Art Lives Here, Red, Black, Blue, Calder
Sculpture, Milwaukee Art Museum,
Wisconsin, May 2008, photo © 2008
by QuoinMonkey. All rights reserved.
art lives in the flesh
holds riddles, true colors show
Calder painted planes
-posted on red Ravine, Saturday, May 31st, 2008
-related to posts, spinner haiku, haiku (one-a-day)
When I drove past the Calatrava today, I wondered when I would see the photos I knew you took there a few weeks ago.
Delightful to see the Calder, so familiar to me, through your eyes. I hope to see more of your Milwaukee series soon!
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jude, truly a beautiful building. I was looking through those photos yesterday. I didn’t take a ton while we were there, but you can get the essence of the place. Maybe I can do a short photoblog on it soon.
I was so stunned by the grand entrance and hallway of the Milwaukee Art Museum, that I didn’t really take in the huge Calder on the ceiling until we were leaving. I couldn’t help but compare it to the small Spinner in the Minneapolis Sculpture Garden.
I’ve always like Calder’s work. I’m not sure why. I think the playfulness of it, his practice of using the same basic colors, the geometry and how things perfectly balance in motion as well as color.
I was delighted to find the Braniff Air link with the whole history of a side of Calder I didn’t know — his paintings on life-sized planes before he died. In a pretty serious and crazy world, I find his work uplifting. Thanks for the comment!
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Hi QM. Back from a weekend away.
I just clicked on the museum link and loved seeing the Calder installation against the backdrop of the building. Wow. What an amazing space!
I just realized I hadn’t clicked on a second link in the post, now that I read your comment. I’ll have to go check that one out, too.
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ybonesy, welcome back! I missed you! Glad you clicked on the link. It is one of the most beautiful spaces I’ve ever been in. The lake plays a big part in how the whole building works and comes together, too. I may have to visit there each time I make it back to Milwaukee.
Yes, the second link (in the haiku) is amazing. Photographs of Calder in his later years, working on an airplane campaign for Braniff. He was going strong right up to the end and loving his work. Some good stories at that link.
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