art and such

 Today Mr. M and I meandered down to the big city of Portland, Maine. Specifically to go to the Portland museum of art. There was a new exhibit on drawing I thought it would be interesting to check out and I had scored free passes through my local library. 

The museum has a few permanent exhibits that are both beautiful and they allow you to take photos of what I affectionately call the statuary. 

I imagine that Pemberley would have had a room such as this.

Then we came to the modern art. 

A Maine artist had her own exhibit there. I'm not entirely sure I understood the whole process. Its was both sculptures and these photographic prints of miniature versions of her larger sculptures. 

Her largest piece took up the main entrance hall and hung from the skylight and was made up of woven and sewn bits of plastic and blue tarp.  The way the light played with the colors was beautiful and I'll bet the birds eye view of the inside was fun. If one could see such a thing. 

It was quite massive though. 

There was a second large piece made of plastic and tape and went through a 16 minute cycle of deflating and then being inflated once again. 

It was intriguing to watch and when blown up reminded me more of geodesic domes than anything else. It also makes me even more confused as to categorizing art. Though maybe not as confused as when I was viewing the plywood nailed with empty sardine cans or the "black on black" canvases.