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| Rose Art Museum |
There is a tendency sometimes, maybe often, to overlook things in our own back yard, Even though only 30 miles away, this past weekend I finally visited the Rose Art Museum on the campus of Brandeis University in Waltham.
Sometimes museums are grand and overpowering, sometimes
quirky. The Rose is small, and the architecture crisp and timeless. The setting
on a wooded hillside makes it look like a white and glass box floating on the
ground,. Once inside, it is easy to fantasize that you are not in a museum, but
in the house of a sophisticated art collector.
Current exhibits include
This exhibit, with works drawn from the museum's collection,
has the human body as its theme.
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| Immortal City by Kevork Mourad |
Immortal City is an exhibition of new paintings by acclaimed
Syrian-Armenian artist Kevork Mourad (b. Syria, 1970). The prominent
work is a black and white, three dimensional drawing/painting resembling a
stage set. The images evoke the cultural loss and destruction due to the war in
Syria. http://www.brandeis.edu/rose/exhibitions/2017/immortal-city.html
You can see more about the Rose and its exhibit schedule at:
http://www.brandeis.edu/rose/index.html
