"Humans are inquisitive. That is a function of their humanity. The beings that built this universe did so because it was unthinkable that they should not. Creation is not what gods do, it is something that they are."
"'We built the universe didn't we,' she said. 'Not us precisely, but the thing in us that makes us what we are. The thing that dreams while the rest of us are asleep.'"
from Strata by Terry Pratchett.
Sunday, August 03, 2008
Friday, August 01, 2008
Keep on Crossing
Last night, we had date-night in Greensboro because Chuck's work has kept him too busy to get home this week. When I got to Tate Street, he told me he'd heard about something going on at the Weatherspoon Gallery on the UNC-G campus and asked if I knew where it was. It was right behind me, half a block down.
So, we went. And, to our delight, found that Thursday is the one night a week that they stay open until 9.
We went through every gallery, except the sculpture garden. There was some Board something going on and it looked like they were using that, so we skipped it this visit.
The largest visiting exhibit was TRANSactions: Contemporary Latin American and Latino Art, which had some magnificent pieces that touched both of us.
One piece we liked in particular was the Keep on Crossin' Manifesto on a tortilla by Perry Vasquez and Victor Payne.
Tania Candiani's Greedy caught our attention. We liked a Beeswax and perfumed oil piece by Valeska Soares" that was 2 mouths with a river of scent flowing between them and a really neat video piece with individual dancers superimposed so that they appeared to be dancing together. Hugo Crosthwaite's Tijuana City scape was excellent. Vik Muniz had done a "Last Supper" out of chocolate syrup. (Chuck's comment: To Hell with turning water into wine. Turn Jesus into chocolate.)
Another, smaller, exhibit was drawings by Peter Takal. Approximately half of that show were newly acquired permanent pieces and the rest were on loan from the Arkansas Art Institute. It was the article about Takal on the NPR station at Wake Forest that tipped Chuck to interest in the Weatherspoon.
Some of the permanent pieces we saw and enjoyed were a chandelier by Randy Wray, a frieze by Tom Otterness, and Alison Saar's Compton Nocturne.
So, we went. And, to our delight, found that Thursday is the one night a week that they stay open until 9.
We went through every gallery, except the sculpture garden. There was some Board something going on and it looked like they were using that, so we skipped it this visit.
The largest visiting exhibit was TRANSactions: Contemporary Latin American and Latino Art, which had some magnificent pieces that touched both of us.
One piece we liked in particular was the Keep on Crossin' Manifesto on a tortilla by Perry Vasquez and Victor Payne.
Tania Candiani's Greedy caught our attention. We liked a Beeswax and perfumed oil piece by Valeska Soares" that was 2 mouths with a river of scent flowing between them and a really neat video piece with individual dancers superimposed so that they appeared to be dancing together. Hugo Crosthwaite's Tijuana City scape was excellent. Vik Muniz had done a "Last Supper" out of chocolate syrup. (Chuck's comment: To Hell with turning water into wine. Turn Jesus into chocolate.)
Another, smaller, exhibit was drawings by Peter Takal. Approximately half of that show were newly acquired permanent pieces and the rest were on loan from the Arkansas Art Institute. It was the article about Takal on the NPR station at Wake Forest that tipped Chuck to interest in the Weatherspoon.
Some of the permanent pieces we saw and enjoyed were a chandelier by Randy Wray, a frieze by Tom Otterness, and Alison Saar's Compton Nocturne.
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