Washington DC–November 12, 2022
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These columns are on a building that used to house the Woodward & Lothrop department store. They have been restored and repainted.
This sculpture, Homeless Jesus, by Tim Schmalz, is outside the Catholic Charities building.
The Hirshhorn Museum
The outer walls of the building are under repair. The first photo shows a massive artwork by Nicolas Party, called Draw the Curtain, which has been put up during construction.
Just inside the entrance.
Pickett’s Charge
The outer edge of the entire second floor is occupied by this work, Pickett’s Charge, by Mark Bradford. Some of the pictures are close-ups. This is the first time I’ve seen bungee cords as part of an artwork.
More from the Hirshhorn. Some of these are from an exhibit called Put it This Way, works by women and gender-nonconforming artists.
Display Stand with Madonnas (Katharina Fritsch)
Several views of this odd work.
Unruly Thread (Emily Mae Smith)
This is a work by Louise Nevelson
A Window Suddenly Opens (Contemporary Photography in China)
This work, titled One and Thirty by Zhuang Hui is a series of pictues with the artist as the common feature. He’s dressed the same in all the photos.
More photos
This artist matches the paint on the background with the paint on his body.
This artist licks common objects and records the sensations of what he tastes.
A member of the Red Guard years ago, and as she is now.
The impact of China’s one-child family policy.
Here is a series of bicycles, all of which are wrapped in twine.
Four Talks by Laurie Anderson
From the signage: “In 2021, as part of The Weather—her largest US exhibition to date—the Hirshhorn invited Anderson to create a new work on site. She worked ten-hour days at the Museum for more than two weeks to paint directly on the walls and floor of this large gallery, covering nearly every inch with stories, song lyrics, quotations, jokes, and commentary on current events. Painting in a stream-of-consciousness manner without preparatory sketches, she created an enveloping and intensely personal installation that takes viewers on a journey through her mind.” (See this video)
Who owns the moon? (Part 1)
Who owns the moon? (Part 2)
Walking (part 1)
Walking (part 2)
The Hirshhorn Scultpure Garden
A popular spot for tourists to take pictures
The Renwick Gallery
My next stop was the Renwick Gallery.
Black and Grey Toaster (Margarita Cabrera)
This is made of vinyl.
scoopbowl service (gwendolyn yoppolo)
Eight Bean Stew (David Gilhooly)
Untitled Pot (Lisa Holt / Harlan Reano)
This curtain hung from the ceiling changes color.
People can lie down to view it more easily.
Lungs (Kit Paulson); the artist transformed alveoli into flowers, and finished the work two weeks before COVID-19.
Song of Sorrow (Shan Goshon)
Opera Singer (Dora de Larios)
Ohio Goza y Mas (Einar and Jamex de la Torre)
Folds CLXVIII (Jeannine Marchand)
Warrior with Color Face (Wanxin Zhang)
Vase with Landscape and Dinosaurs (Steven Young Lee)
When Will the Red Leader Overshadow Images of the 19th-Century Noble Savage in Hollywood Films that Some Think are Sympathetic to American Indians (Gail Tremblay)
Drag (Susie Ganch); this work is made of discarded plastics
With You in a Moment (Thomas Loeser)
The back of this bench is made of discarded shovel handles.
This piece is called Glazescape (Green Shade) by Lauren Mabry. From the signage: “[Mabry] constructed the frame of this sculpture from slabs of earthenware. She piped a selection of glazes into the top cavity, then relinquished all control. During the firing process, the glazes melted down, colors mingling, and eventually hardened into glasslike strands.”
This Present Moment, an installation by Alicia Eggert.
Miscellanea
A street sculpture...
...and another one
A modernized disabled person logo
This bagpiper across the street from the White House was playing My Heart Will Go On