The current exhibit, which ends today actually is Elegant Enigmas: The Art of Edward Gorey. I saw a little snippet of an illustration and was immediately intrigued. It seemed familiar, humorous and childlike, yet completely bizarre and twisted - which makes for a must see. Upon entering the exhibit, the first thing I see is a huge, full length fur coat which gave me an immediate sense of curiosity. Who would wear this thing? And maybe, more importantly, what could someone who routinely wore this monstrosity be capable of creating? Turns out I was not disappointed. I love the fact that Gorey not only illustrated, but wrote as well, giving insight to his art .
Goreyography gives a great review of the exhibit. Unlike, Elihu Vedder, Gorey's art was more accessible (i.e. reasonably priced) so I came away with a copy of Amphigorey and The Fantod Pack, which has since been the source of great joy as I've given several lovely, doom filled readings to my children, lol.
On a completely different note, while at the museum, we also took a tour of N.C. Wyeth's house and studio, as well as re-visiting the permanent exhibits and grounds. Next time, I'd like to visit the Kuerner Farm as well as other Brandywine Valley spots such as the Battlefield. I look forward to next year's exhibit as well, whatever it will be. Probably the best thing about this Mother's Day was that I was given the gift of "no complaining" which enabled me to enjoy my day without interruption. Bliss!
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A Gorey exhibit?!! Oh, I wish I had known about that. Did they include the Gashleycrumb Tinies?
Brandywine now also needs to go on the list. Would we be able to fit that into an Audobon/Phoenixville day?
Also glad to hear you had such a great Mother's Day. I hope the girls enjoyed Gorey as much as you did (I'd be surprised if Res didn't ;)).
Yes, prints from the Gashleycrumb Tinies were there. It's also in the Amphigorey I bought. I thought of you when I was there, knew you would have loved it too! Res totally enjoyed it - she hijacked Amphigorey already. J and C spent most of their time reading on a bench out in the lobby area. I don't know why I bothered paying for their admission! But like I said, there were no complaints. Not sure if we could fit that in to a Phxville day as it's about 45 minutes from here. But there's plenty of other stuff to do around there, including Longwood Gardens. We really need to plan the summer before it gets away from us!
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