More DC Sights
National Gallery of Art, Washington DC, autumn 2009.
Painting After Rembrandt, National Gallery,Washington DC, autumn 2009.
The White House, Washington DC, autumn 2009.
Work Zone, Washington DC, autumn 2009.
Dry Cleaners, Washington DC, autumn 2009.
Buildings, Washington DC, autumn 2009.
Farmers' Market Cargo, Washington DC, autumn 2009.
National City Christian Church, Washington DC, autumn 2009.
Ornamental Cabbages, Washington DC, autumn 2009.Labels: When Not Sculpting
posted by MC @ 09:41
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It would take some real nerve to be able to work in the gallery like that. Quite the opportunity, wow.
Every second or third room in the NGA collection galleries were set up with an easel and a tarp stored next to the couches, ready for an artist to sign up for to paint at. I was told one needs only to present their credentials to the office, and they can set up studio in front of one of their masterpieces.
This, in addition to all the flash-photography they allow already.
Oh, and did I mention admission is free, and they're open 363 days a year?
I did quite a bit of drawing in the Met last time I was there. I just stood there staring at the sculpture or setting in question drawing in my sketchbook in that blind contour feltpen style I was working on for a while there. People would always come up to look at what I was drawing. Sometimes I'd have to answer inane questions about what I was doing, but mostly it was just fine. I like to imagine they had come to the Metropolitan Museum to see my work.
If it's political working at our regional gallery, and even more so at our national gallery, can you imagine how crazy it'd be to try negotiating the milieu of a truly world-class institution like the NGA or Hirshhorn?
Drawing is one thing, working a proper copy on canvas in oil would be quite another matter. Though 'twas once the way one learned to measure up, for real. Alas.
Skills...
I like the idea of picking not a work, but an entire room (or a corner, maybe, where you'd paint the whole scene: the paintings, the walls, the couches, the people).
I guess I'd do it like the photo I took (plus, photography's easier than painting).
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