Last Friday, Museum Adventures explored Metal, Shape, and Balance while looking at the work of Alexander Calder and John Chamberlain at the Met. Take a peek at the outstanding results!
Category: Artists
Museum Adventures loves the art museum guards! On one of our recent visits to the Guggenheim Museum of Art, Museum Adventures kids and adults enjoyed the Picasso Black and White exhibit lead by Claire Munday. “The guards are always interested in what we are doing, the projects we work on and they share such wonderful …
In a special Museum Adventures tour of the Met, we explored the work of Ghanian artist El Anatsui, one of the leading African artists of today. El Anatsui makes the most of recycled materials by transforming abandoned milk tins and metal bottle caps into beautiful tapestries that look like traditional woven textiles. In the galleries, …
Hoarfrost, 2011, wool, acid dyes, watercolor For this piece, Betbeze shoveled hot coals from a bonfire onto the flokati and let them burn. In some places they burned through and in others there are scorch marks. Froggery, 2011, wool, acid dyes, watercolor
See how we translated line, shape and balance into 3-D “stabiles” while viewing their works…