I love all sorts of museums because you can never be sure what's around the next corner.



Nenuphar (French for water lily) was built at Andrew Calder's workshop in France for the 1968 opening of the Smithsonian American Art Museum. It is one of the artist's stabiles, or fixed sculptures, and the lyrical shapes cut from sheet steel convey the same gentle, graceful movement as his mobiles. Six silhouettes evoke the dark reflections of the water lily's flowering stalk and curling leaves. In fact, Calder conjured the entire intricate world of a windswept pond, varying the tendrils to suggest the shadowy presence of birds and fish among the lilies.



OK...I sort of get it now.



The cool thing about sculpture to me is how it looks in it's surroundings.

Labels: Art, DC, Flowers, Photos

This time-lapse was created by Dave Allen, BBG's Web Manager, from over 3,000 digital photos, one taken every 3 minutes from April 18 to April 26, 2008, of Brooklyn Botanic Garden's famed Cherry Walk.

Labels: Flowers

I went to the Philly Flower Show last weekend & was inundated with flowers.

Labels: Flowers, Photos, Weekend