tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-56860987474191562702024-03-28T20:29:59.302-07:00Arts Without BordersWhere creativity and life are inseparableeddeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12678818677719730754noreply@blogger.comBlogger377125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5686098747419156270.post-29018984800076069352017-11-12T16:54:00.000-08:002017-11-12T16:54:52.884-08:00Follow me at Urban WildernessFormer followers of Arts Without Borders may have noticed that I haven't been posting lately. In fact, I've been asked about it by a number of people and so I've belatedly realized that I should make this announcement:<br />
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While I've reluctantly discontinued regular posting on Arts Without Borders, I have been posting stories, articles and many photographs regularly and often both on <a href="http://urbanwilderness-eddee.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">my other blog</a>, Urban Wilderness, and on <a href="https://www.milwaukeemag.com/author/eddeedaniel/" target="_blank">my column at Milwaukee Magazine</a>, also called Urban Wilderness. I invite you to click on those links to see what I've been up to.<br />
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I gave Arts Without Borders a good six years, but in 2017 I found it increasingly hard to keep up with both blogs. If you've enjoyed Arts Without Borders I thank you. Perhaps you will find the work I'm doing at Urban Wilderness as stimulating as I do. I hope so.<br />
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Here is an image and a link to just one of my recent stories, about Milwaukee's first ever <a href="http://urbanwilderness-eddee.blogspot.com/2017/10/photo-essay-first-ever-milwaukee-boat.html" target="_blank">boat parade</a>: <br />
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<br />eddeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12678818677719730754noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5686098747419156270.post-30065746494809528182017-06-22T05:48:00.000-07:002017-06-22T05:48:54.545-07:00“Secret Sculpture Garden” opens at Milwaukee Hilton
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<b>Joel Pfeiffer’s steel and glass “Walk of Wonder” is
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Milwaukee’s newest art venue, the Hilton Milwaukee City
Center hotel, inaugurated a sculpture garden with a gala opening last night. The
“secret” must refer to how hard the garden is to find without asking (if you
haven’t been there before.) It certainly isn’t being kept a secret. The
publicity for the show brought out a host of visitors. I arrived early and it
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forms are accented with similarly geometric glass. For me, the “Walk of Wonder”
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Pfeiffer is not new to sculpture on a monumental scale. His
9’x38’ ceramic “peace mural” hangs in the D concourse of Milwaukee’s Mitchell
International Airport. That fruit of an international goodwill “<a href="http://www.heartrootsstudio.com/Past_Projects/Entries/1997/4/11_American_Soviet_Clay_Stomp_June_11,_1989___.html">clay
stomp</a>” involving thousands of people and 6 tons of clay has a twin in St.
Petersburg, Russia. The auspicious year of its creation was 1989.</div>
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Long known for his ceramic art and over 80 of his
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All of the sculptures in the “Walk of Wonder” were made within the past three
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A new public sculpture graces one of the quiet sections of
the Hank Aaron State Trail. From 76<sup>th</sup> Street west the trail cuts a
long, straight, level—and largely uneventful—path through West Allis. The busy
eastern sections of the trail near downtown and in the Menomonee Valley provide
constant reminders of their urban setting. While West Allis is far from rural,
the trail has a much calmer feel to it, especially now when its buffer of trees
have leafed out to hide the adjacent homes and businesses.</div>
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There has been another difference between the eastern and
western sections of the trail until now. The Friends of the Hank Aaron State
Trail has a public arts committee that is responsible for planning, siting and
placing public art along the trail. Earlier efforts—such as Katie Martin’s
sculpture, “A Place to Sit,” and Chad Brady’s Valley Passage mural, among
others—have gone to the eastern portions.</div>
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The newly placed sculpture near 89<sup>th</sup> Street is a
modest start at correcting the imbalance. Five poles carry laser-cut symbols
designed by students at Milwaukee’s High School of the Arts. Each pole presents
a series of symbols with themes that relate to the trail and the community
through which it runs, such as veterans (the Trail runs right through the VA
hospital grounds) and West Allis industries.</div>
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This detail shows a pole with symbols representing midway
rides at the nearby State Fair grounds. After consultation with the West Allis
Historical Society, the designs were created as a class project under the
direction of MHSA art teacher Carrie Hoelzer. Mentors at the Milwaukee
Institute of Art and Design and a Milwaukee company called Design Fugitives
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The western end of the trail is designed to connect with the
Oak Leaf Trail. However, the Zoo Interchange reconstruction project has
necessitated a detour at 94<sup>th</sup> Street. When I went there to
reconnoiter the current status of the work I discovered that spring rains had
created their own impediment at a recently constructed tunnel under the freeway.
(I hope the drainage issue is resolved before this section of the trail is
reopened!)</div>
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<i>Full disclosure: I serve on the Friends of the Hank Aaron
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eddeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12678818677719730754noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5686098747419156270.post-18559883420255189082017-05-01T07:45:00.000-07:002017-05-01T07:45:18.370-07:00Five reasons I love Milwaukee!
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">McKinley Beach and the skyline of Milwaukee</td></tr>
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<i><span style="font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Nearby nature
and the arts combine for a high quality of life</span></i></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Recently
Milwaukee Magazine, for which I write a <a href="https://www.milwaukeemag.com/category/newsandpolitics/urban-wilderness/" target="_blank">column called Urban Wilderness</a>, asked
contributors to list reasons why we love Milwaukee. My slightly amended answers
are listed below. The magazine used one of my own photos to illustrate the
first of my answers and then a couple of stock photos after that. I’ve included
all of my own photos in this version—as you would expect! </span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Warnimont Park, Milwaukee County Parks, Cudahy</td></tr>
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<b><span style="font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">1. Lake Michigan</span></b><span style="font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">.
Not only does </span><span style="color: windowtext; font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Milwaukee
have public beaches</span><span style="font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> and parkland for a
front yard in its downtown but also miles of lakefront parks that stretch the
length of Milwaukee County. </span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Milwaukee River Greenway, view north from Locust St. Bridge</td></tr>
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<b><span style="font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">2. Four rivers</span></b><span style="font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">.
All four of Milwaukee’s rivers—the Milwaukee, Menomonee, Kinnickinnic and
Root—have been endowed with parkways that enable citizens to hike and bike long
distances in natural settings. </span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Big Bang over the Calatrava wing of the Milwaukee Art Museum</td></tr>
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<b><span style="font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">3. Calatrava</span></b><span style="font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">.
The newly improved <span style="mso-field-code: " HYPERLINK \0022https\:\/\/mam\.org\/\0022 \\t \0022_blank\0022 ";">Milwaukee
Art Museum</span> is the place to go to for outstanding art, and even after 16
years the Calatrava wing with its kinetic roof still seems like a miracle—a
very worthy setting for fireworks!</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The tropical dome in winter, Mitchell Park Conservatory</td></tr>
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<b><span style="font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">4. The Domes</span></b><span style="font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">.
<span style="mso-field-code: " HYPERLINK \0022https\:\/\/milwaukeedomes\.org\/\0022 \\t \0022_blank\0022 ";">The
Mitchell Park Conservatory</span> is the best place to go when the weather is
lousy; of course they need to be repaired!</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Marcus Center for the Performing Arts</td></tr>
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Milwaukee has </span><span style="color: windowtext; font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">so
many theatrical offerings</span><span style="font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> it’s impossible to
keep up with them all: the Milwaukee Rep, Pabst Theater, Renaissance Theater,
and Next Act, to name just a few.</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Scenic Route: MKE in Riverside Park</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">In fact, on occasion my favorite things overlap, as in this
performance of <a href="http://artswithoutborders-eddee.blogspot.com/2016/05/scenic-route-mke-dances-in-park.html" target="_blank">“Scenic Route: MKE”</a> wherein the dancers used Riverside Park and
the Milwaukee River as a stage.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The original version of this story was posted by <a href="https://www.milwaukeemag.com/5-reasons-love-milwaukee-eddee-daniel/" target="_blank">Milwaukee Magazine</a> on April 12, 2017.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">To see more reasons why I love Milwaukee go to my <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/eddeedaniel/albums" target="_blank">Flickr albums</a>.</span></div>
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eddeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12678818677719730754noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5686098747419156270.post-92206047956646432972017-03-29T09:46:00.000-07:002017-03-29T11:14:15.751-07:00Gaudí in Barcelona: Spectacular and unique<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">SW side entrance to La Sagrada Familia - The Passion</td></tr>
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Some people, I know, have heard of Antoni <span class="st">Gaudí. Many have not, however. And unless you've studied architecture or Barcelona or something related, it's hard to come to grips with how exceptional his designs are. I taught architecture for many years and thought I knew what to expect. I certainly was looking forward to my first visit to Barcelona with great deal of anticipation. But even so, I was not adequately prepared...</span><br />
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<span class="st">We didn't beat around the bush. We went to see </span><span class="st"><span class="st">Gaudí's unfinished masterpiece</span> first thing in the morning on our first day in Barcelona. La Sagrada Familia is a cathedral and having seen large gothic cathedrals its size was not unexpected. And I was familiar with his unique organic style from photographs. But the scale of it all and the sheer beauty was breathtaking. He achieved a monumental scale without the bulky encrustments of flying buttresses that make the exteriors of gothic cathedrals seem impenetrable. The stone appears to float upward rather than to press down on the earth. The tall spires remind me of beach castles made by dripping wet sand.</span><br />
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<span class="st">The sense of floating was even more pronounced on the interior. The abstract stained glass cast uneven colors into the vast nave, one side warm reds, oranges and yellows, the other cool deep blues, aquas and pale greens. </span><br />
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<span class="st">The vault appeared to be supported on the trunks of great trees that led the eye upwards towards an eerie configuration of circular forms. I felt as though I was being inspected by a gargantuan spider with multi-faceted eyes that hovered overhead in wait. </span><br />
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<span class="st">It was a cold, blustery weekday morning and yet the entire interior was full of people before we left. We learned that this building, which had been abandoned for decades after </span><span class="st"><span class="st">Gaudí's untimely death in 1926, is now the single most popular tourist attraction in Spain. But it is hardly the only one...</span></span><br />
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<span class="st"><span class="st">Casa Batlló is an apartment building squeezed among a row of them along one of the major boulevards in the center of the city. The facade is unlike any of its neighbors, however, with its colorful and undulating art deco detailing. We almost didn't go inside. We'd just come from La Sagrada Familia (ticket price: 29 euros - over $30). The price of admission at </span></span><span class="st"><span class="st">Casa Batlló was 22 euros and we balked briefly. But our traveling companions convinced us to pop for it and we were blown away for the second time that day.</span></span><br />
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<span class="st"><span class="st">The entire building, the maintenance of which is supported solely by those steep admission prices, has been turned into a museum and it didn't take long to learn why. Every detail has been meticulously restored and preserved--and by every detail I mean that </span></span><span class="st"><span class="st">Gaudí actually designed every single thing in the building. (This was reminiscent of </span></span><span class="st"><span class="st"><span class="st"><span class="st">Gaudí's contemporary, </span></span>Frank Lloyd Wright, who also famously designed buildings down to the doorknobs and dinnerware.)</span></span><br />
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<span class="st"><span class="st">One of the many remarkable details was the tile in the atrium that rose through all six floors. Cast in shades of blue that grew progressively paler in hue so that it would all appear uniform as the natural light coming down through the skylight diminished. </span></span><br />
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<span class="st"><span class="st">Gaudí is famous for his chimeys and </span></span><span class="st"><span class="st">Casa Batlló is an example of why this is so. Another novelty characteristic of his style (and also in harmony with the style of the Art Deco period to which he relates) is the fact that he designed the entire building without square corners. </span></span><br />
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<span class="st"><span class="st">The attic floor clearly demonstrated his novel and effective use of the catenary arch, which we learned is at once derived from nature and inherently more stable than other arch shapes. </span></span><span class="st"><span class="st">Gaudí employed it in many of his designs, including La Sagrada Familia.</span></span><br />
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<span class="st">For a change of pace we next went to a park. Of course it wasn't just any old park. Parc Güell, as it is called, was also designed by </span><span class="st"><span class="st">Gaudí. In this view across the terrace the spires and cranes above La Sagrada Famila can be seen in the left background. The terrace and main entrance area to the park required another admission fee. This time we chose to go around to the public (free) sections. We were not disappointed.</span></span><br />
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<span class="st"><span class="st">The park rises up a steep hillside and the main design feature is a serpentine walkway that leads throughout the park and up to the summit.</span></span><br />
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<span class="st"><span class="st">As with his buildings, the causeway-like structure was organic in character and utterly </span></span><br />
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<span class="st"><span class="st">Later in the week we toured yet another of </span></span><span class="st"><span class="st">Gaudí's masterpieces, Casa Mila, aka La Perdrera (the stone quarry). Unlike </span></span><span class="st"><span class="st"><span class="st"><span class="st">Casa Batlló, t</span></span>his multipurpose structure is still in use, with commercial enterprises on the ground floor and residential apartments above. </span></span><br />
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<span class="st"><span class="st">One of the highlights, again, was the rooftop with an even more elaborate (and famous) display of chimneys. Here you see just a few of the many.</span></span><br />
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<span class="st"><span class="st">You know right away when you see the door to the building that you are in for an unusual architectural experience.</span></span><br />
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<span class="st"><span class="st">So, there you have a brief selection and quick tour of </span></span><span class="st"><span class="st">Gaudí in Barcelona. We did go back to La Sagrada Familia on our last day there, in order to see it at night. </span></span><br />
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<span class="st"><span class="st">For a few more photos of </span></span><span class="st"><span class="st">Gaudí and many more photos from Spain, go to my <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/eddeedaniel/albums/72157681405336895" target="_blank">Flickr album</a>.</span></span><br />
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<span class="st"><span class="st">And if you missed my earlier posts from Spain, scroll down or click the links to check out <a href="http://artswithoutborders-eddee.blogspot.com/2017/03/valencia-does-calatrava-in-big-way.html" target="_blank">Calatrava in Valencia</a> and the </span></span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://artswithoutborders-eddee.blogspot.com/2017/03/a-visit-to-joan-miro-museum-in-barcelona.html" target="_blank">Miró Museum</a>. </span></span></span><br />
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Valencia is on the Mediterranean Sea on the east coast of Spain. Milwaukee is on Lake Michigan on the east coast of Wisconsin. Valencia and Milwaukee, with metropolitan areas of about 1.5 million, are approximately the same size. Aside from those two facts, the two cities have almost nothing in common. Oh, except we do have Calatrava. <br />
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The difference is, while Milwaukee is justifiably proud of its iconic Calatrava-designed art museum, the suite of buildings that world-renowned architect designed for his home town make our single structure look downright puny. Yes, there are people in the photo of the Science Museum above to give it scale, though you'll have to look closely. The Milwaukee Art Museum's Calatrava wing could fit inside this building--with its wings open--and there would still be room to spare. But wait! There are four more buildings in what is known as the City of Arts and Sciences--along with two bridges.<br />
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The opera house (above) looks like some kind of alien spaceship out of Star Trek has landed in this medieval city. In fact, nothing in Valencia--or pretty much anywhere else--prepares the unsuspecting visitor who happens upon this futuristic assemblage of structures. Allow me to take you on a tour...<br />
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Panoramic view with the Planetarium in the left foreground and the double arcade called <i>L'Umbracle</i> on the right.<br />
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The Agora, a concert and exhibition hall, seen here through the cable stays of one of two Calatrava bridges that cross over the complex, which is in a park setting that is below the surrounding city.<br />
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The dome of the Planetarium seen from the promenade of <i>L'Umbracle</i>.<br />
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The open arcade of of <i>L'Umbracle</i>, which sits atop a parking garage, is a rigorously ordered botanical garden...<br />
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...and the promenade doubles as a showcase for contemporary sculpture. The installation on view when I was there was by an artist named Rogério Timóteo. Behind the sculpture you can see (left to right) the Science Museum the Agora and the asymmetrical cable-stayed bridge.<br />
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<i>L'Umbracle </i>at dusk.<i></i><br />
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The Science Museum after dark.<i><br /></i><br />
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And the opera house... whew! I was there and it's still hard to believe it's real.<br />
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Stay tuned. These Calatravas in Valencia were spectacular, but Barcelona has <span class="st">Gaudí. I'll show you those soon.</span><br />
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<span class="st">Meanwhile, if you missed my review of <span style="font-size: small;">the </span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span>Miró Museum, <a href="http://artswithoutborders-eddee.blogspot.com/2017/03/a-visit-to-joan-miro-museum-in-barcelona.html" target="_blank">click here</a>. </span></span></span><br />
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<br />eddeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12678818677719730754noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5686098747419156270.post-32500972731484462472017-03-15T04:22:00.003-07:002017-03-15T04:22:53.320-07:00A visit to the Joan Miró museum in Barcelona<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;"> As a young man Joan Miró adopted a highly personal style within the extended family of Surrealism and an anti-bourgeous attitude characteristic of his time and artistic calling. In 1968, when he was 75, he established a foundation that would build an architectural monument dedicated to his work. The clean white </span></span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">Modernist museum</span></span> stands on </span></span>Montjuïc, a mountainside overlooking his native city of Barcelona. His attitude towards society may have shifted, but the collection housed in the museum demonstrates that his <span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">distinctive style remained largely consistent throughout his life.</span></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Painting (for Emili Fernández Miró<b id="yui_3_10_0_1_1489572969493_241">)</b>, 1963<b id="yui_3_10_0_1_1489572969493_241"><br /></b></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">Miró's idiosyncratic manner of working has been called "a sandbox for the subconscious mind." His childlike forms have appealed to me for as long as I've known about him. When I had the great fortune to visit Barcelona recently the </span></span><span lang="ca">Fundació Joan Miró, Centre d'Estudis d'Art Contemporani (Catalan for </span>Joan Miró Foundation, Centre of Studies of Contemporary Art) was one of my primary destinations. I was not disappointed.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Mujer</td></tr>
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The permanent collection includes works from throughout his long career (he lived a cool 90 years, from 1893 to 1983), and although he is among my favorite artists whose famous works are quite familiar, most of the paintings and sculptures on display were new to me. A lovely opportunity! Here I share a selection, just a small fraction of what can be seen at the museum.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Village and Church of Mont-roig, 1919</td></tr>
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This early painting is done in what is called his "detailist" style, which was influenced by primitive and Japanese art, according to the wall label.<br />
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This one, from 1935, is titled "Man and woman in front of a pile of excrement" just in case, I suppose, you might not catch that detail. It is from a series known as the "savage paintings."<br />
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Most of the early work is modest in size but later paintings and sculptures assume a much larger scale. A few vertical ones, such as "Woman, Bird 1" (below) and one of his monumental tapestries (that I didn't manage to capture on my iPhone) take up entire high ceilinged rooms.<br />
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The rooftop provides ample space for sculptures as well as panoramic views of the city below.<br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">This triptych, mounted in an alcove, is titled "Painting on a white background for the cell of a recluse, I, II, III" (1968). The wall panel explains that the alcove reproduces the placement of the triptychs in the artist's studio and quotes </span></span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">Miró: "To me conquering freedom means conquering simplicity. At the very limit, then, one line, one color can make a painting."</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">The wall panel accompanying this painting, the first of a series of canvases </span></span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">Miró attacked with a blowtorch, claims that he was trying to "taunt the art market." In all four languages used throughout the museum on its labels someone had written in pencil </span></span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">on the wall </span></span>next to the panel, "It is easier to taunt it when one's position is either safe or desperate. The rest are in far more complex positions."</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">While the majority of work on view is by </span></span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">Miró himself, there are others as well. This complex temporary installation is in a gallery devoted to contemporary artists. It is titled:</span></span><span style="font-size: small;"> </span><em>Plural Being. I am the Others, the Others are Me </em>by artists identified as Momu & No Es. <br />
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Of it the <a href="http://www.fmirobcn.org/exhibitions/5712/plural-being-i-am-the-others-the-others-are-me" target="_blank">website</a> says this: "<em>Plural Being. I am the Others, the Others are Me </em>reflects
the constant search for calm in a hectic society. Through a theme park
scenario, the exhibition attempts to answer a series of questions about
the times we live in, the things we yearn for, and the rewards we expect
in return for our day-to-day efforts.<br />
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"Momu & No Es present a new installation that recreates a
phantomscape through a series of sculptural elements, mantric sounds,
suspended images and performative elements that plunge visitors into a
space of sublimation and estrangement. A reflection on personal space
and on the body as testing ground that questions the human condition in a
hyperconnected era."<br />
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<i>Other sights and scenes from my visit to Spain--including La Sagrada Familia and several other amazing feats of architecture by <span class="st">Gaudí--</span>can be see on <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/eddeedaniel/albums/72157681405336895" target="_blank">Flickr</a>.</i><br />
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eddeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12678818677719730754noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5686098747419156270.post-2608529288209351932017-01-25T17:07:00.000-08:002017-01-25T17:16:19.935-08:00Forward 2016: A gallery walk & talk at Charles AllisYou are invited!<br />
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Please join me at the Charles Allis Art Museum this Saturday, 3-5 pm, for a walk and talk with eight of the artists in <i>Forward 2016: A Survey of Wisconsin Art Now</i>.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Inverse</i>, from Lynden Sculpture Garden</td></tr>
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<span class="_4n-j _3cht fsl">The participating artists are Lois Bielefeld, Kevin Giese, Pat Hidson, Jeanne Nikolai Olivieri, Sara Risley,
Jason Van Roo, Sara Willadsen and myself.</span><br />
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<span class="_4n-j _3cht fsl">I will be talking about the two photographs reproduced here. <i>Inverse</i> (above) is from my 2015 artist residency at the Lynden Sculpture Garden. <i>HL2016 no. 3</i> (below) is from an on-going series about New York's High Line Park. Come hear more about each of those projects.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>HL2016 - 3</i>, from <i>The High Line: An Abstract Nature</i></td></tr>
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<span class="_4n-j _3cht fsl">The exhibit, which was juried by Susan Barnett and Brent Budsberg, has been on display since October 27, 2016 and runs through February 19, 2017. </span><br />
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<span class="_4n-j _3cht fsl">There is a discounted admission fee for this special event: </span><br />
<span class="_4n-j _3cht fsl">$3 Members, Students w/ ID and Seniors | $5 General Admission. </span><br />
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<span class="_4n-j _3cht fsl">The Charles Allis is at </span>1801 N Prospect Avenue in Milwaukee. More information available on the museum <a href="http://www.charlesallis.org/index.html" target="_blank">website</a>.<br />
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<br />eddeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12678818677719730754noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5686098747419156270.post-36668476712122707432017-01-25T08:17:00.000-08:002017-01-25T08:17:20.793-08:00Trees: an exhibition at A Smith Gallery in Texas<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Cultivar, from the Synecdoche Series<br />
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My image above is included in an exhibition entitled "Trees" at the <a href="http://asmithgallery.com/current-exhibition/" target="_blank">A Smith Gallery</a> in Johnson City, TX. The juror was a renowned photographer and one I've long admired: Michael Kenna.<br />
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Exhibition dates | December 16, 2016 to January 28, 2017<br />
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You can see more images from "Synecdoche: the fragment that represents the whole" on my <a href="http://www.eddeedaniel.com/#a=0&at=0&mi=2&pt=1&pi=10000&s=0&p=0" target="_blank">website</a>.<br />
<br />eddeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12678818677719730754noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5686098747419156270.post-17808119092912000562017-01-21T17:48:00.000-08:002017-01-21T17:49:26.028-08:00Women's March on Madison draws over 75,000Fittingly, we arrived in Madison this morning in dense fog.<br />
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As people streamed around both sides of the Capitol and down State Street to the assembly point on the library mall of the UW campus, someone put a pink pussy hat on the statue that represents "Forward."<br />
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Hundreds more people continued to arrive even as the beginning marchers came up State Street.<br />
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As the crowd spill around the Capitol, more marchers continued to try to move up State Street. At some point there got to be too many and no one could move further. The Capitol square filled up and State Street was still full of people all the way back to the campus.<br />
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Police estimates vary between 75,000 and 100,000 people who attended today's Madison WI version of the Women's March on Washington.<br />
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As I post this the <a href="https://www.womensmarch.com/sisters" target="_blank">sister marches website</a> has identified 673 marches in cities all over the world and estimates well over 4.5 million marchers.<br />
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As the day progressed the fog gradually cleared. There was great excitement amongst the crowd. However, as one of the speakers told the multitude, a march is not a solution. Solutions will begin when everyone returns home and takes a stand, day after day.</div>
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To see more go to <a href="https://www.womensmarch.com/sisters" target="_blank">Sister Marches</a>.</div>
<br />eddeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12678818677719730754noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5686098747419156270.post-2320916530460139392017-01-20T14:21:00.000-08:002017-01-20T14:21:27.844-08:00Inauguration Day<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />eddeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12678818677719730754noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5686098747419156270.post-13249412231844845062017-01-09T07:55:00.001-08:002017-01-09T07:57:27.871-08:00A poem/prayer for the New Year<style>
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">May nothing evil cross this door <br />
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Though all the world grow chill will keep us warm.<br />
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May peace walk softly through these rooms, <br />
touching our lips with holy wine <br />
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eddeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12678818677719730754noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5686098747419156270.post-28459655464939592042017-01-02T17:09:00.001-08:002017-01-02T17:09:58.295-08:002016: A year of art, architecture and...dance!<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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Arts Without Borders transcended geographical boundaries this year, with
visits to such far-flung locations as Managua, Nicaragua and St.
Petersburg, Russia and while traveling during the year I tried to report
on the curious and remarkable. But that was never intended to be the
primary meaning of the name. 2016 was a particularly good year for
interdisciplinary arts, as the name Arts Without Borders was intended to
signify. Art, like life itself, is everywhere. It is fluid, flexible
and practiced on many different levels and with diverse intentions. While I like art museums and have had the pleasure to visit quite a few this year, including a couple pretty amazing ones, I find art that doesn't fit into a museum especially appealing. Art in the woods, music on the beach, dance in the river! It all happened this year.<br />
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Here is the year in review, a selection of memorable artistic things that I had the great fortune to see and do. I'll keep the captions brief. Most of the selections are from blog posts and will include links for those who would like to see more.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: xx-small;">Bust of a Woman, Picasso, MOMA, New York, NY</span></i></td></tr>
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Picasso is among the more famous of artists and yet the Museum of Modern Art managed to assemble a surprisingly fresh exhibit that focused on his sculptures: <a href="http://artswithoutborders-eddee.blogspot.com/2016/02/picasso-does-sculpture-at-moma.html" target="_blank">Picasso does sculpture at MOMA</a>.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><i>The High Line, New York, NY</i></span></td></tr>
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I went to New York in January with the express purpose of seeing the High Line in winter. Little did I know that the day after I arrived the whole city (including the High Line) would shut down due to a blizzard that dumped a record-breaking 2 ft. of snow in one day. The blizzard was a delight, though: <a href="http://urbanwilderness-eddee.blogspot.com/2016/01/making-best-of-new-york-blizzard.html" target="_blank">Making the best of the New York blizzard</a>.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: xx-small;">Frank Stella, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY</span></i></td></tr>
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The blizzard also meant more time in museums. The Whitney, newly located adjacent to the High Line, had a wonderful retrospective of Frank Stella: <a href="http://artswithoutborders-eddee.blogspot.com/2016/01/a-visit-to-new-whitney.html" target="_blank">A visit to the new Whitney</a>.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><i>Curator Brandon Ruud with Niagara Falls, Louisa Davis Minot. MAM.</i></span></td></tr>
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Back home the Milwaukee Art Museum had a good year with diverse exhibits. My personal favorite was <i>Nature and the American Vision: The Hudson River School</i>, which I <a href="http://artswithoutborders-eddee.blogspot.com/2016/03/nature-in-new-world-american-vision-at.html" target="_blank">reviewed</a> for Milwaukee Magazine.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><i>Grains of Sand (detail), Robert Tannen, Crystal Bridges, Bentonville, AR</i></span></td></tr>
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On the road again in March, I drove to Houston for a conference. One reason for driving was to visit Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art in Bentonville, Arkansas, created by Alice Walton of Wal-Mart fame. The full day I spent there was well worth the effort and inspired three separate posts:<br />
<a href="http://artswithoutborders-eddee.blogspot.com/2016/03/crystal-bridges-museum-of-american-art.html" target="_blank">Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art: Part 1</a> (outdoor sculptures)<br />
<a href="http://artswithoutborders-eddee.blogspot.com/2016/03/crystal-bridges-museum-of-american-art_13.html" target="_blank">Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art: Part 2</a> (special photo exhibit)<br />
<a href="http://artswithoutborders-eddee.blogspot.com/2016/03/crystal-bridges-museum-of-american-art_15.html" target="_blank">Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art: Part 3</a> (permanent collection)<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><i>Bayou's State, Danceworks, Milwaukee, WI</i></span></td></tr>
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Andrea Burkholder is a choreographer from Louisiana who created a dance with an environmental theme about the loss of wetlands there. She also created a Cajun dinner for those who attended the two performances in April and invited me to participate by displaying photographs of Milwaukee's waters to give it local flavor. The collaboration, a first for me, also involved her use of a set design inspired by a body of my work called "<a href="http://www.urbanwilderness.net/fences_thumbs.php" target="_blank">Accidental Art: construction fences in the landscape.</a>" I am grateful for the opportunity and I loved her dinner and performance: <a href="http://artswithoutborders-eddee.blogspot.com/2016/04/bayous-state-dancing-into-oblivion.html" target="_blank">Bayou's State: dancing into oblivion</a>.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: xx-small;">Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit, detail of facade, Detroit, MI</span></i></td></tr>
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The art scene in Detroit rocks! My second trip to Detroit in recent times allowed me to visit more than the usual attractions, such as the Detroit Institute of Arts, Heidelberg Project, Motown Museum, riverwalk, etc.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><i>Detroit, MI</i></span></td></tr>
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For example, driving around the largely depressed and often vacant neighborhoods outside of downtown led to a few surprising discoveries like this lone house with a lovely mural on it. Many more photos on my <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/eddeedaniel/albums/72157646733499206" target="_blank">Detroit Flickr album</a>.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><i>Scenic Route MKE, performance in Riverside Park, Milwaukee, WI</i></span></td></tr>
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Joined this time by her husband Daniel, Andrea Burkholder and their company brought dancing outdoors and, yes, in the river. The four-part program--one in each season--called <i>Scenic Route MKE </i>took place in Riverside Park. I witnessed two of them, spring and summer, and it was quite a treat: <a href="http://artswithoutborders-eddee.blogspot.com/2016/05/scenic-route-mke-dances-in-park.html" target="_blank">Scenic Route: MKE dances in the park.</a><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><i>Kitka River, Ilkka Halso, Helsinki Art Museum, Helsinki, Finland</i></span></td></tr>
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In June I was fortunate to be able to travel to Helsinki, Finland with my wife, who was there on business. I reported on <a href="http://artswithoutborders-eddee.blogspot.com/2016/06/helsinkis-varied-art-scene.html" target="_blank">Helsinki's varied art scene</a>.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><i>Temppeliaukio ("Church in the Rock), Helsinki, Finland</i></span></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr>
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The highlight of Helsinki, however, was not one of the several art and design museums, but this spectacular domed church that was excavated directly into exposed rock: <a href="http://artswithoutborders-eddee.blogspot.com/2016/06/temppeliaukio-helsinkis-church-in-rock_27.html" target="_blank">Temppeliaukio: Helsinki's "church in the rock</a>."<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><i>Winter Palace, the Hermitage, St. Petersburg, Russia</i></span></td></tr>
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Without hyperbole the peak art and architecture encounter of the year was our day at the Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg, Russia. We could have spent several days in its network of buildings, except that our visa-free side trip to St. Petersburg from Helsinki required us to leave Russia within 72 hours of arrival! The Hermitage is not only the largest art museum in the world; it also includes the Winter Palace, home of the czars. Which is like taking the Louvre's collection and mashing it into Versailles. My post was titled: <a href="http://artswithoutborders-eddee.blogspot.com/2016/07/the-hermitage-museum-art-overload.html" target="_blank">The Hermitage Museum: Art overload</a>!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><i>Real Time performs at Alfons Gallery installation of "Concrete River," Milwaukee, WI</i></span></td></tr>
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On a more personal level, another peak experience was a collaborative installation at the Alfons Gallery with environmental artist Melanie Ariens and my photography. <i>Concrete River: Memorial and promise on the Kinnickinnic</i> incorporated concrete-like panels to hang the photographs as well as a shrine and reliquary composed of detritus scavenged from the river itself to create an immersive experience. On top of that, the Burkholders continued their collaboration by creating a dance performance (above) in the gallery space that was inspired by the themes of the installation: <a href="http://artswithoutborders-eddee.blogspot.com/2016/04/exhibit-announcement-concrete-river-at.html" target="_blank">Nothing kills a river like concrete</a>.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><i>Eliza's Peculiar Cabinet of Curiosities, Fo Wilson, Lynden Sculpture Garden, Milwaukee, WI</i></span></td></tr>
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While we're speaking in superlatives, my favorite single art work (if such a multi-dimensional installation can be called that) of the year was right here in Milwaukee. Ensconced in the backwoods at the Lynden Sculpture Garden for several months, <i>Eliza's Peculiar Cabinet of Curiosities </i>by Chicago artist Flo Wilson made a powerful statement with overt references to slavery, among other things: <a href="http://artswithoutborders-eddee.blogspot.com/2016/08/a-peculiar-curiosity-lurks-in-lynden.html" target="_blank">A "peculiar curiosity" lurks in the Lynden Sculpture Garden's backwoods</a>.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: xx-small;">Relief mural (detail), Hamilton Wood Type Museum, Two Rivers, WI</span></i></td></tr>
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After too many years of driving right past the <a href="http://artswithoutborders-eddee.blogspot.com/2016/08/hamilton-wood-type-printing-museum.html" target="_blank">Hamilton Wood Type & Printing Museum</a> on my way to and from Door County I finally decided to stop and take a look. If you, too, are in the vicinity of Two Rivers, WI, it's worth a stop.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><i>True Skool performing for We Are Water, Bradford Beach, Milwaukee, WI</i></span></td></tr>
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With music, spoken word, poetry, puppetry, and a community participation art installation
an event at Bradford Beach in August was the most multi-disciplinary I attended this year. The third annual "<a href="http://artswithoutborders-eddee.blogspot.com/2016/08/we-are-water-draws-diverse-crowd-to.html" target="_blank">We Are Water</a>" event was organized by the non-profit organization known as Milwaukee Water Commons.
Billed as a "celebration of Milwaukee's waters," the event has become a
mini-arts festival as well as a meditation on the importance of water
to Milwaukee and all life on earth.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><i>"Glitch Frog," MTO, Black Cat Alley, Milwaukee, WI</i></span></td></tr>
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With great fanfare, <a href="http://artswithoutborders-eddee.blogspot.com/2016/09/black-cat-alley-opens-sunday-sneak.html" target="_blank">Black Cat Alley</a> opened in Milwaukee in September. The alley is located on the East Side and is the newest art venue in the city with murals large and small.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: xx-small;">Black Star 2, Kerry James Marshall, MCA, Chicago, IL</span></i></td></tr>
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OK, another favorite: Picasso was wonderful; the Hudson River School was lovely; the Hermitage was overwhelming; but the Kerry James Marshall exhibit at the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago was simply astonishing! It has my vote as best exhibit of the year. Sadly, I never got around to writing it up for the blog. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><i>St. Louis Art Museum, St. Louis, MO</i></span></td></tr>
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I was in St. Louis for one day. The weather was lovely and I enjoyed walking around <a href="http://urbanwilderness-eddee.blogspot.com/2016/03/forest-park-st-louis-more-urban-than.html" target="_blank">Forest Park</a>, but the art museum was closed. I made this photograph of one of its facades as an ode to the fragmented and minimal remnants of forest in the park.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><i>Gerald D. Hines Water Wall, Houson, TX</i></span></td></tr>
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The Water Wall in Houston is a 64-ft. tall, semi-circular monument with a constant cascade flowing down its inside surface. The massive structure is nestled in a grove of 118 live oaks and faces out towards a vast, flat, featureless expanse of grass that takes up a city block. It was designed by renowned architects Johnson and Burgee. So, is it architecture, sculpture, landscape design, or something else? It's definitely imposing. Also popular. I was in Houston for a conference called "Leading with Landscape," organized by the Cultural Landscape Foundation. I was grateful and honored when they decided to feature my work on their website: <a href="http://artswithoutborders-eddee.blogspot.com/2016/03/it-takes-one-feature-by-cultural.html" target="_blank">It takes one</a>.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><i>Mitchell Park Conservatory, Milwaukee, WI</i></span></td></tr>
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You can see a selection of photos from Houston in my <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/eddeedaniel/albums/72157666041567961" target="_blank">Flickr album</a>. The conference and the city itself inspired an essay that I wrote for Milwaukee Magazine: <a href="https://www.milwaukeemag.com/2016/04/14/what-can-milwaukee-learn-from-houstonization/" target="_blank">What can Milwaukee learn from "Housonization?</a>"<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><i>Wisconsin Photography 2016, Wustum Museum of Art, Racine, WI</i></span></td></tr>
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I'd like to tie up the loose ends of 2016 with a couple personal notes. In an exhibit called Wisconsin Photography 2016 at the Wustum Museum of Art (a satellite of the Racine Art Museum) I was honored to receive a purchase award--for <i>Inverse</i>, the print in the center of this picture, which you can see more clearly in my <a href="http://artswithoutborders-eddee.blogspot.com/2016/09/purchase-award-at-wisconsin-photography.html" target="_blank">blog post</a>.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: xx-small;">First Snow, Greenfield Park, West Allis, WI</span></i></td></tr>
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After my first full year of using Instagram I can report that this image, which I shot in early December, during the season's first snowfall, was the most popular. I'm still not sure what that's worth, but the fact that this image was the most popular validates for me anyway all the time I spend pursuing the Urban Wilderness. And if you're still with me and want to see how important that is, <a href="http://urbanwilderness-eddee.blogspot.com/2016/12/2016-year-in-review.html" target="_blank">click here</a>.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: xx-small;">Catedral Santiago at Christmas, Managua, Nicaragua</span></i></td></tr>
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Last but not least, I spent the final two weeks of 2016 as artist in residence at Cantera, a non-profit community development organization in Managua, Nicaragua. You can see some of the photographs I made <a href="http://artswithoutborders-eddee.blogspot.com/2016/12/a-residency-in-managua-nicaragua.html" target="_blank">here</a>, but mostly I wrote and much of what I wrote was in the form of haiku. Below is just one. It relates to the image above, which is deceiving. (Some pictures <i>require</i> a thousand words!) The cathedral was severely damaged in 1972 by an earthquake that flattened the rest of the city. For the past 44 years it's been unsafe and closed to the public.</div>
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In closing, a quote for the new year: "The art world is part of the actual world. Let’s imagine and reflect the society we want to live in." ~ Diya Vij.<br />
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<br />eddeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12678818677719730754noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5686098747419156270.post-28204029975936069172016-12-30T11:03:00.001-08:002016-12-30T11:04:17.593-08:00A residency in Managua, Nicaragua<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">I've
been AWOL for a couple of weeks. But I have a good excuse: I've been
out of the country. In Nicaragua to be exact. Over the past ten years my
wife, Lynn, has developed a regular working relationship with a
non-profit organization in Managua called Cantera. The mission of
Cantera is<span style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">
to build a more just, equitable and sustainable society through
holistic community development using the methodology of Popular
Education. This year Cantera invited me to accompany Lynn in the
capacity of artist in residence for a two-week period. We just returned
last night.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">During my residency I wrote <span style="font-family: inherit;">poetry and made</span></span> photographs that I hope capture a little of the <span style="font-family: inherit;">re<span style="font-family: inherit;">silient </span>spirit</span>
of Nicaragua. On the one hand it is a tropical land with abundant
natural beauty and on the other it is the second poorest country in the
western hemisphere (after Haiti.) </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">As <span style="font-family: inherit;">the residency coin<span style="font-family: inherit;">cided with Christmas<span style="font-family: inherit;">, some of the images reflect the season, w<span style="font-family: inherit;">hich looks very different in </span></span></span></span>Managua tha<span style="font-family: inherit;">n it does in Milwaukee<span style="font-family: inherit;">! </span></span>I'm still editing the poet<span style="font-family: inherit;">ry<span style="font-family: inherit;"> but h</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span>ere is <span style="font-family: inherit;">one of t<span style="font-family: inherit;">wo</span></span> initial <span style="font-family: inherit;">selections of photos</span>. <span style="font-family: inherit;">Th<span style="font-family: inherit;">e other set can be seen on my <a href="http://urbanwilderness-eddee.blogspot.com/2016/12/urban-wilderness-in-nicaragua.html" target="_blank">Urban W</a><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="http://urbanwilderness-eddee.blogspot.com/2016/12/urban-wilderness-in-nicaragua.html" target="_blank">ilderness blog</a>.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">To see <span style="font-family: inherit;">a different</span> selection of photo<span style="font-family: inherit;">s from my<span style="font-family: inherit;"> residency<span style="font-family: inherit;"> <span style="font-family: inherit;">go to <a href="http://urbanwilderness-eddee.blogspot.com/2016/12/urban-wilderness-in-nicaragua.html" target="_blank">Urban Wilderness</a>. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span>eddeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12678818677719730754noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5686098747419156270.post-92125019674033503422016-11-16T18:11:00.001-08:002016-11-17T11:13:51.903-08:00Mending the Earth in Milwaukee: A new book<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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A photographer friend of mine has a new book called <i>Mending the Earth in Milwaukee. </i>Her name is Ney Tait Fraser. </div>
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The book contains sixteen stories of yards landscaped with native plants to create mini-Edens for wildlife. The yards sustain pollinators such as butterflies, indigenous species of bees, birds </div>
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<span class="s1">The owners of the sixteen yards featured in the book </span>were members of <i>Wild Ones</i>. They were profoundly influenced by one of its leaders, Lorrie Otto. Otto was a gifted teacher. The heroic saga of Lorrie Otto getting DDT banned in Wisconsin is also included. </div>
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<span class="s1">Otto with </span>children at Indian Hill School where she helped to establish native plants. </div>
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<span class="s2"><b>Riveredge Nature Center</b></span><span class="s1">, 4458 County Highway Y, Saukville WI 53080.</span></div>
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<span class="s1">The book costs $30 plus tax at all four locations.</span></div>
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For the past two days since the election I have not slept well. I wake up with headaches and a very real sense of disorientation. I look out the window expecting to see a red sky, as if the physical world must have changed along with my interior one.<br />
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There have been moments in the past like this one, when I have heard news that I knew at once--in my gut more than my intellect--that nothing would ever be the same again. Yes, the Kennedy assassination. The fall of the Berlin Wall. 9/11. The deaths of my parents.<br />
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My gut feeling may be wrong. Perception does alter reality, but that is an internal struggle. I know that approximately half the country may have reacted much as I am reacting now if my candidate, Hillary Clinton, had won. That contributes to my disorientation. I must hope that the fears generated by the campaign are not realized in coming months and years....<br />
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The fact that nothing has actually changed and that the sky remains blue this morning is almost as surreal as the image of the red sky my imagination has fabricated. But my mental and digitally altered images has put me in mind of that old sailor's proverb: "red sky in morning, sailors take warning."<br />
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Here's hoping that this morning's blue sky means clear sailing ahead.<br />
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ps. Hoping is not the same as being optimistic. For a less nuanced reponse to the election I recommend Aaron Sorkin's, written in the form of an open letter to his daughters. <a href="http://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2016/11/aaron-sorkin-donald-trump-president-letter-daughter" target="_blank">Click here</a>.eddeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12678818677719730754noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5686098747419156270.post-40174808223099770682016-11-03T10:08:00.000-07:002016-11-03T10:08:50.586-07:00Day of the Dead displays opening at Latino Arts Gallery<h1>
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Environmental artist Melanie Ariens and I have reprised and reformatted our Concrete River shrine/reliquary and it is on display along with the many more traditional ofrendas at the United Community Center's <a href="http://www.latinoartsinc.org/Exhibits/2016/DiadelosMuertosOfrendas.htm" target="_blank">Latino Arts Gallery</a>. </div>
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My photographs of the Kinnickinnic River are mounted on panels that represent the concrete channel. Melanie once again has created two assemblages. On one side is a shrine honoring the river, water in general, and the Great Lakes. On the other side is a reliquary composed of detritus removed from the river. In keeping with the spirit of Dia de los Muertos it is meant to symbolize the life, death and rebirth of the KK River.</div>
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I hope you can join us for the opening. If not the exhibit remains on view through Nov. 18. </div>
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The United Community Center is located at 1028 South 9th Street in Milwaukee. For more information go to the Latino Arts <a href="http://www.latinoartsinc.org/Exhibits/2016/DiadelosMuertosOfrendas.htm" target="_blank">website</a>. </div>
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eddeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12678818677719730754noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5686098747419156270.post-58256670659761766562016-10-27T18:54:00.000-07:002016-10-27T18:54:18.375-07:00FORWARD opens at the Charles Allis Art Museum<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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I am honored to announce that two of my images have been included in <i>FORWARD: A survey of Wisconsin Art Now</i> at the <a href="http://www.charlesallis.org/" target="_blank">Charles Allis Art Museum.</a> The exhibition, which opened this evening, was juried by Susan Barnett and Brent Budsberg. The show includes 58 works in a diverse range of media and is particularly strong on painting and photography.<br />
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FORWARD runs through Feb. 19, 2017 so there is plenty of time to see it. The Charles Allis is located at 1801 N. Prospect Ave. in Milwaukee. For more information go to their <a href="http://www.charlesallis.org/" target="_blank">website</a>.<br />
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<br />eddeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12678818677719730754noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5686098747419156270.post-88726413669895932092016-10-12T16:04:00.000-07:002016-10-15T05:05:00.268-07:00China Lights a huge crowd pleaser at Boerner Botanical Gardens<div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #666666; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; text-align: center;">
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , "trebuchet" , "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;">OK, is it art? Not sure, but it's definitely a visual spectacle. And, hey, I'm generous about the definition of art. No borders, after all. </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , "trebuchet" , "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;">I went to see </span><a href="http://www.chinalights.org/information/" style="background-color: white; color: purple; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;" target="_blank">China Lights</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , "trebuchet" , "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"> last night and on a Tuesday there was a long line of cars creeping through Whitnall Park towards Boerner Botanical Gardens. After finally parking, the ticket lines were also long. (Buy your tickets in advance, online!) The show, billed as a "lantern festival," opened Oct. 1. I can only imagine what the weekend was like. The only time I've ever seen so many people at a Milwaukee County Park has been at O'Donnell for fireworks displays. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">The show is definitely a crowd pleaser and family-friendly. I wasn't all
that interested in the animals and cartoon characters myself, but the
multitudes of children who were there--including my
granddaughter--definitely were.</span></span><br />
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According to John Dargle, Milwaukee County Parks Director, this is
normally the slowest time of the garden season at Boerner Gardens. "With
China Lights we now expect it to be the busiest season," he said. There
have been an estimated 20,000 visitors to date, with two more weeks to
go! <br />
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China Lights was organized by <a href="http://www.parkpeoplemke.org/" target="_blank">The Park People</a> and proceeds will benefit them as well as Boerner Botanical Gardens.<br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , "trebuchet" , "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;">For more information go to the </span><a href="http://www.jsonline.com/story/entertainment/arts/2016/10/12/china-lights-display-boerner-botanical-gardens/91691190/" style="background-color: white; color: purple; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;" target="_blank">article</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , "trebuchet" , "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"> in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel or to the China Lights </span><a href="http://www.chinalights.org/" style="background-color: white; color: purple; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;" target="_blank">website</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , "trebuchet" , "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"> (where you can buy your tickets, good through Oct. 31.)</span>eddeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12678818677719730754noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5686098747419156270.post-58268993895859026762016-10-01T14:13:00.000-07:002016-10-01T14:13:24.716-07:00Notebaert Nature Museum a great place for art<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I was pleased to discover the photographs of Art Fox at the <a href="http://www.naturemuseum.org/" target="_blank">Notebaert Nature Museum</a>. Lusciously printed full color photographs depicted birds far larger than life-size. The birds were beautiful. They also were dead.<br />
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Fox collected the dead birds from sidewalks around Chicago's skyscrapers. His poignant story is recounted on wall panels:<br />
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The exhibit, entitled Broken Journey, was just one of several that are currently on view at the Notebaert. While I had been to this lovely gem of a museum in Chicago's Lincoln Park to see art exhibits on previous occasions, I was surprised at how many I found this time. It seemed like every time I turned a corner I found another art display.</div>
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The exhibit had changed. Going up in its place was a series of woodcut prints, also of birds, by Catherine Game.</div>
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Her "Red-tailed Hawk" appealed to me in particular for its powerful composition and unusual perspective.<br />
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Photographer David Mayhew specializes in chasing extreme weather conditions and his photographs demonstrate the dramatic nature of his pursuits (above and below.)<br />
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Yet another photographer rounds out the list of current exhibitors at Notebaert. David Shea hails from New York.</div>
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Shea's work, called Plume, is decidedly more political than the others. He "traces the journey of coal from mines in West Virginia to power plants in southeastern Ohio." According to the wall text he intends to "record the impact of the power plants on the environment and the people living nearby."<br />
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While you're there to see all the interesting artworks, be sure to also check out the museum's other displays and collections. These include the ever-popular butterflies:<br />
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And some still fluttering around.<br />
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If you haven't yet heard of <a href="http://www.blackcatmke.com/" target="_blank">Black Cat Alley</a> it is Milwaukee's newest claim to art world fame and in fact a huge step forward towards joining other cities with dynamic public art scenes. The formerly neglected, decrepit alley is across Kenilworth Street from the UWM Kenilworth Studios Building, which is not a coincidence as the name Black Cat refers to the UWM mascot, the Panther.<br />
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The transformation that is happening is a well-conceived (and apparently well-funded) program of mural painting. Muralists from all over the world have come to Milwaukee to participate. Some local artists have been invited as well--happy to see that! The artist on the cherry picker above cheerfully introduced herself as Bunnie Reiss from LA.<br />
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The most prominent mural is this one, entitled "Glitch Frog," which is actually not in the alley but on the side of the building facing Kenilworth (and not visible from the alley itself--I had to ask someone where it was!) The Black Cat Alley <a href="http://www.blackcatmke.com/" target="_blank">website</a> identifies the painter as "European artist MTO."<br />
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There is an official opening for Black Cat Alley this Sunday, Sept. 18 from 10-5 pm, which coincides with <a href="http://www.doorsopenmilwaukee.org/" target="_blank">Doors Open Milwaukee</a>. There will be a brief ribbon-cutting and presentation at 2 pm. <br />
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Although some murals are finished, others are clearly works in progress. I suspect that will still be true on Sunday, although I saw a couple artists hard at work when I stopped by late in the day yesterday. It will be interesting to see the progress being made. I also suspect that mural-making will not cease just because there is an opening day. There is plenty of wall space left to fill!<br />
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Some are huge, like Glitch Frog, and others are rather small, like this very detailed one.<br />
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I didn't notice any identifying information, or signatures (although I might have missed that detail), so I can't tell you who made these examples.<br />
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There's been a decent amount of publicity (appropriately) so I expect a nice crowd on Sunday, especially if the weather is good. I know I'll be there. Hope to see you, too.<br />
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Black Cat Alley is in the center of the block between Prospect and Farwell, Kenilworth and Ivanhoe.<br />
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<br />eddeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12678818677719730754noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5686098747419156270.post-49828182083571893202016-09-09T07:57:00.000-07:002016-09-09T07:58:21.022-07:00Wildspace performs with Staab at Villa Terrace<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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A lush sunset over Lake Michigan created a ravishing backdrop as the performers began to dance in the garden of the Villa Terrace Decorative Arts Museum. The audience, seated on the long stone staircase that forms the central axis of the garden, was treated to a divine view of the dancers moving within and around Roy Staab's sculptural installation.<br />
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Members of the company performed in a variety of spaces throughout the gardens, such as this trellis. The audience, initially divided into groups and then later freed to wander, traveled about to witness each of the segments.<br />
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As the evening progressed the lighting became more dramatic. Using my iPhone I took only these three shots to represent the performance. Not only did I not want to disturb the performance or annoy those around me, but I also wanted to enjoy the dance without the mediation of the camera. It was enchanting.<br />
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For the finale, the audience was seated immediately before the Staab sculpture, which now loomed large and glowed with colored lighting. The dancers again interacted with the willows and reeds of the installation in marvelous symbiosis.<br />
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I attended opening night, last night. There are three more scheduled performances, Sep. 11, 13 and 14. If you act quickly you might still be able to get tickets from the <a href="http://www.wildspacedance.org/" target="_blank">Wildspace website</a>. I heartily recommend it!<br />
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I am honored to announce that my image, Inverse (above), received a purchase award from the Racine Art Museum for its Wisconsin Photography 2016 exhibition. Inverse, one of five of my photos juried into the exhibit, was shot at the Lynden Sculpture Garden while I was in residence there in 2015. "Inverse" is also the title of the sculpture by Amy Cropper and Stuart Morris that is depicted in the image.<br />
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Another image from the Lynden is this one, entitled Wandering Rock, which again is suggestive of the sculpture that is barely discernible as the reflective surface.<br />
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Two of the five photos selected for the exhibit are from my High Line Series, including this one, titled simply HL2016-3. The High Line is a hugely popular park created on an abandoned elevated railway in New York City.<br />
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My congratulations also go out to the other seven purchase award winners in the show! <br />
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You can see my other two photos in the show in my original post (scroll down or <a href="http://artswithoutborders-eddee.blogspot.com/2016/08/wisconsin-photography-2016-opens-sunday.html" target="_blank">click here</a>), which also includes more information about Wisconsin Photography 2016. It runs through Nov. 20 so there is plenty of time to see it. <br />
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<br />eddeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12678818677719730754noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5686098747419156270.post-11033510263912997072016-08-22T18:10:00.000-07:002016-08-22T18:11:28.501-07:00Wisconsin Photography 2016 opens Sunday in RacineThe show: <span class="_4n-j fsl"><span style="font-size: large;">Wisconsin Photography 2016</span> </span><br />
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<span class="_4n-j fsl">I am pleased and honored to report that five of my images were juried into this show. This is one of them. I shot it at the Lynden Sculpture Garden during my residency there last year. It involves no 'trick photography' or photoshop gimmickry. Straight photo. Feel free to ask me how I did it when you see me at the opening (or whenever!)</span><br />
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<span class="_4n-j fsl">Awards Ceremony and Reception:<br /> Sunday, August 28, 2:00 – 4:00 pm<br /> Awards presentation 3:00 pm</span><br />
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<span class="_4n-j fsl"> Here is some info about the show from the RAM website:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">"Wisconsin Photography is a statewide competition organized by RAM’s
Wustum Museum since 1979. Thanks to the support of state photographers,
the exhibition continues to introduce the museum’s visitors to a wide
range of photographic media and artists’ viewpoints. This year's show
features 102 pieces by 38 Wisconsin photographers and video artists.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span class="_4n-j fsl">"The museum received online submissions from all over the state. Of 886
pieces submitted by 91 artists, less than one-third of the artists were
accepted into this year's show. The exhibition’s juror Karen Irvine
selected the 101 images and one video for Wisconsin Photography 2016.
Irvine is Curator and Associate Director at Museum of Contemporary
Photography, Columbia College in Chicago, Illinois."</span></span><br />
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Here is another of my images included in the show. This one is from a relatively new (and never before exhibited) series from the High Line in New York.<br />
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I hope you'll join me at the opening. Or, if you can't make it that day, check out the show, which<span class="_4n-j fsl"> will be on display through November 26. </span><br />
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<span class="_4n-j fsl">For more information about Wisconsin Photography 2016, go to the <a href="http://www.ramart.org/content/wisconsin-photography-2016-0" target="_blank">RAM website</a>.</span><br />
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<br />eddeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12678818677719730754noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5686098747419156270.post-21861806116501757492016-08-17T14:04:00.000-07:002016-08-17T14:05:20.642-07:00A “peculiar curiosity” lurks in the Lynden Sculpture Garden’s back woods<style>
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What if the remains of slave quarters were suddenly
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Because I was out of town at the time I missed the opening,
which was back in June. I was glad to finally catch up with this new feature of
the Garden. The fact that the piece was located “out back” on property is
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A circular swath of meadow had to be cleared for the installation.
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The inside is decorated with many more objects, artifacts
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My favorite moment in the cabin was when I noticed this intensely hued caterpillar casually worming its way along a bookshelf. A reminder, if I needed one, that nature is more than a setting for an outdoor sculpture like this one. <br />
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A distinct but related body of work by Wilson is on display
in the Lynden gallery. Wilson alters postcards that depict stereotypes of the
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While I was there I couldn’t help but notice a few changes
around the grounds since I was last there. (Disclosure: I was
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The Brementown Musicians have been outfitted with colorful
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It was a pleasure to see Marta Pan’s “Floating Sculpture No.
3” back in the water. It was missing in action the whole year I spent in
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The lawns are drier than I’ve seen them. We do need a little
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But the flowers are as spectacular as ever.</div>
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“Eliza’s Peculiar Cabinet of Curiosities” will remain on
display at least through October 30, so you still have plenty of time to check
it out. There have been several performances at the Garden in association with
the installation. One final dance performance is scheduled for September 17. I’m
putting it on my calendar. Hope you’ll join me there.</div>
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For more information go to the Lynden Sculpture Garden
<a href="http://www.lyndensculpturegarden.org/exhibitions/fo-wilson-elizas-peculiar-cabinet-curiosities" target="_blank">website</a>.</div>
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