Monday, August 29, 2011

Washington again....

We took the train from Providence to Washington to see Tom, Halie, Robin...more offspring.  A quick side-trip to Annapolis to check in with family including a musical interlude with Tony. 

I found a few afternoon hours to take one of the bike-share cycles down to the Washington Mall to visit the museums...but which one?  Ahhh...the range of artistic experience in the capital's museums....endless.  More endless than the need to find shade from the summer's high heat and humidity.

So just a short time to check out the Hirshorn...an exhibit on "time and space" featuring wall-size video screens of an elephant moving slowly in a bare museum gallery...and then part of the permanent collection. 


 
 
 

Getting reacquainted with paintings viewed in art books and, many decades ago, in art history courses.  Edward Hopper, Joan Miro...attempts to express life, movement, on canvas.