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Wednesday, May 16, 2007

Brancusi & Newman

posted by on May 16 at 18:20 PM

Something’s been on my mind since SAM opened. (Sorry I’m behind, I was in Chicago last week lavishing love on buildings like this and art like this, this, and a gorgeous little El Greco of Mary and Jesus saying goodbye to each other that I can’t find online.)

It’s just a little thing: the muted Barnett Newman painting at the entry of the special exhibition gallery is lost in that spot. Meanwhile, it would be gorgeous on the wall facing Brancusi’s Bird in Space, where the exhibition text is printed. I wish they could be switched.

But since that probably won’t happen, make sure you stand back and to the side of the Brancusi so you can see its golden, wooden, and white-marble forms lining up with Newman’s raw vertical patches.

(And to the Seattle critic who complained that Bird in Space needs more room around it: buh. Check out Brancusi’s studio outside the Pompidou, or MoMA’s grouping of his works. They’re not meant to stand in a vacuum.)

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Someone stop her before she posts again!!!!!

Posted by holy | May 16, 2007 8:37 PM
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The buildings in Chicago designed by Burnham are OK, but did you spend any time checking out Louis Sullivan and Mies van der Rohe? Mies gets a bad rap thanks to all of his shitty imitators, but his own buildings are quite marvelous to see in person.

Posted by Joe M | May 17, 2007 9:35 AM
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