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Post by nycgirl on Jun 22, 2012 13:11:37 GMT
On Memorial Day, the Museum of Fine Arts was open and offering free admission. I didn't have much time to kill, but I wanted to take a peek. I decided to focus on their contemporary collection, housed in a snazzy new building designed by I.M. Pei, the architect behind the Louvre pyramid. Here are a few of highlights. This one is probably my favorite. Black River by Ghanaian artist El Anatsui is a huge, intricate tapestry inspired, in part, by traditional African kente cloth. The piece is made of discarded liquor bottles caps and wrappers, painstakingly woven together with copper wire. It's amazing that something so beautiful can be made from trash. I didn't even scratch the surface at the MFA, but I really enjoyed my brief visit. That's about it. Whew, I squeezed a lot into a weekend! It went by so fast. I'd love to visit Boston again soon, as well as explore other parts of New England.
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Post by bixaorellana on Jun 24, 2012 13:54:48 GMT
You did squeeze a lot into a weekend, and certainly extracted a truly great thread out of it!
So there really is a Cheers? What a fun thrill to see that awning.
Thank you for toiling up all those stairs to capture that view -- wow! It's wonderful to see the old core of the city extending to all the proud new stuff.
And the ship pictures are great, really bringing home the phrase "iron men on wooden ships".
I so envy you the visit to the MFA. That long roof with the free-floating people is something else! LOVE that picture of the glass bottles and the tall glass "plant" is striking & perfect in that location. (I know it's glass because of your wonderful posts in Image Bank.)
Black River is absolutely gorgeous! The first picture immediately made me think of Klimt, but the details you provide made me go back for a second look & a dawning realization of what a wonderful piece it is on so many levels.
Thank you for sharing your pleasure & excitement of this trip.
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Post by nycgirl on Jun 25, 2012 0:28:03 GMT
Yep, the Cheers facade is real, but the bar's interior is nothing like the show. Still, I was pleasantly surprised to see it.
Black River reminded me of Klimt paintings, too, as well as mosaics. It sure is a unique work, though.
Thanks for looking!
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