Jacob Lawrence Comes To SAM

Good News my Seattle friends! The seminal work of lithographs by the African American artist Lawrence Jacobs known as "The Migration Series" chronically the great migration of Black Americans from the south to the north and west in the first half of the 20th century is now on display at the SAM (Seattle Art Museum). I just saw at the Phillips Collection here DC over the Winter Holidays. It's one of the truly Iconic American Masterpieces. And, of course, SAM sends me fliers now all the time...

Spring Break Redux: SAM, part 8 of 8: A New Republic by Kehinde Wiley

And now the Icing on the SAM cake! Kehinde Wiley: A New Republic. I have long loved Kehinde Wiley's paintings--the sensibility of his vision. But I had no idea that he was so prolific in so many mediums: Oil, Acrylic, Watercolor, Stained-glass, and Bronze sculpture. Everywhere something to delight. Huge, lush canvases exuding such dignity, such pride. I literally had to fight back tears at times. I have tried to give you a wide sampling, sometimes I include details and sometimes people to give you a better sense of perspective. Enjoy my dears! And I've only scratched the surface of what was there.

Spring Break Redux: SAM, part 7 of 8

 Aren't these spaces and exhibits elegant?  I would be a Seattle Art Museum whore, if I lived in Seattle!

Spring Break Redux: SAM, part 6 of 8

 The fourth floor features works of European Art from the early 20th century to Ancient Mediterranean cultures and works from Africa.

 These are brass weights used in west Africa to sell gold and other precious minerals.

 "Dining Room, Rue de Naples, Paris" 1935 by Édouard Vuillard

I am a HUGE Vuillard fan.  His works resonate with me in a very profound way and this painting was a joyous discovery in my journey through his body of works.

 "Wheat Field" 1860 by Paul Camille Guigou

 "Saint Sebastian Tended by Saint Irene" c. 1638-39 attributed to George de La Tour

When I first saw this painting, I immediately thought of La Tour.  Another artist I have had the good fortune to know through his oeuvre.

 "Head of an Old Man, Bust Length" c. 1642 by Salomon Koninck

Didn't you think Rembrandt, too?

Italian Room c. 1575 - 1600

I found this space simply amazing--I love when museums steal whole rooms and reassemble them to let you enter a space from 450 years earlier! The wonder is to look at the wood trims and ornamentations and think "This was done by people without routers, or computer driven laser thing-a-ma-bobs and still the precision...

Spring Break Redux: SAM, part 5 of 8

 The artist Brenna Youngblood also had a separate exhibition of her works.

 "Democratic Forest" 2015 by Brenna Youngblood

  "Wintergreen" 2015 by Brenna Youngblood

 The work on the wall is "Manuscript" 1963 by Robert Rauschenberg.  I didn't get any of the other attributions in the area of the museum.