#7 a visit to the Nasher Museum of Art

I am always looking for new things to do for Elizabeth and I especially in the early evenings before Nathan comes home.  It seems like this is the time that we both begin to tire of being with each other all day.  I was so happy to find that the Nasher Museum of Art has free admission on Thursdays after 5pm.  I thought the museum would appeal to her investigative nature, and I would enjoy it as well.

We arrived right at 5, and Elizabeth quietly viewed all the art work from her stroller.  She was a little hesitant at first, like she always is.  Instead of looking at the art she began by checking out the Duke students who were clearly there for class credit and enjoyed looking at the skylights.  When we entered their permanent collection she was taken by the extremely large (~5ft) and life-like sculpture of a man's head.  She stared at it for at least 3 minutes trying to take him all in.  I am always intrigued by this sculpture. I was really glad that she was not afraid of him since his brow is furrowed and he looks a little mean.

We then visited their exhibit on The Vorticists.  To me, it looked like cubism.  She begin to point to some of the artwork and "talk" about what she was seeing.  I think the bright colors and strong lines were very interesting to her.  She was really taken by a sculpture of a small fawn.  She pointed at it and was clearly more intrigued by it than by any other piece she saw in this exhibit.

After that, Nathan joined us and we entered an exhibit call "The Record" - the first museum exhibition to explore the culture of vinyl records within the history of contemporary art. The artists used vinyl records in interesting ways to make art work.  They also integrated music and a lot of reinterpretations of album covers.  Elizabeth especially liked the piece where they had stuffed birds as the needle for the record player and the albums were of bird calls. She didn't get the irony but did enjoy seeing the life-like birds up close.  She also enjoyed wearing the 3D glasses that allowed you to see a life-sized 3D image of a recording studio.  Isn't she cute?