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Mobility

We like the Phoenix Art Museum. It’s huge, which means lots of large open galleries, and both the permanent and the temporary exhibits are consistently interesting. We once found a display of Frank Lloyd-Wright designs that were never built (Frank had a lot of these). Another time it was an exhibit of Madeleine Albright’s brooches. That was more interesting than it sounds.

Our plan yesterday was simple; wander around and see what’s new and have lunch at the museum’s courtyard cafe. While wandering, I came across a small collection of small Alexander Calder works. Although these involve some balance, they are not “mobiles” because they do not hang from the ceiling.

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And that was supposed to be that. But then I saw a few other pieces that I couldn’t resist including in the post.

The first caught my eye just because it’s very large and pretty. Who doesn’t like flowers, right? I should have had Mary Anne stand beside to give you a sense of scale.

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This is a head made entirely of nails. You may have to enlarge the photo to fully appreciate it.

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This very large piece was spectacular; vivid colors and very textured.

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Another wall-sized piece with an almost three dimensional look. Notice the unreal use of shading, the two white rectangles compared to the red oval, for example.

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This was from an exhibit of ‘60s political art.

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More than I planned to say. I hope you found it interesting.

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