Monday, December 24, 2012

High Culture in New Orleans


 
Surprisingly, there are cultural aspects to New Orleans.  Yesterday we visited the New Orleans Museum of Art along with the outdoor sculpture garden. 

The museum had a great exhibit that made it just fun to visit.  It was called “Lifelike”.  Very bizarre looks at life!  The first room had a working one foot high elevator doors (the doors worked, but it wasn't a working elevator) along with a card table and chairs that were 10’ tall or so.  You never knew what was art and was the museum.  Art included a room of construction material or pencils on the ceiling.  We were positive we saw a hopper of trash to find out it was made of wood and canvas and hollow behind it.  This picture from the website isn’t really a body or even a sleeping bag.
 


My personal favorite in this exhibit was a 32 minute film showing a $20 bill with a guy on a ladder painting/erasing the windows of the White House . He's under the porch in the picture.  The movie has to be seen to be believed!
 

Outside was sculpture garden.  Some of my favorites included these people on the bench, a LARGE spider, and this piece of stainless steel.
 
 

 
Our late lunch was recommended to us at Nonna Mia’s. Great lobster ravioli and Italian pizza.  I love being able to sit outdoors during Christmas season!
 

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