Part 2: A Vacation Journal: Hundertvasser, MoCA, Xu Bing, Phoenix, Amish Chicken
Sunday, July 14, 2013
First stop at the Eclipse Mill: Now a home for artists and writers, the mill houses beautiful works and creative workers. I saw a small but excellent exhibit by the artist Hundertvasser, whose art has been featured on postage stamps. They are beautiful modern works that have embedded foil.
Second Stop: Mass MoCA. There are always many works to see of various artists.
But the most incredible exhibit was of the featured artist, Xu Bing, from China, whose works are monumental and criticisms and reflections of society. His animation on the development of language was mesmerizing. His use of cigarettes in the “animal skin” collage was brilliant, but his two massive phoenix sculptures created from the refuse of construction sites were awe inspiring; they are lined with small glowing tipped lights that make the sculptures glow in the evening; they could be seen glowing through the huge football field sized galleries from The Porches across the canal.
Works of art from refuse.
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The Phoenix installation
“…even the smallest thing along the way assists my thinking.”
The tobacco installation. Look carefully. Click to enlarge photos.
Dinner at Mezze: All locally sourced, the way chicken used to taste. What produce tastes like when fresh.
Amish chicken on farro, an ancient grain, mixed with kale.
No room for dessert. Perfect, fresh lemon sugar cookies came with the check.
Another excellent post and another place I want to see if I’m ever out that way. Those tobacco installations are brilliant.
thanks Sue 🙂