Space - Art Institute of Chicago 2008

Alsdorf Galleries at the Art Institute of Chicago
August 18, 2008

I snapped this picture before the museum had filled it with their collection of art from India, the Himalayas and Southeast Asia.  Through many lunch breaks I enjoyed seeing this room recreated from a sunless hall to a bright sunlit space.  Excavating the structure (on the left) showed the craft of building to be just as art-worthy as the works it houses.  Brilliant.

Visit Maps at www.artic.edu to see what it looks like now and for more information on how to visit the museum.

The Art Institute of Chicago's Modern Wing

Chicago has a new glass house ...

 

I walked around a bit. My mood was delighted by the floating Grand Stair. It appeared weightless in complete contrast to the grounded Grand Stair in the classical original building.

 

When Architecture = Art

These models were being exhibited at MoMA in New York City in December 2008. I like the way they blur the boundaries between architecture and art.

Painting March 2009

Here is a painting I did over the past couple months. Acrylic on canvas 30x40. It is the Chicago Red Line crossing over Montrose looking south. I've always loved while living in Uptown on the northside of Chicago in the late 1990's.