The famous architect, I.M. Pei designed the East Building of the National Gallery in Washington, DC. This view is from the Mall side of the entrance. If you turned right you'd see the Capitol. Turn left and you see the Washington Monument.
We (I) love the NGA. My kids prefer to run around the Smithsonian, specifically the Natural History museum.
The East Building is the home of modern and contemporary art. This is where the works of Rothko, Mondrian, Calder, Pollock, Picasso, O'Keefe, Krasner, Warhol, and many others are displayed. It is my favorite part of the museum.
Not that the traditional art in the West Building isn't interesting and powerful, it is. But the East's works are so different and because they are more recent, we tend to respond them more easily. Even the completely abstract works have an impact (for all of you doubters out there.)
You can spend a week at this place and not see the same thing each day. We were talking yesterday about the fact that we haven't been there in nearly a year. I think that sometime in November, we're going to make a weekend jaunt up to the National Mall. It's nice living this close to DC sometimes.
There are other museums that I enjoy and I'll note them later. Do you have a favorite art museum? (I've never been to Europe, so I only know about those great museums through other media.) Any recommendations for any whether in the USA or anywhere else in the world?
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Saturday, October 13, 2007
National Gallery of Art - the "modern" stuff
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