Beyond Van Gogh
Salt Lake City, UT
My tribe: Jenny, Rachel, Joey, Shanna
I heard about Van Gogh immersive several years ago when it was being featured in an old quarry in France. I seriously thought about going to France in order to see it. Of course that wasn't a feasible idea and then coronavirus happened.
Jessica (framed in the dark) had a ticket that let her start 15 minutes after ours
A few months ago I found out it was going to be in Indiana, then I saw it was going to be in Texas and finally I found it was going to be featured in Salt Lake City!
The exhbition begins with a queue through a series of open frames and panels with a bit of the life story in both English and Spanish
Van Gogh immersive is a visual feast and emotional experience. Paintings and parts of paintings are projected on the walls and floor. My niece said that the transitions are excellent. And she was right, they are showing the paintings in new ways with movement, quotes from his letters to his brother and other sources, and color.
Starry swirls on the floor and walls (with Rachel, Joey, and Shanna)
My mother loved art. She studied art history and we had prints from Van Gogh, Picasso, Mary Cassatt, Rembrandt, and from many other artists in the house. She had many art books and if we showed any interest we would get lectures in the disguise of conversations about art.
The wonder of being in a painting
The oldest classic pieces I remember in our houses were Pinkie by Thomas Lawrence and Blue Boy by Thomas Gainsborough. But pride of place was held by Van Gogh's Starry Starry Night. In Texas she had one room covered with a gallery style installation of many of Van Gogh's prints.
I found the Beyond Van Gogh immersive experience to be awe inspiring. First the paintings are fabulous. Second the projection and transitions were sometimes playful, sometimes moving, and always wondrous. And finally, I found moments where feelings for my mother ebbed and flowed. I remembered her smile, her love of family and art, and I reverenced her memory and the many art conversations we had.
Paintings growing over other paintings
I'm hoping to go see this again. You might look at this page to see if a version of this show will be near you: https://www.afar.com/magazine/where-to-see-immersive-van-gogh-exhibits-in-the-us-in-2021
- Jenny
True magic
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