The Art Institute of Chicago is home to some pretty fantastic art; Hopper's 'Nighthawks', Seurat's 'A Sunday on La Grande Jatte', Wood's 'American Gothic', the blue screens from that scene in "Ferris Bueller's Day Off", Picasso's 'The old guitarist'...the list goes on.
This past winter M. and I visited the new, Renzo Piano designed modern wing, but until this week, we had yet to take advantage of the Art Institute's free Thursday evenings (5-8).
We headed straight for the Henri Cartier-Bresson photo exhibit, and spent an hour perusing his gorgeous black and white photos of people in Shanghai, Paris, New York, India, and even Wisconsin. What is striking, from a modern perspective, is how distinct from one another all of these people and places appear. The dress, the features, and poses of the people ground them in a specific moment and place.
With globalization, and the internationalization of style and the adoption of styles from every era, is such distinctness is still possible?
With globalization, and the internationalization of style and the adoption of styles from every era, is such distinctness is still possible?
