Day 2: Cincinnati
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| THB's fave piece, with better color |
Book of the Day: Duchamp by Calvin Tompkin
Weather: Overcast and drizzly, mid 50s
Department of Amplification: The attributions with each 21C work are an
extremely articulate description of the artist’s intentions. THB is not
including the attributions or the blog posts would either be huge (i.e., really
huge, just not the normal huge) or have very few pictures; you’ll have to take
his word that they are well worth reading and amplify the meaning of each piece
to an extraordinary level. And, all the work is from at least 2000, making each
museum (as the displays at the hotel are referred to) near the best you can
find, really only competing with each other for consistently top level art. For
example, THB and DB just visited the new photography exhibit at SFMoma and the
work at the 21Cs is easily as good or better when it comes to recent
photography. We were extremely lucky to make the docent tour in Nashville, and
the guy leading the tour was terrific. He had worked at a museum here in
Nashville as an assistant curator and both knew the background of each artist
and their work and was passionate about the art.
Each hotel/museum has very
few permanent pieces. The exhibitions do travel between museums (seven as of
now, with several more in process of coming on-line), and are generally up for
6 months or so. Three of the four museums had mostly 2D work on display (the
Future is Female in Cincinnati was the exception); per our docent this was a
bit unusual, the owners are buying edgy art in all forms.
Back to the Cincinnati 21C!
Breakfast of eggs and toast for DB, eggs, toast, potatoes, roasted tomatoes and goetta for THB, decaf coffee with hot milk for two, $35. Goetta is (per our waitress) a very local delicacy: sausage with oatmeal, served as a patty. Turns out to be a very ungreasy sausage patty. Seems healthy, not quite as much umami.
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| Goetta patties |
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| These tiles are for sale; you see them embedded in the bathrooms, don't photo well in situ |
THB misreported about the
art on the second floor: it is a continuation of the The Future is Female, not
part of a permanent collection, and just as strong as what we saw yesterday on the first floor.
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| Leslie Dill |
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| Carrie Sieh |
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| Nina Katchadourian; this is actually a video with lip-synching |
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| Valerie Belin |
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| Naomi Safran-Hon |
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| Hark-Hark (a collective) |
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| Kiki Smith |
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| Bettina von Swahl |
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| Zanele Muholi |
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| Gaela Erwin |
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| Mickalene Thomas |
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| Inner well within hotel, complete with an art piece that must light up at night |
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| Gaela Erwin |
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| Carrie Mae Weems |
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| Peregrine Honig |
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| Peregrine co-owns a lingerie store in KC and was a reality show contestant |
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| Julie Blackmon |
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| Laila Essaydi |
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| Penny Slopis |
Bill for stay at 21C Cincinnati:
$415 for one night including parking, taxes, and a bit extra which ended up
being deducted off dinner.
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| Our Sonata for the week |
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