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WEB-ART BY WAY OF THE MINNEAPOLIS MARATHON OF 2009
BY RODNEY PYGOYA CHANG
COPYRIGHT 2009 Rodney Chang
The Art Tour
Weisman's Castle
(Taxi driver: "Around here we call it the 'Plane Wreck' ")
Visitation at WAC
Museums Don't Need Windows
Blue Cart
The Weisman Wrapped in 24K Gold Leaf Foil
Girl in Green Blouse
Alone on the Road
Haunted by the Past
Train Depot Now Parks Cars
The Depot - trains arrived until 1970+; main line serviced was from NY/Chicago to Seattle/Portland/Tacoma
Dining cars of 1950's had 48 seats; Twin Cities Hiawathas
or "Hi" as it was called by the locals; traveled
up to 112.5 mph; lst run was in 1935 between Milwaukee to New Lisbon; classy
boxcar accommodations
with personalized railroad company employee uniforms and dining ware.
"Chicago, Milwaukee Road, St. Paul, & Pacific
Railroad- 10,642 miles of perfectly
equipped railroad ": from 1954 Shipper's Desk Map
Natural History of the Enigma, 2008, Edward Kac
-Transgenic Flowers with Human DNA Bloodline!
Sign on museum wall: "The human gene is isolated and
sequenced from the artist's blood. The
transgenic petunia, the Edunia, expresses Edward Kac's DNA exclusively in
its red veins.
Fortunately, this evokes an image of human blood coursing through the flower's
petals. By
focusing on such similarities, Kac questions what humans tend to believe are
unique &
irreconcilable life forms."
The artist spliced his DNA into a seed and it sprouted, producing petals this color
Sign on wall: "Will be destroyed after run of
exhibition in compliance with federal and university
rules regarding the containment of genetically engineered life forms"
Atwater, Minnesota, James Rosenquist's World's Fair Mural, 1963-64 at the Weisman
Atwater - small rural town where Rosenquist's
family still lives; artist was sign painter and early on embraced Pop art;
this piece makes a connection with the space race of the early '60s, when there
was competition among
nations to reach the moon.
The Depot in Minneapolis
On the Lawn
Going Global
Outdoor Trio: Pipe, Sign, & Sculpture
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