Context and Texture at the MFA
There must be art museums in every major city in the world. Then there’s the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston which to me feels like every museum in the world dissolved in the walls of a graceful building on Huntington Avenue. It feels like the home of the world on a Sunday afternoon.
Translated Vase by Yeesookyung, Korea. Celadon fragments with epoxy and gilding. “…recycled ceramic pieces…a vase without an opening, meant to hold nothing.” -from the museum label
Cast Brass Bicycle and Aluminum Bananas by Subodh Gupta, India. “…Gupta recreates a sight once common in South Indian villages: bananas delivered via bicycle.” -from the museum label
Harbors of Heaven 