A Day for the Arts

"Everything you can imagine is real."

-Pablo Picasso

About a month ago, a few friends and I took the 40 minute trainride outside of the city to Humlebæk, home of the Louisiana Museum of Modern Art! This is the most visited museum in Denmark and hosts an extensive collection of modern and contemporary art from 1945 to the present.

My favorite exhibit was the Picasso exhibit, titled PEACE & FREEDOM. Before this exhibit I wasn't sure that I liked Picasso's art, but after my visit to Lousiana I have a new respect and understanding for Picasso's works, as well as modern art as a whole.

Thought this one might be a different name, but "Eyes" by Louise Bourgeois can be seen from all four, glass corridors of the museum.

 Below are two advertisements for the exhibit. Fred & Frihed meaning peace and freedom.

The second ad features my favorite of his paintings. Here is a larger view...

Nature morte au bougeoir; Still life with a candlestick

still life on pedestal table

Le déjeuner sur l’herbe

 

Louisiana also hosts a pretty large Andy Warhol exhibit!

This was one of my favorites, playing off of the Danish obsession with the Little Mermaid statue.



View from the museum of the Oresund sound



We had a great time at Louisiana, and now I can't wait to see the Picasso exhibit in the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts once I return home.

Last weekend in Copenhagen...I can't believe it!!!! At least my sister is here to share it with me! I really have fallen in love with Denmark, and it is going to be way harder than I imagined to leave it.

Look for a post soon covering the adventures of my spring break backpacking around Europe!

Hej hej,

Kelly