Walker Art Center

Both Michel Gondry and Francis Ford Coppola came and talked at the Walker last year. They also have a great youth film club.

My name is Spoonbridge, what can I say?

i wanted to work there as a kid and now i have been working there for 20 years

A great museum! I didn’t realise it was in Minneapolis until I first started planning my trip… It’s worth spending a few hours exploring the exhibits and [free!] garden. My favorite experience at the museum was walking through the odd room/cave sculpture in the Cameron Jamie exhibit.

Sculpture doesn’t get much better than the Cherry on a Spoon fountain by Claes Oldenburg. I could picnic nearby everyday (well, maybe only occasionally in the snow). In Picnicing nearby sculpture location preferences, I’d have to say that the Spoon and Cherry is second only to the Buried Bicycle by the same artist in Parc De la Villette in Paris, France. I love the sculpture Garden at the Walker art center. It’s one of my favorites.

I just saw Mat Barneys drawing restraint 9 here
and soon I’m going to see Sun0))

Go there..one of the best design centers in US

I am glad I went to the Walker Art Center. That being said, it is not my cup of tea. The older I get, the harder “modern” or “avant-garde” art is for me to appreciate. I mostly have a little laugh, or wince at it. The Walker has amazing history about those who made their mark in the modern art scene. I was intrigued by the history, but the art itself underwhelmed me. I don’t understand how some of it is so spectacular, or with those pieces that are actually intricate, why they always have to deal with dark and sometimes ugly images. Why can’t they deal with happy, or even just very ‘real’ images, as well. I’m not trying to say I dislike all art with dark themes, its just that alot of the fringe artists seem to take it to the extreme, and then that’s all they do, making it almost ridiculous. Some of the pieces that I just couldn’t wrap my interest around were a canvas painted black, with a black frame, and it was untitled. Another was a canvas with a very clean slash through the center, framed and put on display. And then there was the picture of the man shot in the head, laying in his blood….I didn’t understand the originality of this since crime scenes take these pictures daily.

Anyhow, I did appreciate a car that had been in a bad crash, the artist had taken it apart piece by piece, sanded and painted it, then put it back together. It’s hard to describe the uniqueness, but it’s definitely impressive. And then I also thought there were alot of intricate exhibits, that while I wouldn’t display them in my home, I see how much the artist put into it.

I hope no one thinks I’m slamming people for loving modern/fringe art. I am simply saying it is not always for me. I think it is worth visiting, and I’m glad I went to the Walker. The building and the thought put into the exhibits was fantastic. And I really enjoyed the sculpture garden.