We decided to take my daughter to the big city to see the Art Institute of Chicago for this #wednesdaywalk by @tattoodjay
Right when we got into the gallery my daughter fell asleep in her stroller so she missed everything. In the meantime us parents decided to really take in all the paintings in the second floor gallery. After a while we wanted to go to sleep as the lighting has a strange effect of wanting to put you asleep after being outside.
It would be easy to spend a whole day in just the paintings gallery.
We went downstairs a bit for darker lighting to give our eyes a rest. I guess just placing posts in a pattern is part of the art in this Korean exhibit.
They also had these huge ceramic stone sculptures. Nice and modern and clean.
Here's another modern collage made out of ink and paper. It kind of looks like the moon.
These are some really old artifacts from Korea. Quite a bit of the Art Institute is composed of sculpture and pottery from ancient times. Seems like it could fit better in the Field Museum.
A large sculpture of a warrior. I should have taken a shot of the description.
Here is a print from Japan. Nice and traditional painting.
Here is a really fancy wooden box I think from China.
A scary looking mask from Korea.
My wife really wanted to come here to see the Greek and Roman Sculptures. Funny thing this thing looks mostly intact but the majority of it is reconstructed.
Here is Diana of Ephesus. I wonder how many extra breasts they added during the reconstruction of this sculpture lol.
Now for some strange chimera sculptures. Maybe part dog, cow and eagle?
Pelican, bat and frog maybe?
If you've lost your head try and steal one. You might end up losing an arm in the process.
Here is a Greek relief that was covered in silver.
Naga vipers, keep calm and meditate while the vipers crawl all around you.
Quite a few Greek mosaics were on display as well. Gotta train your camel to hold still while the artist composes a portrait of you with your prized pet.
Later we went to the print and ink exhibit. Printmaking looked like such a tedious process.
First you have to do a detailed drawing with a quill pen or fountain pen and be really precise.
Then some poor production artist has to reproduce the same drawing by scratching into copper so that the ink will fall into the scratches for mass production. The linework is quite detailed. Here it looks like the production artist changed the composition a bit, trace a figure then add a dog. They showed many examples of how the engravers deviated from the original sketch (art directors over the shoulder probably).
That's all for now, thanks for looking :-)
As an art lover this place seems amazing 😍 Chicago must have such many museums and art exhibitions!!
Yeah we didn't even see a quarter of the stuff there. The lights are odd in some of the galleries, instantly make you tired given the low warm light.
The museum was just too relaxing for her!
I haven't been here for longer than I'd admit. The ancient Asian art sections are always my favorite. Were the massive outdoor lions wearing anything silly?
The lions were normal this time, have to visit near a holiday to see them dressed up.
I was just curious.
However, I don't consider the Superbowl a holiday hahaha!
Ah right it must have been the year the bears got into the superbowl and lost badly lol. They just don't have their 80s era power anymore.
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So much cool mart and artifacts there
Thanks for joining the Wednesday Walk
Have a great day
Who knows how bog their archives are. Might need a membership.
Very cool. I like the Japanese print. And I always like the history part of art museums the sculptures and artifacts.
Bring the brightness down....
If you ever want to get wholluped with instant yawn try the art institute. Not because of the artifact but the strange lighting. Really put my daughter to sleep instantly.