Houston, TX–22 June 2017
Went to two museums today.
Contemporary Arts Museum Houston
(Link to their web site.) Upstairs was an exhibit by a variety of artists:
This series, Words, consisted of photos overlaid with single words:
And other diverse works:
In the basement was an exhibit by an artist named Cary Leibowitz. The museum had a warning sign that told parents they might want to look at the exhibit first before taking children through it.
The first of these paintings has the word The George Washington, circa 1776, the second is The George Jefferson, circa 1976.
More artworks:
Here’s one of the things they must have been referring to with the warning sign:
And finally, this one, situtated outside the restrooms:
I had to go to CVS to get a couple of things and passed a small park and a somewhat impressionistic advertisement for loft townhouses:
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
(Link to their web site.) This museum has one of the best displays of pre-Columbian art that I have ever seen:
And here is a semi-random variety of photos from the rest of the museum, which was nice, but couldn’t compete with the pre-Columbian:
I am not great at recognizing faces, and this painting had me totally confused; it looks like the artist painted only two or three people multiple times:
Miscellanea
A utility box and a positive message painted on a sidewalk:
