Wednesday, April 15, 2015

A Trip to Maine

My daughter has been visiting a lot of colleges lately. This past weekend I had a chance to tag along. We visited Colby College in Waterville, Maine. It turns out that  Colby College has the biggest Art Museum in the state. I also heard that it is the biggest college art museum in the country, even though I haven't been able to confirm that yet. 
   The museum has an impressive collection of art. There is a mobile by Alexander Calder.


I forgot to find out the name of this piece.

There was also this wall sculpture by Louise Nevelson. 
I know what you are thinking: "Those shades look cool, but crack a smile dude!" I didn't get this title either. It is a big one. I tried to make a big wall sculpture for my last year's show but I ran into problems with gravity. Louise's piece is standing on the ground so she didn't have to deal with the same problems.

While walking around in the museum I discovered another piece by Louise Nevelson. I had forgotten that she had made pieces that were not wall sculptures. This piece is called
"Standing Figure (Proud Oriental Figure)". Louise made it around 1947 and it is made of painted terracotta.