Sculpture Milwaukee

Sculpture Milwaukee is back with 21 sculptures along Wisconsin Avenue.  Three are repeats from last year but the rest will not disappoint.  My husband and I checked them all out over our lunch hour one day last week. 

Here are the sculptures starting with the closest to the Lake (those with an* are on the north side of Wisconsin with the remaining ones on the south side):

1.  Love, by Robert Indiana*

2. Seer (Alice II) by Kiki Smith* is hidden in the gardens outside the brand new Northwestern Mutual building

3. Reason to Be by Jessica Jackson Hutchins is a reclaimed bus shelter

4. The Group of Five by Magdalena Abakanowicz - I understand this artist has a piece of work at the corner of Kilbourn and Cass that I should check out sometime.

5.  Half Big Suit by Erwin Wurm - this may be my favorite and one you have to see in person to truly appreciate

6.  Big Time by Richard Deacon - a work of juxapositions

7.  Untitled (Burgher with Extended Arm) by Liz Glynn

8.  Blue Bra Girls by Ghada Amer* - here is one that you need to look at from many angles

9.  Bam (Seated Warrior) by Sanford Biggers*

10.  Mood Sculpture by Tony Tasset - part of last year's Sculpture Milwaukee

11.  Nostalgia by Yoan Capote - another of my favorites

12.  Untitled by Bosco Sodi*

13.  Skew by Shana McCaw and Brent Budsberg

14.  Liberty by Hank Willis Thomas* - This one combines the Statue of Liberty with Harlem Globetrotters

15.  Hazmat Love by Tom Friedman - who doesn't love men in tinfoil?

16.  Tower (Gubbio) by Sol Lewitt* - part of last year's Sculpture Milwaukee

17.  97.5* Arc x 9 by Bernar Venet*

18.  Bud (Bronze) by Gary Hume* - This one is a neat contrast between optimism and pessimism. 

20.  Marker #2 by Mel Kendrick* - This one is much more complex than first meets the eye.

21.  Stealing Shadows, Michelangelo by Ana Prvacki - This sculpture was not yet up yet but I look forward to checking it out when it is and will post pictures at that time.

Not numbered - Zach's Tower by John Henry - part of last year's Sculpture Milwaukee

I encourage you to take a walk down Wisconsin Avenue between the lake and 6th Street and enjoy these great sculptures while they are here this summer.

Milwaukee Riverwalk

One of the luxuries of working downtown means lunches wandering the town.  One of my favorite walks is along the Riverwalk and I have learned that if you head south of Michigan on the Riverwalk, you avoid having to deal with traffic crossing streets as the path goes under each street. 

Today was a beautiful day and many people were out on their boats enjoying the sunshine.  Here are some photos and videos from my walk today at lunch.

The barn swallows actually sat still for me a few times.

A larger boat went through requiring the bridges to be lifted.

Milwaukee Art Museum

If you have been reading this blog since the beginning, you may have picked up on my love for the Milwaukee Art Museum. We have a membership and working only a few blocks away lets me get there often. Today I walked over there on my lunch hour and discovered some new treasures and enjoyed some favorites.

I first wandered into a room of mechanical Renaissance clocks that I had never noticed. The room included several beautiful master clocks, clocks made by clockmakers applying to be a Master Clockmaker. 

Then I visited the gallery with the impressionist paintings I love. 

Boating on the Yerres by Gustave Caillebotte

View of Bougival by Pierre-Auguste Renoir

Sunset at Rouen by Camille Pissarro

Waterloo Bridge, Sunlight Effect by Claude Monet

Theatre Foyer by Jean-Louis Forain

I then headed to the second floor and found myself in a room that I always wondered about. 

As the room is lacking in labels, I never understood what it was all about. This time however, a card with a website caught my attention. It turns out this is Mrs. M._’s Cabinet. You can read all about it here. 

Rainbow Bridge by Olafur Eliasson is a sculpture not to be missed on the second floor overlooking Lake Michigan.  As you walk around the sculpture the colors change.  It is one of those sculptures that begs to be interacted with.

As a former Spanish teacher, I usually try to walk past Joan Miro's The King's Jester.

And if you are going to check out Miro, you might as well check out Picasso's The Cock of Liberation.

See if you can find any addition in this pop artwork.  

Finally, I love this sculpture by Dale Chihuly in the lobby titled, "Idola di San Giacomo in Palude Chandelier II."

This just touches the surface of the great art at the Milwaukee Art Museum.  Every time I visit, I find something new.