Did you know that Greensboro has an etching by Marc Chagall? Actually, it belongs to UNCG's Weatherspoon Art Gallery and is part of their Dillard Collection. The above etching and drypoint on paper is entitled Dispute between Pliouchkine and Mavra. It was an illustration for Nikolai Gogol's "Dead Souls." The characters represent duplicitous and cloudy thinking. According to the plate beside the work of art, Chagall took 25 years to complete the above piece (1923-1948).
Today is First Friday so there will be a lot to do in Greensboro. If you get a chance head out and enjoy our city. Include a trip to the Weatherspoon on your to-do-for-fun list. It is free and open to the public. They have off street parking in the rear. Be sure to see the Burckhardt exhibit. He constructed an entire artist's studio (from tubes of paint to a toilet) out of cardboard.* Children LOVE it. Finally, remember Fun Fourth tomorrow, a Greensboro tradition for forty years!
*see a photo of that exhibit, here.
Weatherspoon sounds delightful. I must be a kid at heart because I'm sure I'd be fascinated by the "architectural pieces."
Posted by: EG CameraGirl | Friday, July 03, 2015 at 07:13 AM
Not what I think of as typical Chagall.
Posted by: Jane T. Mitchell | Friday, July 03, 2015 at 10:07 AM
Very brooding!
Posted by: William Kendall | Friday, July 03, 2015 at 02:15 PM