The exhibits at the Chicago Museum of Contemporary Art were SO. SO. AMAZING.
After SUUUCH a wonderful night's sleep, Daniel ordered a surprise room service breakfast
of White Chocolate French Toast and it was sooooooooooooooooooooooooo good!!!
Another GORGEOUS day! We hit the streets and walked to the Museum of Contemporary Art!
This spinning "MOTHERS" sign was the first thing we saw and I know it was made just for ME!
Okay..... it is the MCA Plaza Project by Martin Creed, and will remain there through May 2013
(thanks to Tay for shooting these pics for me! xo)
Me probably saying something dorky to make Daniel laugh, and Davy looking so chic in his pea coat.
The main exhibit featured the works of brothers Rowan and Erwan Bouroullec -
IT WAS STUNNING!
huge, textural, colorful, touchable, integrative, creative, expansive, simple, brilliant....... I could go on!
Truly a visual treat of all their work, their creative process, their inspiration, their applications.
(I actually recognized some of their later pieces!)
The semi-sheer "screen" above is made from thousands of plastic clamps used as a room divider.
The tiny model..... the chair.
The tiny model atop their simply textured ceramic floor tile.
Another example of their creative room dividers - decorative on both sides
This tightly woven chair is strikingly simple -
it reminded me of one of my all time favorite chairs: the Womb chair by Aero Saarinan
More pieces of their integrative works, with concept drawings covering the wall in behind.
Anything can be an inspiration :)
Concepts turned into reality - the small green, stackable container table is still produced.
The back side of the room divider seen above
Another room divider with a different type of connector, this time "tabs" are used -
I really like how one color becomes two, then on down the line flows into several more colors.
Yet another room of the Bouroullec exhibit, taken through their quirky white, transparent divider
A "honeycomb" type divider that was so immense, it reached beyond the second floor!
Some people I know and know and love looking out the expansive 2ond story window :)
And now through another of their screens, this time black
The "MOTHERS" sign is down there spinning around
Look at these awesome buildings! I love how old is against new.
If I wasn't so annoyed with the word 'juxtaposition' I would use it here.....
Right about now is when Daniel had finally had enough and asked to "see" my camera.
I've been around the block enough to know what he was trying. I created him.
So I kept taking pics :)
Of course there were MANY more amazing exhibits we thoroughly enjoyed!
I particularly liked Color Bind: the MCA Collection in Black and White
I encourage you to check it out in person or online!
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Next up: we shopped AND we dropped!
