In love with the Arts – - but King TUT is in town, is that art?
I told my friends that there are a few things that I vow to do this summer. One of them is to visit the Statue of Liberty in New York, the next is to enter the Independence Hall in Philadelphia, and the third is to see King Tut at the Philadelphia Museum of Art.
Have I done anything yet? No. But, since I vowed to it – I am going to use every resource and energy I have to do all three. Why? Because there are lots of things we take for granted. Things that are right under our nose, but we just let tomorrow take them. We say, “Oh it will always be there, I will go there someday.” Days have come and gone and we look back to only see that we haven’t done anything at all.
Before I do this though, I wanted to make sure that I understand this right. King TUT is really not artwork. I love the arts, don’t get me wrong but why would they take King TUT to a museum to be viewed by many? What is considered art in a mummy? Hmmm.. I am very interested to see what the exhibit brings.
Okay, I have been to the Philadelphia Museum of Art many times throughout the years. They have the best collection of Asian Art there and I always enjoy seeing the Japanese Teahouse (yes, a whole house inside the museum). I took an Art class two semesters back and it was a requirement that we visit the museum and critique an artwork of our choice. I think, I chose Sebastian cured by Irene by Luciano Giordano. I had to talk about symmetrical balance, significance of the painting and style.
Another museum I would like to visit in my lifetime is The Park West Gallery in Michigan. I hear that it conducts art auctions and I have a few collections myself. It is also located on a beautiful 3 1/2 acre land complete with a natural pond and a sculpture garden. It has fine oriental artworks and the building has 63,000 square foot space on a building of classical Greco-Roman design.
You see, I am really very simple. I just like admiring beautiful things. I will visit Park West Gallery in Michigan one day – but not this summer. I think my three goals this summer is quite plenty. I will be back to blog about it when it’s done.
