"Dope" Art I have Seen- Monet Water Lilies Triptychs

The Nelson-Atkins Museum in KC had a special exhibit that put together all three of Monet's Water Lilies on display.  This was about 40 feet of Water Lilies!  One of Triptychs is part of the permanent collection at the Nelson-Atkins. This blog post by the Art Inquirer that goes into a bit more detail. Dope Art!

"Dope" Art I have seen- Jackson Pollock in KC and Madrid

at the Nelson Atkins in KC

Brown and Silver at Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza in Madrid

"Dope" Art I have Seen- Velazquez's Las Meninas Redux and Remixed

I saw the above painting at the Museu Picasso Exhibit "Forgetting Velázquez: Las Meninas" in 2008 while in Barcelona.  The Museu's exhibit website has lots of the pieces posted and has a wealth of info on the exhibition. This was one of the coolest non-permanent shows I saw while in Spain. The above piece is by Cristobal Toral (to quote his bio "His favourite themes are the female nude, still-lifes and suitcases").  Here is a little press on a talk he did at Dartmouth in 2009. The entire exhibit was interpretations of Las Meninas through the centuries.  I had the pleasure of seeing the original Velázquez joint in the Prado a few weeks earlier, so seeing this was great.  There were plenty of other notable pieces by the great painters of history (Picasso did many replications of the piece) but Toral's piece will forever stick with me.

"Dope" Art I have Seen- at The Blue Koi in KC

"Dope" Art I have seen- I know this kid

This piece of art is a portrait of a friend of mine and his little brother that they found in their grandparents house.  It is kind of freaky and now hangs in this dude's garage. He invented this Snash Hat percussion instrument too.  My friend is the older of the two.

Dope Art I have seen- Paintings in my Attic

These are only dope cause they are in my attic and I keep drums and broken gear up there.

Dope Art I have seen- Miro- Hair Pursued by Two Planets

This is at the Fundació Joan Miró in Barcelona Spain. I thought it was dope.

Dope Art I have seen- Huevo de Colón

This is the Huevo de Colón (aka Egg of Columbus) and can be found in Sevilla Spain. It was built for the 1992 Expo by Zurab Konstantinovich Tsereteli and more info can be found here.  It is an oddly large sculpture way outside of the main town center, but is dope.  This link will take you to a few more pictures we took while viewing this mammoth statue.

"Dope" Art I have seen- Martyrs of Gorkum

I saw this somewhere in the Vatican. I think it was a Caravaggio piece, but I didn't write it down and I can't find out on the internetz.

Update- This is totally not a Caravaggio work (don't get too krunk in the Vatican, or God makes you forget shit) , but one of Cesare Fracassini and it is called "Martyrs of Gorkum".  That link will take you to the story, but it ends in people getting hung.  Shout out for Tristan for helping me figure out who did this. The googles were just making it hard for me to find.

"Dope" Art I have seen- Goya's Black Paintings

-An article by by G. Fernández at theartwolf.com- This is very extenisve and even shows the original placement in his House of the Deaf Man.
-The Wikipedia Page-
-HVBK.com's page- This has great images of the paintings online
- A NY Times Article on the Black Paintings-

Note- yes that is Saturn eating a baby (his baby) in that top painting and nothing is as scary, black, or dark as two old people eating soup in the bottom picture.  Most of these are in the Prado in Madrid, and if you get a chance to see them in person, it is a surreal experience.

"Dope" Art I have seen- Vision of St Bernard by Alonso Cano

This painting is entitled Vision of St Bernard by Alonso Cano and hangs in the Prado in Madrid.  I flipped my shit when I saw this and about laughed so hard my side hurt.