guggenheim museum
i went to the guggenheim museum by myself today. the museum is currently celebrating its 50th anniversary. as part of the celebration, they have a large exhibit about frank lloyd wright. the exhibit is titled: frank lloyd wright: from within outward.
as everyone is aware, the guggenheim building in new york city was designed by frank lloyd wright in 1959-1960. the building was completed 6 months after he passed away. the building is fantastic. it has finally finished the refurbishment of the museum (late last year, i believe). when walking by now, you can view the actual museum, as opposed to scaffolding. it was pretty interesting to view 64 of his projects in a museum he designed.
this was the very first major exhibit about frank lloyd wright i have ever attended. as usual with exhibits at the guggenheim it started at the bottom and worked up to the top of the museum. they had everything from sketches to models and pictures of the projects that were built. i had never realized how many of his projects were never built. i particularly was intrigued by the phoenix "oasis," which was supposed to house the capital's government buildings outside the busy city center. it looked spectacular according to the colored pencil sketches. i was most disappointed that the chicago's midway gardens were torn down during prohibition. the pictures of it looked beautiful.
this visit to the guggenheim improved its score. this is the first exhibit that the guggenheim has had/promoted that seems to have some value and appeal to the "average" museum visitor. this was definitely well done.
note: the museum was crawling with people. if you do want to see this exhibit, i would recommend getting there earlier in the day.
times visited: 3
time in museum: 45 minutes
overall: B- (up from a C+)
as everyone is aware, the guggenheim building in new york city was designed by frank lloyd wright in 1959-1960. the building was completed 6 months after he passed away. the building is fantastic. it has finally finished the refurbishment of the museum (late last year, i believe). when walking by now, you can view the actual museum, as opposed to scaffolding. it was pretty interesting to view 64 of his projects in a museum he designed.
this was the very first major exhibit about frank lloyd wright i have ever attended. as usual with exhibits at the guggenheim it started at the bottom and worked up to the top of the museum. they had everything from sketches to models and pictures of the projects that were built. i had never realized how many of his projects were never built. i particularly was intrigued by the phoenix "oasis," which was supposed to house the capital's government buildings outside the busy city center. it looked spectacular according to the colored pencil sketches. i was most disappointed that the chicago's midway gardens were torn down during prohibition. the pictures of it looked beautiful.
this visit to the guggenheim improved its score. this is the first exhibit that the guggenheim has had/promoted that seems to have some value and appeal to the "average" museum visitor. this was definitely well done.
note: the museum was crawling with people. if you do want to see this exhibit, i would recommend getting there earlier in the day.
times visited: 3
time in museum: 45 minutes
overall: B- (up from a C+)
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