Mother and Child

As mentioned earlier, my mid-year resolution was to properly explore Chicago’s Art Institute. I am slowly making progress. Phase one was the Modern Wing, which I fully explored last week:

• Special Exhibitions (182-184) – Visited
• Photography (188) – Visited
• Film Video and New Media (186) – Visited
• Architecture and Design (283-286) – Visited
• Contemporary Art 1945-1960 (289) – Visited
• Contemporary Art After 1960 (288, 291-299) – Visited
• European Modern Art 1900 – 1950 (389-399) – Visited
• Contemporary Sculpture – Visited

The Eventuality of Destiny

From my perspective, the third-floor gallery “European Modern Art 1900 – 1950” was the one that I enjoyed the most. There is a profusion of art there, but just enough space and light to prevent everything overlapping and distracting. This will probably be the gallery that I return to most.

Clown Torture

Whilst there, I did see a school group (kids about seven or eight years in age) mistake Bruce Nauman’s “Clown Torture” for something they would enjoy. They soon left, with a chastened school guide. Plenty of nightmare material…

Waka onna (young woman) No Mask

This week, I started to work my way through the “non-modern” museum. Visited the lower levels, and started on some of the galleries on the first level:

• Lower Level
  • Photography (1-4, 10) – Visited
  • Thorne Miniature Rooms (11) – Visited
  • Paperweights (15) – Visited
  • Architecture and Design (24) – Visited
• First Level
  • Prints and Drawings (124-127)
  • Indian, Southeast Asian, and Himalayan Art (140-143)
  • Chinese, Japanese, and Korean Art (101–109, 130-135) – Visited
  • Indian Art of the Americas (136) – Visited
  • African Art – Visited
  • American Decorative Arts 1920–1970 (162)
  • Greek, Roman, and Byzantine Art (150-154)
  • American Art before 1900 (161-179)
  • Chagall’s America Windows (144)
  • Chicago Stock Exchange Trading Room
• Second Level
  • Chicago Architecture (200)
  • European Art before 1900 (201–248)
  • American Folk Art (227)
  • European Decorative Arts (231-234)
  • Arms and Armor (235-237)
  • Renaissance Jewelry (237)
  • Impressionism (225-226, 201, 240-243)
  • American Modern Art 1900-1950 (261-265, 271-273)
  • Special Exhibitions (Regenstein Hall)