Recently, I went with my friend and fellow artist, Morgan, http://www.jmorganstudio.com/ to see Grainger McKoy's incredibly ornate bird sculptures. We spent 2 and a half hours looking at them - marveling at them, rather. I wanted to blog about them so much, but as far as I knew, the High Museum of Art was neither free nor cheap.
On December 3, Fulton County residents can walk up to the counter for a free ticket to see this outstanding artwork. The museum is open between 10 AM and 5 PM.
The exhibit shows McKoy's work from the sketch all the way up to the final pieces. Viewers can see miniature models of the final artwork, and learn how the sculptures are constructed. Some of the birds appear to be flying because they are delicately held in the air by the wingtips of the other birds.
Then we went on to spend about five minutes looking at Picasso and Warhol. After gazing upon McKoy's fine craftsmanship and total devotion to detail, the other modern art couldn't hold our attention at all.
It was more than worth the price of admission to see McKoy's academic brilliance as a sculptor. If you live in Fulton County, you can see it for free on the first Saturday of December. Follow this link for the address and more museum/free day information. http://museumfreedays.com/museum/high-museum-art
I welcome any drawings you do of McKoy's art to showcase on this blog. I hope you all can go!
Love,
Lara
Also, If you have card from "Bank of America" you can go to High Museum of Art - for free at first weekend of month.
ReplyDeleteThank you! That's good to know for people who live outside of Fulton County. I'm Lara, by the way - who are you? What brought you to this blog?
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