Sunday afternoon the four of us (Annika, Dierk, Heidi and Lee) stood in line (an all-too- common experience) before spending an hour or so at the Museu Picasso housed in five adjoining medielval palaces in the center of Old Town Barcelona. Although, not surprisingly, the works on display are not his best -- they have been bought up and displayed in other museums worldwide, seeing examples of Picasso's stylistic progression over the decades was illuminating and quite instructive. So, too, was the placement of his evolution in the larger historical and aesthetic context in which he worked.
The same was true of our visit Monday morning with Dierk and Annika to Fundacio Joan Miro on Barcelona's Mount Juic. Here again we could follow Miro's evolution over the years -- and place him in context with Picasso's experiences as well. Both Heidi and Lee especially enjoyed the playfulness of Miro's imagery and ended up with a T-shirt and wristwatch respectively by which to remember our visit.
That afternoon we drove to Figueres with the Steinnmans to tour the Teatre-Museu Dali. Quite in contrast to the earlier two experiences, our visit here was completely shrouded in mystery! Lunch at La Tagliatella adjacent to the museum was delicious, especially the very thin crusted pizza and the sangria; but the lack of informative signage made it VERY difficult even to locate the museum in the first place. The mystery continued inside: no expanations anywhere beyond the minimum; a confusing overall layout; works not at all arranged in chronological or thematic order. We decided this was all very much in keeping with Dali's overall eccentric aesthetic - confuse, confound, and theereby cause controversy!
On the other hand, this was the only musuem of the three that allowed photography...
The same was true of our visit Monday morning with Dierk and Annika to Fundacio Joan Miro on Barcelona's Mount Juic. Here again we could follow Miro's evolution over the years -- and place him in context with Picasso's experiences as well. Both Heidi and Lee especially enjoyed the playfulness of Miro's imagery and ended up with a T-shirt and wristwatch respectively by which to remember our visit.
That afternoon we drove to Figueres with the Steinnmans to tour the Teatre-Museu Dali. Quite in contrast to the earlier two experiences, our visit here was completely shrouded in mystery! Lunch at La Tagliatella adjacent to the museum was delicious, especially the very thin crusted pizza and the sangria; but the lack of informative signage made it VERY difficult even to locate the museum in the first place. The mystery continued inside: no expanations anywhere beyond the minimum; a confusing overall layout; works not at all arranged in chronological or thematic order. We decided this was all very much in keeping with Dali's overall eccentric aesthetic - confuse, confound, and theereby cause controversy!
On the other hand, this was the only musuem of the three that allowed photography...
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