The interior of the museum was dominated by two large exhibits. The first was a sprawling showcase of pieces by Roni Horn. It mixed photographs with clips from movies and 3-D pieces made of glass. No photos were allowed in this exhibit but I snatched some from the website. The theme was identity in all it's various forms. The next large exhibit was works by Franz Gertsch. This Swiss artist made his mark by painting huge works of intricate detail. These pieces could take months or even years to complete. After 10 years of making these paintings he switched to making oversized woodcut prints. He made use of different types of wood, homemade Japanese paper and high quality pigments. For a span of four years he used lapis lazuli exclusively as his color pigment. The immensity of this efforts boggle the mind. We moved on the see more galleries and the works by Aster Jorn caught our eye.
The front door
In the exhibit of Roni Horn
Huge cast pucks of glass
A multitude of pictures from the back. What does it say about one's identity
Or the identity of a bird
Franz Gertsch painted this from a photo. What this photo does not show is the huge size of the painstakingly painted piece. The paintings in this series were 12 feet by 15 feet and larger
The realism is muted by the paint
These are some of the smaller woodcuts, only 3 feet by 4 feet
This woodcut was massive 10 feet by 15 feet
The detail is sublime
Another giant woodcut on specialized Japanese paper
I can only imagine the meticulous labor involved in carving this design out of wood
Taking a short cut back to our start
This reminded us os a Dave Brubeck album cover by Aster Jorn - Titania II
Aster Jorn's works are busy
Arghhh, a monster by Astor Jorn
This tree was spectacular
Is this part of a submarine?
Curved lines everywhere
Nice wooden bench
Nice ceramic pitcher in the gift shop
The transparent Turntable
