At the 'Musee des Beaux-Artes de Montreal'.
Skipping out of the meeting on Sunday, Diana and I headed for Rodin. A good walk on a pleasant breezy afternoon, from our hotel up to Sherbrooke Street, with a stop for lunch at 'Vego', a vegetarian buffet that Flor introduced us to at the 2011 Human Genetics conference. Many meals this trip!
The Museum was a bit of a puzzle. I guess I haven't been for several years. The old museum says RODIN, but we couldn't find a way in. Then we turned around and spotted the new museum - also RODIN - across Sherbrooke Street.
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| the old ... |
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| … and the new |
The Rodin exhibit is huge (171 pieces) and so are many of the sculptures. I much preferred the big ones, especially the 'patinated' plaster versions like "the Thinker" and "Eve", ready for bronze casting. Not sure I have the processes entirely sorted - needed a clear stepwise demonstration.
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| the Thinker (in patinated plaster) |
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| Eve (in patinated plaster) |
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| Adam (in bronze) - controversially pointing to earth rather than to heaven |
All interesting, but both of us had had enough of classical bodies and wished for some normal variation.
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