tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10923291.post1412066972697055004..comments2024-03-26T09:42:38.709-05:00Comments on ArchitectureChicago PLUS: What Happens When You Don't Listen: Art Institute opens up Ando Gallery, lets out the magicLynn Beckerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03759748613223711212noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10923291.post-41773775893271650622015-07-24T11:49:39.125-05:002015-07-24T11:49:39.125-05:00This space had long been a refuge for me when I wa...This space had long been a refuge for me when I was working downtown. I left town for work for a while, and on my first visit back to my special hideout, I felt like my spirit had been crushed. So let me understand this. The AIC feels perfectly comfortable in 'rearranging' masterpieces of art that don't quite fit their own limited ethos. Huh. What's next? Shall we, oh, I don't know, connect the dots in Seurat's 'Grande Jatte'? Maybe tone down that garish green complexion on the woman in Toulouse-Lautrec's 'At the Moulin Rouge'? And that Caillebotte, you know the one - 'Paris Street; Rainy Day' - so gloomy! Let's brighten that baby up with some sunshine!<br /><br />The AIC should be brought to trial at some sort of international art-crimes tribunal and hung out to dry for altering Ando's spiritual experience of space, a precious work that they felt their ownership gave them the 'right' to alter as if it was just some undesirable bit of interior decorating. <br />Lethe Erisdottirnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10923291.post-463474327737140782012-09-12T15:32:18.648-05:002012-09-12T15:32:18.648-05:00I am devastated to have read this. I haven't b...I am devastated to have read this. I haven't been there in years, but that spot was a secret for me that I only shared with those closest to me. The place I envisioned exchanging intimate vows with my soul mate. <br /><br />Everything good must come to an end, I suppose.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10923291.post-88767030956221221262010-10-09T10:26:04.148-05:002010-10-09T10:26:04.148-05:00I also miss the very special Joseph Cornell galler...I also miss the very special Joseph Cornell gallery by Kruek and Olsen that the Art Institute destroyed. A pattern here? <br /><br />Has the trend for homogeneous, flowing space gone too far? I mean the Piano galleries are nice, but they are a bit...relentless. It would be nice if the lighting levels -- or the ceiling heights/section -- or the materials -- or the sound quality -- or the color -- or something/anything at all varied from space to space in the new wing. It's time for a backlash! Let's get some galleries with character, with hierarchy, and with a little variety of experiential qualities.<br /><br />APAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10923291.post-23717121161113533012010-10-06T16:02:58.130-05:002010-10-06T16:02:58.130-05:00Nooooooooooo!!!! Say it aint so. It was always th...Nooooooooooo!!!! Say it aint so. It was always the last stop in the museum, a great place to reflect on everything you saw before returning to the outside world. What a shame. As a previous post states "no reason to dumb down the experience". Way to go A.I.! <br /><br />Loop hiding place...St. Peter's... I've never walked in...I'll have to check it out.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10923291.post-8624458287435817612010-10-05T11:40:16.656-05:002010-10-05T11:40:16.656-05:00This is absolutely a very unnerving development. S...This is absolutely a very unnerving development. Such a shame...apparently the decision was made without respect or sensitivity to Ando's context and the complete experience it provided.... A pity...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10923291.post-4005686633190140702010-10-04T20:48:27.955-05:002010-10-04T20:48:27.955-05:00Since you didn't mention it, you must have bee...Since you didn't mention it, you must have been there during the quiet time. I had to listen to museum guards' radios blaring. In fact, more and more that's all one hears in the museum.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10923291.post-68515154298414599682010-10-04T17:26:52.731-05:002010-10-04T17:26:52.731-05:00is there a petition I can sign. I have 2 hiding s...is there a petition I can sign. I have 2 hiding spaces in this city, one is St. Peter's in the loop, the other was the Ando Gallery. This is heartbreakingAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10923291.post-76076382283292498562010-10-04T15:38:12.748-05:002010-10-04T15:38:12.748-05:00that room...with the doors....was a magical place ...that room...with the doors....was a magical place to view japanese art. i remember the focus the whole experience demanded when you were sealed in the room with those beautiful objects. that so many people didnt get the room...didnt respect the silence...was no reason to dumb down the experience. it was in the top ten chicago places i took friends from out of town because the room and its contents were so special. im so disapointed that they did that...what a loss.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com