university of michigan museum of art
i headed back to university of michigan museum of art yesterday to finish up what i had started two weeks ago (see blog post from earlier visit here). i visited the upstairs permanent exhibitions this time as well as spending about 15 minutes in the special exhibit.
as i headed upstairs, i was struck by the number of tiffany artifacts as well as the comfortable chairs to view exhibit materials.
the special exhibit is currently on beauty and the everyday: the prints of james mcneill whistler. it was quite interesting; i have never seen an exhibit so singularly devoted to the making of prints. whistler did a number of etchings and dry points. the exhibit clearly described the process, which i was not familiar with. i thought it was really interesting that the prints change throughout the pressing process; therefore, the first print does not always look exactly like the third, which does not look like the sixth. nearly all the whistler works at the museum came from margaret watson parker. she collected in a few instances these different versions of the set, which is great to compare side-by-side.
after leaving the special exhibit, i did a quick survey around the rest of the museum. did you know the u of m museum has a monet?! awesome! i also enjoyed the asian art, sculpture and artifacts in the museum. i even correctly identified a warrior garment from the late edo period in japan!
i think i will be back to do a more in depth look again!
times visited: 2
time spent in museum: a little under 45 minutes
overall: B+
as i headed upstairs, i was struck by the number of tiffany artifacts as well as the comfortable chairs to view exhibit materials.
the special exhibit is currently on beauty and the everyday: the prints of james mcneill whistler. it was quite interesting; i have never seen an exhibit so singularly devoted to the making of prints. whistler did a number of etchings and dry points. the exhibit clearly described the process, which i was not familiar with. i thought it was really interesting that the prints change throughout the pressing process; therefore, the first print does not always look exactly like the third, which does not look like the sixth. nearly all the whistler works at the museum came from margaret watson parker. she collected in a few instances these different versions of the set, which is great to compare side-by-side. after leaving the special exhibit, i did a quick survey around the rest of the museum. did you know the u of m museum has a monet?! awesome! i also enjoyed the asian art, sculpture and artifacts in the museum. i even correctly identified a warrior garment from the late edo period in japan!
i think i will be back to do a more in depth look again!
times visited: 2
time spent in museum: a little under 45 minutes
overall: B+
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