Minneapolis Institute of Art
There are so many things in an art gallery to take pictures of it's hard to figure out what to include here. I'm going to limit it to three of the more intriguing items.
Fantasy lobster coffin
Fantasy coffins were started as a tradition by two artists in Ghana in the 1950's. People can be buried in any kind of coffin....a giant cell phone, a cacao pod, or anything else related to profession or social status. Since the 1980's several workshops have produced coffins solely for the local and international art market, like this lobster coffin which is pieced together from dozens of parts, covered with plaster, and sprayed with acrylic paint. It's a work of art which was never intended for burial.
This is something we've never before seen or heard of in all the car museums we've visited, a Tatra T87 fin-back sedan. It has an all-metal monocoque body, designed in 1936 and in production through 1956. This one was built in 1948. The T87s were built by Ringhoffer-Tatra-Werke AG, Czechoslovakia, founded in 1850. It was way ahead of its time, with a 2969 cc motor and top speed of almost 100 mph. A rumored nickname was "Czech's Revenge" for all the Nazi SS officers it killed through injudicious throttle use. The manufacturer and its cars met their demise thanks to Czechoslovakia being under the control of the USSR.
One more piece of art.....this huge glass sculpture is hanging over an opening in the floor so it can also be seen from the ground floor. We didn't find the description but it looks like the work of Dale Chihuly, a very well known glass artist.
Mia has a terrific view of the city's skyline
We left with much not seen. Mia is too big to do in one day but that's all we can give it. We have more things to do here and only four days left. (The alignment function has stopped working so this is stuck on "center" right now.)
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