May 2, 2008
Children and Museums
From a fun NYT article I read today on paper with Americano in hand that is worth a museum lover’s time:
Mass MoCA is a place of serious whimsy, where unusual artistic ideas are allowed to flourish. Outside the entrance is a stand of upside-down maple trees, held aloft by a large steel-and-timber frame. Created by Natalie Jeremijenko, the sculpture is called “Tree Logic.” Somehow, the six trees manage to grow, though some branches twist upward in a vain attempt to reach the sun.
It is just the sort of project our 6-year-old son, Sawyer, might have conceived and executed, but for lack of an underwriter. He beamed as he took it in, shooting us a look of mischievous pleasure. Our daughter, Amelia, was beginning to appreciate the elastic boundaries of fine art as well. Inside the museum she pointed to a small recess in the wall, below a label describing a nearby sculpture. “Is that the piece of art?” she asked. “The hole in the wall?”
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