I went on a day trip to Philadelphia yesterday and it was pretty awesome. I went to the Mütter Museum and checked out their endless conjoined twins artifacts and their medicinal herb garden. They even have a contemporary art gallery. I walked down to MAGIC GARDENS, which is a lot like the Number 5 house in Centralia except all mosaiced. There was a little gallery show inside with some drawings:
I went to an indoor market and had an amazing vegan Philly cheese steak and got some unicorn cards from Amish girls. I walked by the Grand Lodge of the Masonic Temple and they were about to have a tour so I went on it. I took a million photos, of which I will post soon, but here is one of the card catalog in the library:
Some animals on Franklin Pkwy:
The Philadelphia Museum of Art is amaazing! I went because Nude Descending a Staircase is there, but I was amazed to see The Bride Stripped Bare by Her Bachelors, Even! There were three rooms of Marcel Duchamp, this in "Galerie Rrose Selavy."
Birthday by Dorothea Tanning! There was a Schwitters Merz piece, and much more. I was wowed.
This is by far one of the stranger classical paintings I've ever seen: The Source of Life by Leon Frederic, 1890.
Oh, and I took a little video of the interior of a Duchamp piece called "Given 1. The Waterfall, 2, The Illuminating Gas..." (trans.) as seen through a tiny peephole in a large wooden door. There is a shimmering waterfall is why.
Saturday, March 13, 2010
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