As a way to help us all cope with self-isolation, The Getty posted a challenge to recreate art in their collection using household objects. The Hammershøi response was so perfect for this blog (with its running motif of rooms as portraits without people) that I had to choose it for this alert. But really you should see the other colorful, witty examples at the Getty website and even better examples at Sad and Useless. (Now, is there a short story to be derived from some sequestered people using household objects to …?)
Picturing a World
Getty—recreate art
April 6, 2020
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Scandinavian artists, rooms
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Apr 06, 2020 11:40 AM EDT
What a beautiful painting of great simplicity. It drew me into the back room. I wondered what was about to be created on the canvas. Thanks, Katherine, for posting this at a time of continued sequester for us all.
- Patricia Franzino
Apr 06, 2020 11:50 AM EDT
Wonderful how you engage with the painting with such imagination, Pat! Using the time to meditate or let the imagination drift is a way to lessen the evil of this national, isn't it?
- Katherine
Jun 08, 2020 5:20 AM EDT
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