Sunday, September 1, 2024
Now on the way back home, a stop at
The Bruce (where art meets science) in Greenwich, CT.
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Tamiko in the palm of King Nyani (BIG) (2021,
by Gillie and Marc Schattner) (KSS) |
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| The Bruce Museum (1992-1993, by EskewDumezRipple) |
Exhibit:
Andy Warhol: small is beautiful:
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| Self-portrait (Fright Wig) (1986) |
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Crosses (1981-1982); Warhol often returned
to religious motifs of his life raised as Catholic |
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Untitled (Oxidation Painting) (1978) is where
Art Meets Science, as this was created by
applying urine to copper-infused paint |
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| Flowers (Blue 1978, others 1964) |
Exhibit:
The William L Richter Collection:
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Le cimetière des oiseaux/Bird Cemetery
(1953, by Max Ernst) |
Exhibit:
Hockney/Origins: Early Works from the Roy B and Edith J Simpson Collection:
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A Grand Procession of Dignitaries in the
Semi-Egyptian Style (1961, by David Hockney) |
Exhibit:
Tara Donovan: Aggregations:
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| Untitled (2014, by Tara Donovan) |
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| Untitled detail |
The Robert R Wiener Mineral Gallery:
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Amethyst Vug/Cavity in a rock lined
with crystals (Brazil) looks monstrous |
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| Rhodochrosite (Colorado) |
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| Siderite (France) looks like potato chips |
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| Stibnite (China) |
Permanent Science Galleries:
The Keyes Family Big Backyard Gallery:
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Aquatic Insects 1) Giant water bug, 2) Eastern toe-biter,
3) Ferocious water bug, 4) Eastern dobsonfly larva,
5) Eastern dobsonfly adult |
Reinhold Vogel Ice Age Gallery:
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| Cast of Mammuthus primigenius/Woolly Mammoth skull |
Helen & Andrew Gillan Paleontology Gallery:
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| Model of Dilophosaurus |
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| The Dilophosaurus neck and body is covered with feathers |
Exhibit:
Jennifer Angus: The Golden Hour: (We had seen one of her exhibits on
12/27/2022.)
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| Belljar with New Guinea Stag Beetles (KSS) |
Art Meets Science where Jennifer Angus arranges thousands of insects in allegorical vignettes in belljars, vintage cases, and cabinet drawers, while also using found objects.
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Belljar with Chrysochroa buqueti rugicollis/
Banded Jewel Beetle (KSS) |
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| Cabinet drawer displays (KSS) |
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Jennifer Angus also uses thousands of insects to create
ornate patterns supposedly reminiscent of Victorian wallpaper |
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Insect pattern using Megapomponia imperatoria/
Empress Cicadas and Phymateus saxosus/
Rainbow Milkweed Locusts (KSS) |
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Insect pattern using Megapomponia imperatoria/
Empress Cicadas (KSS) |
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| Insect jellies |
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| The Dinner Party (KSS) |
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| The Dinner Party table (KSS) |
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| The Dinner Party participants |
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| A wasp nest on a platter and insects on the food (KSS) |
iCreate 2024: Annual Juried Exhibition of High School Talent:
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Climate's Orphan (2024, by Jeong-Wong Namgung, Grade 9)
illustrates the plight of millions of children fleeing their homes
and losing their possessions due to environmental destruction |
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Still Life Self Portrait (2024, by Albert Chen, Grade 10)
combines Chinese and American objects that
make up the identity of the artist |
This was the very last day of the latter two exhibitions.
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