I’ve been in Houston for the past few days for the Thanksgiving holiday, having a wonderful time thanks to the hospitality of my astral friend, Marcella. This afternoon I rolled my potato padded butt to the Menil for some surreal art and the Rothko chapel. I was very impressed.
The galleries and grounds were fantastic - and free! One of the more thought provoking artists I discovered was Robert Grober.
Is he a surrealist? A minimalist? A conceptualist? I’m not sure. But I do know that he’s a master sculptor of beeswax. I wish I could find a picture of the “Long Haired Cheese”. Marvelous.
Other favorites included Tanguy, Magritte, and the Menil’s current exhibit of nearly 60 Calder pieces, surrealistic mobiles that are as fun to look at as they are fascinating to comprehend. We’ve decided that Calder must have used small counterweights to finish his pieces. If he didn’t, then he is a mathematical genius and should get an honorary PhD or something.
Interesting Calder factoid: In his early career, Calder’s work consisted primarily of sculptures and paintings of animals and figures. But it was in 1930, after a visit to Piet Mondrian’s studio, that he was “shocked” into embracing abstract art.
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