Day 64
Day 64
Sunday, October 15, 2006
Bilbao, Spain
We got up and had breakfast in the hotel, they had a nice four star buffet, but I didn’t even realize until after I ate that they also had eggs and bacon made to order. Several of us worked on our design problem to design a sketching chair or bench in the lobby of the hotel. After about two hours we walked down to the town. We walked down the riverfront to Calatrava’s bridge. The bridge crossed to a brand new development with two glass towers creating a gateway from the river walk public space back into the city. We approached the long anticipated Guggenheim from up the river at first seeing only his sculptural stone tower which seemed to be a waste of materials. Inside the museum was excellent, its large lobby space made orientation extremely simple. The only time I got lost was walking through Richard Serra’s sculpture “A Matter of Time,” which was successful since that seemed to be the point of the sculpture. The collection of Art Povera, an Italian art movement using simple found materials was very interesting. In addition to all of the permanent art in the museum there was an exhibit of large scale color field paintings which I really appreciated. The main exhibit was a collection of modern art from African artists which occupied the whole third floor and was interesting in the broad range of work it presented, from very sophisticated paintings, to more childlike models of fantastical cities.
We met Lynn again outside of the Guggenheim, underneath the large spider sculpture. We took Fosters metro back up to the hotel. After a brief rest at the hotel a large group of us set out for dinner, this time Sky led the way with her guidebook. We kept striking out as places seemed to be closed or changed since the book had been written. We kept dropping members of the group along the way, but finally Joe, Sarah, Sky, Erik and I found a local seafood restaurant. I had a really good local variety of fish although it was a bit hard to eat because it was not filleted. We left the restaurant only to find that the metro closes at midnight. We had a long hike back up the hill to the hotel.
Sunday, October 15, 2006
Bilbao, Spain
We got up and had breakfast in the hotel, they had a nice four star buffet, but I didn’t even realize until after I ate that they also had eggs and bacon made to order. Several of us worked on our design problem to design a sketching chair or bench in the lobby of the hotel. After about two hours we walked down to the town. We walked down the riverfront to Calatrava’s bridge. The bridge crossed to a brand new development with two glass towers creating a gateway from the river walk public space back into the city. We approached the long anticipated Guggenheim from up the river at first seeing only his sculptural stone tower which seemed to be a waste of materials. Inside the museum was excellent, its large lobby space made orientation extremely simple. The only time I got lost was walking through Richard Serra’s sculpture “A Matter of Time,” which was successful since that seemed to be the point of the sculpture. The collection of Art Povera, an Italian art movement using simple found materials was very interesting. In addition to all of the permanent art in the museum there was an exhibit of large scale color field paintings which I really appreciated. The main exhibit was a collection of modern art from African artists which occupied the whole third floor and was interesting in the broad range of work it presented, from very sophisticated paintings, to more childlike models of fantastical cities.
We met Lynn again outside of the Guggenheim, underneath the large spider sculpture. We took Fosters metro back up to the hotel. After a brief rest at the hotel a large group of us set out for dinner, this time Sky led the way with her guidebook. We kept striking out as places seemed to be closed or changed since the book had been written. We kept dropping members of the group along the way, but finally Joe, Sarah, Sky, Erik and I found a local seafood restaurant. I had a really good local variety of fish although it was a bit hard to eat because it was not filleted. We left the restaurant only to find that the metro closes at midnight. We had a long hike back up the hill to the hotel.
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