We're off to ride the SunCoast Tucson Trolley to U of AZ Art Museum. We have a free tour courtesy of the Humanities Seminar for volunteering to hand out flyers at the Book Festival. The trolley route goes past downtown Tucson on the way to the U of AZ campus.
Past the stadium. There is a sun blocking film on the windows. Great for keeping the inside cool, but not so great for taking pictures.
The Art Museum is tucked back in a lovely courtyard.
Entitled "Evidence of Disaster."
Aptly named "Woman with Hands on Face."
This is one of the featured exhibits. Since we had the scary misfortune of being evacuated in the 2007 Tahoe Forest fire, I have a tremendous respect for fire fighters. These exhibits were the result of artists who participated in forest fire boot camp to capture in art the spirit of fire fighters and the forests they try to save.
A close up of this shows the flimsy tinfoil fire blankets that are the last resort to protect fire fighters who are unable to escape flames.
Porcelain fire helmets. See dedication below.
Stark representation of the remaining trees after a fire.
This will take several slides of explanation. It is 37.89 MILES of black yarn!!!!
This is a map damage done in the 2015 Gladiator Fire in Crown King, AZ. The artist enlisted many knitters to replicate the ravines, and hills that were devastated in the fire.
There are several types of stitches needed to indicate the smooth areas( plains) and the slightly ruffled areas (ravines and hilltops). Truly this is an amazing use of yarn to indicate the massive destruction of what used to be green forests or grassland.
The intention of this work is to "bring forth the beauty of a community of effort linked by a common goal: raising the awareness about the impact of fire on the land we inhabit - not only the destructive power of fire, but also its regenerating force." Very impressiveness but then, I'm a big fan of "yarn" artistry.
Charred trees
One of 15 pencil drawings of raging fires
"The Nature of Fire"in embroidery and silk.
"understand and unravel some of the complex interactions among the factors and ecological consequences of the recent Western wildfires....." An amazing artistic diagram.
On to the Modern Myth Exhibit
The curator of the museum was our tour guide. The sculpture was commissioned for the U of AZ Art Museum. She asked us about the symbols on this statue- paint brushes, keys, paint tube, paint palette. up raised hand like the Statue of Liberty.
Interesting poster advertising Sarah Bernhardt
The other "myth" pictures were a bit more abstract for my explanation.
The next 2 pictures were donated by the Samuel H. Kress foundation as part of 65 art works.
The Countess von Schunfeld and her Daughter by Horace Vernet
Portrait of the Marchesa Cunegonda Miscianttelli with Her Infant and His Nurse by Horace Vernet.
The next series of pictures were part of many scenes from the life of Christ painted by Fernando Gallego and Maestro Bartolome. These were part of framed panels in a Spanish church. I took pictures of only a few of the paintings.
"most likely represents the story of creation from the book of Genesis"
Depicts "when Jesus was 12 years old, the Holy family traveled to Jerusalem for the festival of the Passover. They found Jesus in the temple listening to and speaking with the doctors, or teachers, there. All were amazed at his understanding and wisdom for he was only a boy of twelve."
I love the one "teacher" who is tearing up the scroll!!!
Turning water to wine
Raising Lazarus. I asked Jim which one was Martha
Depicts the crowd yelling "Crucify him." and the man behind Christ flogging him. "The panel bears the scars of war when an artillery shell made a large hole." Although these panels have had some restoration, it was decided to leave this damage alone.
There was much more to be seen but we ran out of energy. Back to the trolley and the drive back to Green Valley.
It is St Patrick's Day. Early celebrations
Everyone is Irish today.
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