The Fast and the Forlorn
Beijing, China
2016
Two different works of art at the National Museum of Art, unrelated except for their proximity, invite a whole new interpretation when viewed in combination.
The Fast and the Forlorn
Beijing, China
2016
Two different works of art at the National Museum of Art, unrelated except for their proximity, invite a whole new interpretation when viewed in combination.
Looking at this photo, my interpretation would be “Unimpressed.” She looks unimpressed by the muscular man’s super hero pose.
And if I would have been in the art museum with you, I would have taken a photo of him and a photo of her, completely missing the relationship you saw. My artistic eye needs glasses. Yours is impressive, and it reminds me to see more than I think is there.
Yes, unimpressed is a good descriptor. Bored is another one I had thought of. However, I kind of wanted to use a word starting with F to match the Fast description so chose forlorn.
Carol, I also wanted to add that while my artistic eye may have some merit, it certainly comes in spurts and often after the fact. I did not intend for this photo to come out the way it did. I was actually standing back a ways from the sculpture to get all if it in the frame. At the time I thought the background was distracting but figured I could blur it later in Photoshop if necessary. It was after I opened the photo on my computer that I realized that I had accidentally arranged the sculpture and the painting in an interesting manner. So I zoomed in and cropped it to create the composition you see here.