Tuesday, October 6, 2015

Toronto

Just two days in Toronto this visit but a chance to recover from the hectic past few days. We visited the famous Art Gallery of Ontario and spent some time wandering the streets and underground malls.


This is Benjamin Cheverton's machine. It was invented 150 years before the 3D printer and he used it to make miniature copies from sculptures. Is it Mechanics  or is it Art?

There were wonderful paintings including impressionists but the important collection is from The Group of Seven. This small group of artists painted in Northern Ontario and made a major contribution to World art.



Note that there is no shopping bag in the next photo! The trains have a lower weight limit on bags than the flights!
                                                        Gail in one of the malls

2 comments:

Miss Di said...

What fascinating art, from close up it's almost cartoonish, step back and it's very high modality - almost stepping past realism to hyper-real (and thus back to low modality...why is it everything I know about art I learnt as a post-grad English student studying picture books?).

Enjoying our regular reading of your blog, we will miss our almost daily updates when you get on your next cruise.

Miss Di said...

PS Matt got very excited about the model maker - so much better than an exocet (the rip off of this machine not the missile!)