I Love Sculpture

There are, along Elliott Ave, a few(!) new buildings nearing completion. These properties abut the BNSF rail lines and look out over the working railcars, the grain elevator and Elliott Bay.

I was very excited to see a new installation of some large scale sculptures on the lawn connecting two of these buildings. I don't know the tenants, but I'm guessing biotech. Interesting, too, that it's right down the street from the Olympic Sculpture Park.

One of the pieces (Source, mounted on the concrete platform)) is by Canadian sculptor Sorel Etrog (Romania 1933). The others are unidentified.

Now it turns out that Des Moines, IA, loves sculpture, too!

Are YOU happy? Why not??

"Silly" theatre isn't typically my bag, but I had a great time at Arts West last night seeing Measure for Pleasure - a "restoration comedy" of British tradition full of quadruple entendre and nearly as many story lines.

It really is a fun romp - the theatre space is great - and if you can stand it, there's even a heartfelt injection of serious philosophy a bit too explicitly spelled out at the conclusion. But no matter - if you enjoy theatre, comedy, sex and lightning fast rhyming - get there (thru Nov 14)

Wiener Mobile - another classic car!

On my way to the yoga studio the other morning - dark early morning! - I had to circle back in order to document this sighting of the famed Oscar Mayer Wiener Mobile. Unfortunately, I couldn't get the perfect shot due to how it was parked...

Seeing this rig is day-maker. Say what you will about hot dogs, but when you turn one into a car as big as a school bus, it can only evoke good feelings and smiles.

In the parlance of collectors, I'm not sure I would want it to be my "everyday driver," but it sure would be fun to cruise around town for a few hours!

What if every business / brand had to create a novelty vehicle to represent it? What would yours be??

Art's where you find it.

This weekend I went from a car-detailing workshop sponsored by the new LeMay Museum to the latest opening at the Ambach & Rice gallery.

LeMay has an incredible collection of vintage cars (including this 1956 Jaguar XK 140).

Ambach has an exhibition featuring the work of Armenian-born, Amsterdam-based, Karen Sargsyan. His work is dramatic, operatic and rich with life energy (especially after being released from the crates!). Go view it.