Erie, PA II (9/25/2020)

Friday, September 25, 2020 (continued)

Because we had time before our advance reservation at noon at the Erie Art Museum, We checked out Perry Square.

Oliver Hazard Perry Statue is a 1985 replica of 
the statue (1885, by William Greene Turner)
of Perry in his hometown of Newport, RI

Oliver Perry is known for his command of the naval fleet built along the shore of Erie County, PA and defeat of the British near Put-in-Bay, OH at the Battle of Lake Erie.

A plaque describes the Edison Electric Fountain
(1929) that has already been winterized

Pedestal "Presented to the City of Erie by
Geo D Selden of Erie City Iron Works
on 30 May 1893" stands in front of
"crossed" cannon (1902) in honor of
General Anthony Wayne, American Revolutionary
War hero, who died in Erie, PA

Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument (1872,
by Martin Milmore) dedicated to those from
Erie County who gave their lives in the Civil War

Strong Mansion (1890-1893, in Romanesque Revival style)
is now the Old Main of Gannon University (1925)

Erie Club (1846-1848, by Edward Smith in Greek Revival style
for Charles Manning Reed) is considered the finest private
social club in Northwest Pennsylvania

Former Greyhound Bus Terminal (1939,
by W A Arrasmith in Art Moderne style)

Erie Art Museum New Wing (2010)

Erie Art Museum's Cashier's House (1839,
by William Kelly for US Bank of PA)

Erie Art Museum's Custom House (1838-1839,
by William Kelly in Greek Revival style)

Eternal Vigilance (1978,
by John Silk Deckard) (KSS)

Former Erie Engine Company #1 Fire Station (1908)

Finally we were able to enter the Erie Art Museum, as the only visitors. Half the museum was closed off for an exhibition installation. We were able to visit the Erie Art Museum for free through our membership with Tyler Arboretum and NARM/North American Reciprocal Museum Association.

Re-purposed antique cigarette vending machine (KSS)

The vending machine now sells small objects of art

When you wake, you will have cake (2020, by Treacy Ziegler)
was created in cast-paper from the letters of prisoners

You can see a few words, but it is difficult
to see that these were made from letters

Mirror (1972, by Roy Lichtenstein)

We seem to be seeing the same artists...

Calligraphic Study II (1976, by Robert Motherwell)

Potted Daffodils (1980, by David Hockney)

Everything But the Shelves Salon

Erie Art Museum decided to display everything that had a frame, to free up storage space as they inventoried their entire collection. In the 1800s art museums used to show their collections in this manner, salon style. Nothing was identified.

Brands for children tattoos...

Optical illusions...

Souvenir tile

The Lost World by Visiting Artist Brett Kern,
who was born in Erie, PA

Inflatable Corythosaurus?

Inflatable Brontosaurus?
Actually these colorful dinosaurs are ceramic!

Now for Brett Kern's Hellenistic Series, where he sculpted his childhood icons in the poses of famous Greek statues.

ET (2014) after Drunken Satyr (c 200-100 BCE)

Alf Choking Cat (2015) after
Boy Strangling Goose (c 200 BCE)

Inflatable Astronaut where we are
reflected in the face shield

Part of The horizon is a distant memory
(2020, by Treacy Ziegler) that is more 
cast-paper from the letters of prisoners

Cornus racemosa/Gray Dogwoods with berries were
planted along the street where we parked in Erie, PA

We continued on to Buffalo, NY.

Next: Elmira, NY.