Sep 08 2009
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Greg’s Occasional Pic Of The Moment #11
Sigrid and I went to the Norton Simon Museum of Art in Pasadena on August 30th to see an exhibit of Buddhist wrathful deities depicted in painting and sculpture from India, Nepal and Tibet. Appropriately enough on that day, the massive Station fire was raging in the San Gabriel mountains a few miles from the museum, throwing gigantic billows of smoke and “pyronimbus” clouds thousands of feet into the sky.
Perhaps the most enjoyable part of the museum for us was the 20th century wing where we saw works by Picasso, Georges Braque, Marcel Duchamp, and a mess of others. One of my favorites was Possibilities At Sea by Paul Klee.
Then there was this piece by Alexander Calder which seems appropriate for Ufomystic. Although Calder is known primarily for his mobiles, this 1968 painting entitled Black Saucers made me stop and look for some reason.
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September 9th, 2009 at 5:49 am
Thanks for pointing this one out! I’ve never heard of this painting but I can see why Calder would do it, jokes about saucers hanging from strings aside.
Amazing that he used the word “Saucers” and presumably didn’t care if it was labeled kitsch.
How many other famous artists did such things and weren’t afraid to “come out” and call it what it is. The only one I can think of right now is Rene Magritte and his “Voice of Space” paintings, although he doesn’t actually say flying saucer.