reading week = art week

all this free time from school, i had plans to take a break from all that is chemistry, and immerse myself back into some art. and... i've forgotten all my art knowledge. which sucks cause i knew very little in the first place. but enjoyed the visual feast nonetheless. i checked out the majors, the beaux-arts musee (2-for-1!) and the mac (free!)...


van Dongen @ Beaux-Arts: im a fan of the Fauves and from what i learned, van Dongen adopted this movement into his own personality, sounding real rebellious and ish. one of the original Fauves, who happen to love him some prostitutes... this one looks better in person, cause it has a green tinge to it. visual feast! short and sweet too.


Tousignant @ MAC: a retrospective exhibit of montreal' world-reknowned abstract painter... was hella boring. i was more excited for this exhibit than the van Dongen, but i enjoyed this a lot less. conceptual heavy art is not my bag of tea. i like visually engaging stuff. color experimentation is good. clever is good. some of Tousignant work was, but most were just boring. single colored canvas/panels are so... gwah... im sure it was intense back in the day, but not so much today.

anyhow, good times.