard, but people from Minnesota are all shockingly nice. This is all rather concerning.
College and the Arts: Magic and Theater in Chicago
April 5, 2012
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Sadly, the Art Institute of Chicago has really stupid hours and closes at 5pm every day except one. Boo! So in our massive one day stay over in Chicago, we opted for theater.
And a good thing! We joined Michael Hobert’s son Dan for a delightful evening of avant guard theater (TX style) at Chopin Theater for The House’s showing of Death and Harry Houdini. Turns out that not only did Dan know the theater owners, he also knew half the cast.
The play was interesting with plenty of integrated magic. The water trick is the apex, though during our show the suspense was not properly fomented. We had a great time.
Prepare to have a great time.
We wanted to see Dan do some puppetry. His current work is the untweetable (due to length alone) The Strange and Terrible True Tale of Pinocchio (the Wooden Boy) As Told By Frankenstein’s Monster (the Wretched Creature).
Chopin Theater where the House troop is performing Death and Harry Houdini.
We topped off the evening with dinner at Cumin, which Dan properly summed up as “solid.” I taught their bartender a thing or two about mixology (we made Blue Moons and Sazaracs).
It was a nice switch up to see some theater.
College and the Arts: Stanford
April 3, 2012
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Stanford has 400+ acres of campus. At least 4 of them are devoted to art, with the Rodin Sculpture garden and the Stone River Goldsworthy installation.
Rodin
It was a gorgeous day. It almost always is here in Palo Alto.
Classic stanford architecture with rich guy trees.
Who knew the Gates of Hell were at Stanford?!
By far the best part of the art pile at Stanford is the Stone River installation. It’s a good thing Brian told us to look for it. Make sure to see this when you go to the Cantor Museum for sure. Goldworthy is very good. And I love stone walls. Eli and I build structures in the river every summer. Sure would be fun to make them more like this!
Stone River. Across the parking lot and hidden in plain sight.
Stonework by masters.
