[Seattle Greycat] Rothko and the SAM

I went to the SAM yesterday and I had a lot of fun. I love having a
proper and real art museum in my city.

The thing is, I had no idea that the SAM had a Rothko there (who is my
new favorite art obsession), so I got quite a shock when i turned a
corner on the second floor and saw this:


"No. 10"

My breath was taken away, my eyes got large and I almost started to cry
at seeing one of his paintings in person. And it was lovely. You
wouldn't think that seeing some "smudgy squares" in person would be so
moving, but it was.

I also saw this:


"Sea Change"

Immediately recognizable as a Pollock. I do not like his work, but I
did like the fact that he used real pebbles and rocks in with the black
tar like paint.

Another thing is I realized I kind of like some of Andy Warhol's stuff,
too. He had a HUGE "Rorschach" painting there (it almost went from
floor to ceiling in their large room) and one of his "Oxidation"
peices. It was a very pretty patina over copper spray paint, until you
realize - oh, he got the patina by pissing all over the canvas. It was
still pretty, but yeah.


Also, Yoko Ono had a piece there where you take nails and nail
something into the wall around her piece (or you can nail one of the
nails on her piece, if you like). One person nailed their (probably
expired) American Express Gold card to the wall, which i thought was
cool, interesting and quite timely - and i'm sure she would have
approved of. It was a real card too, I looked at it quite close.


The Pollock, Rothko and the large Warhol are permanent to the gallery,
but I'm not sure about the rest.

I didn't get a chance to check out all the Greek/Roman/Egyptian art
that was on the 3rd floor, but that'll be something for next time.