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Tuesday, April 21, 2020

Happy Tuesday Trail Tale: NC Museum of Art Park


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The NCMA sits on 164 well cared for acres beautiful are and landscaping.

The collage below shows a bit of the quite unique and unusual outside.

Description of the building from the NCAM website
A unique glass-walled architectural structure with striking roof lines, a dramatic exterior, and state-of-the-art environmental elements, West Building has arisen adjacent to the original building on the Museum site. With the exterior 50 percent glass, the 127,000-square-foot gallery space allows for filtered natural light and viewing of the collection in a whole new way. Landscaped sculpture gardens and reflecting pools complement the existing Museum Park and strengthen the connection of art and nature.




Yes that is a steel tree in front.  Roxy Paine, the artist  named it
Askew

Askew is part of a series of works by Roxy Paine that he describes as “dendroids”—arboreal or treelike forms with elaborate branching structures. Paine’s sculptures are hybrids in more than one sense of the word—inspired by “real” trees but never truthful depictions of actual species. His manmade versions of natural elements blur the boundaries between nature and culture, the natural and the artificial, machine-made and handmade. Paine has described his work as a “collision of the industrial world with the natural world” and an exploration of the human desire to order and control nature. The stainless steel surfaces of the work change dramatically with the light—mirroring, absorbing, and reflecting the tree’s environment, and turning the colors of the natural world into a brilliant metallic light show.


The silver tree and this next sculpture were two of the first pieces of 
out door art.  Needless to say they both were conversation pieces.
We saw these before the building was completed.  




This gorgeous painting is on the side of the entrance of the newer section of the NCMA
which is brick. After the architect who designed the original building passed,
the new buildings were constructed of brick.
We've been inside many times for different exhibits and to have lunch at the cafe.
But not this time all buildings are closed, but we did so enjoy all of the art outside 



There will be many more photos to come from our first visit and from 
at least 2 more that will be required to see everything.
Some photos might be incorporated into other posts, I will mention they are part of the NCMA
trail.

23 comments:

  1. oh this tree is an art piece!!!! oh to have one in our crib!!!

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  2. Hari OM
    LOVE LOVE LOVE all of this - that building the ultimate in symmetrical design!!! YAM xx

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  3. Good to have some interesting art outside, when the doors to all the museums and art galleries are closed.

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  4. I love the steel tree and the artwork on the wall. The building design is not to my taste though and reminds me of electricity substation cabinets. It would be boring if we all liked the same thing though.

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  5. Very cool but I particularly love that painting on the side of the building....gorgeous!!

    Hugs, Pam

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  6. I love the painted mural. The sculptures are interesting.

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  7. What an interesting place. Love the mural!

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  8. Wish we had an art garden nearby!

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  9. What a great place to visit. We love all the art and that you can still go there to see the outdoor exhibits.

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  10. The tree is amazing but we love Angel Madi with the halo on her tail best!

    The Florida Furkids

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  11. i am a fan of murals and this one is gorgeous! i like the sculptures, there but not on my property. he is very talented... i would like to see the building in real life

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  12. Beautiful. I would love to visit this beautiful place. Thanks for showing us all the beauty.

    Thank you for joining the Happy Tuesday Blog Hop.

    Have a fabulous Happy Tuesday. Big hug, my friend. ♥

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  13. What an interesting collection, I really like the flower mural!

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  14. I agree, that tree is really super cool!

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  15. That is a very cool tree. Lots of different choices here. Enjoy your week and thank you.

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  16. OMD, those are some FABulous sculptures!!! And your pictures were pawfect!!!
    I especially loves the mural on the side of the building.
    Kisses,
    Ruby ♥

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  17. The tree is amazing. The painting is lovely. Murals are a great way to make boring walls on large buildings come to life.

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  18. The last picture of the flowers is great!

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  19. Dad says he thinks he remembers seeing many of these things the one time he and mom visited the museum before they left Chapel Hill. They roamed inside and out for hours, taking in all the displays and admiring the outside artwork. Great pictures!

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