I made my way to the Blanton Art Museum today. I was really impressed with the number of prints they had. Usually museums are big on European painting (which they had, of course) but it wasn't an overload. There were two different print exhibitions going on, but there were even more prints upstairs in the main collection. One of my favorite parts was the western room! They had an enormous Frederick Remington, the "Cavalry Charge." He is one of my favorite artists of all time. It was free and it only took me an hour to see everything. All in all I was happy with my museum experience.
Forgive the bad quality of the first picture, it was taken with my cell phone. This is a sculpture piece outside the museum where people are encouraged to walk in it among the medical tubes. It was freaky. I stole the second picture from the Blanton website. It is one of the Japanese prints by Hokusai.
On a side note, on my way home I stopped in the shady area by where I work. It was very hot out and I needed to sit down and have a drink. I happened to notice two sweaty, ripped guys working out nearby. They were hopping up and doing lunges backwards down a hill in the sun. They were quite sweaty, and one of them was wearing very short shorts. It was definitely a high point to my day - but also a low. They were working out tirelessly in the hot sun while I was taking a break from WALKING while eating candy.
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did they still have that HUGE duerer exhibit up? They had that up around christmas time i think, it was so amazing! I was so excited, I have never seen so many etchings on a main exhibit before, and they were so beautiful!
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