Friday, July 31, 2009
Art
We have been so blown away by Danish art and artists, by the quality of their work, by the fine museums that seem to be in most every small town, by the curation of both traditional and contemporary works, by the fine cafes that each museum has, by the public and private support for the arts and by its integration into everyday life. Going to museums has become one of our major activities, one that has been full of suprises and interesting, stimulating work...going into historic buildings and find they have been totally renovated to exhibit video and large installations. Or going to a lighthouse to discover that its main buildings have been converted into galleries. And looking at landscape paintings in light filled rooms where the windows give out on the same scenes.
Or the sculpture garden in Herning, created in a huge circular park whose central focus is a carved out pasture in which cows graze.