Tuesday, February 28, 2012

Macro Monday - Wonder World

Last week Sue and I drove over to Bentonville Arkansas to the new Crystal Bridges Museum.  It was simply terrific.  There was too much to see in one day and much too much to try and cram into one blog post.  I took a pretty good look at the Wonder World exhibit, but because it was a beautiful day I spent most of the time outside in the beautiful gardens and trails.  The Wonder World exhibit is subtitled "Nature and Perception in Contemporary American Art".  What we see at first glance is not always what is seen when we look closer.

A floral curtain flowing from the ceiling down over the floor is seen to be made from individual silk flowers carefully sewn together.



A three panel sketch of wolves and bears is seen to be composed of words written in flowing script.


What looked like a colorful abstract painting is seen to be a collage of jigsaw puzzle pieces


There were many more pieces in this exhibit plus several other exhibits, but this should give you an idea.  We will return soon.

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14 comments:

Carletta said... [Reply to comment]

Oh. My. Gosh!
These are all amazing!
Wonderful finds!

Spare Parts and Pics said... [Reply to comment]

Very cool!! Nice post.

Leedslass said... [Reply to comment]

Totally fascinating - I don't know that we have anything like this within my driving area.

Anonymous said... [Reply to comment]

Really very Nice Post.
Thank you for sharing..

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DrillerAA09 said... [Reply to comment]

Wow! I must have missed this part of the exhibit. Guess I'll just have to go back and see for myself.

SeaThreePeeO said... [Reply to comment]

Wow, they are amazing!

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Kim, USA said... [Reply to comment]

Awesome!! Takes tons of silk flowers to make this I guess. ^_^

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Yogi♪♪♪ said... [Reply to comment]

Wow, I think we are going there in April.

Mridula said... [Reply to comment]

Beautiful pictures!

carol l mckenna said... [Reply to comment]

Amazing photos ~ very creative ~ thanks for sharing ~namaste, carol (A Creative Harbor) linked with Macro Mon

Tatjana Parkacheva said... [Reply to comment]

Beautiful!

Regards and best wishes

Anonymous said... [Reply to comment]

That looks like an amazing place to visit.

Anonymous said... [Reply to comment]

Very interesting post.

Happy MM

Gunn said... [Reply to comment]

Thanks for sharing these beautiful arty art images.