{"id":1678,"date":"2008-01-10T10:00:52","date_gmt":"2008-01-10T14:00:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/idyllopuspress.com\/meanwhile\/?p=1678"},"modified":"2012-12-27T23:35:16","modified_gmt":"2012-12-28T03:35:16","slug":"chairs-not-in-the-high-museum-collection","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/idyllopuspress.com\/meanwhile\/1678\/chairs-not-in-the-high-museum-collection\/","title":{"rendered":"Chairs Not in the High Museum Collection (1-5)"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nChairs Not in the High Museum Collection #1, Jan 2008<\/i><\/p>\n

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\nChairs Not in the High Museum Collection #2, Jan 2008<\/i><\/p>\n

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\nChairs Not in the High Museum Collection #3, Jan 2008<\/i><\/p>\n

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\nChairs Not in the High Museum Collection #4, Jan 2008<\/i><\/p>\n

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\nChairs Not in the High Museum Collection #5, Jan 2008<\/i><\/p>\n

H.o.p., by the way, had a pretty good time. He enjoyed the audio tour for the Inspiring Impressionism exhibit (which was packed with people) but I think he loved even more the layout of the museum, the walkways. Wanting to do the Inspiring Impressionism exhibit in a leisurely manner, we only had a brief look at what else was there, this outing. There were few enough people in the upper floors that when we got to the Howard Finster area he made a game of insisting I close my eyes, then turning me around and having me walk back a few steps and forward a few steps and turning me around again, doing this for a little while each time, hoping to disorient me, then having me open my eyes again on a work of art before which he’d maneuvered me into position.<\/p>\n

Claes Oldenburg’s “Balzac P\u00c3\u00a9tanque” was a big hit with him, just as was his “Giant Soft Fan” that he saw at MoMA.<\/p>\n

What a great name, “Balzac P\u00c3\u00a9tanque”.<\/p>\n

He also really enjoyed just being while seated opposite Cezanne’s “Still Life with Statuette”, which is funny as it’s a work I’ve never liked, and I just as much disliked it in person as in a book.<\/p>\n

H.o.p. likes sitting at museums. In every room with seating he grabs an opportunity to sit on a bench or chair or sofa and become a part of it all, rather than just being an observer going through and examining the paintings. He wants to settle in for a while and just be. Soak something in. I know how he feels because I enjoy it as well, and know too it is less a matter of appraising art than experiencing the environment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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