Category: Chrono

Passing Resemblance

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of Reality

Randolph Rogers | Nydia the Blind Flower Girl of Pompeii | 1855/1884 | Marble

Jean-Joseph-Alexandre Falguière | Bust of Diana | ca. 1882 | Bronze

Augustin Pajou | Portrait of the Marquis de Lubersac | 1772 | Terracota Heidi Schwegler | Passing Resemblance (to the artist herself) | 2014 |Silicone, hair, doll body

John McCracken | Black Box | ca. 1965 | polyester resin on fiberglass and plywood (selfie op entirely intentional)

Palmyra, Syria | Funerary Portrait: Yarkhai, Son of Ogga and Balya, his Daughter | ca. 150-200 CE | Limestone

Portland Art Museum

June 9th, 2018

An obnoxious cat

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”Firmin-Girard enjoyed great popularity at the time the Impressionists were revolting against the highly detailed, academic style that he practiced. However, Firmin-Girard shared the Impressionists’ interest in painting modern life, especially scenes along the River Seine. In this work, Parisians enjoy a Sunday brasserie overlooking the river at Bas-Meudon southwest of Paris. At left, the artist depicted his daughter stroking an appreciative cat as her brother chats with their grandmother…” (from the accompanying tag)

An appreciative cat? I don’t think so… What I see, is a mean character, eyes narrowed, probably plotting its next attack; I can almost hear it hissing and growling at the dog across the street.

Marie-François Firmin-Girard (1838-1921)
Sunday at Bas-Meudon, 1884
Oil on canvas

Portland Art Museum

June 9th, 2018

Portland||OR||Hoyt Arboretum

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Beyond Downtown Portland cool… Just 15′ ride on MAX Light Rail to Washington Park and the scenery changes completely. The park is so huge they offer a free shuttle service looping around the park’s main attractions, but we thought we’d take a trail through the Arboretum that would eventually lead us to the Japanese Garden. Eventually it didn’t (we got lost on the way* and switched to one of the main roads skirting the park; more ”urban” but no less stimulating, lined as it was with beautiful houses, completely surrounded by nature).

*All trails are clearly marked, some of them paved. We got lost only because we were taking shortcuts, thinking they would lead us faster to our destination.

Portland, OR

June 8th, 2018