WAM Exhibits

One of the themes at the WAM re-opening was "Sympathies: Producing, Experiencing, Interpreting Art".  The goal of the sympathies series is to explore the relevance of the museum collections in the twenty-first century.

"Merge"

"Anchae"

Sharon Louden and Eun-Kyung Suh, two contemporary artists, had major art exhibits on display.  Louden worked off the theme of the building's metal exterior and created a vast number of aluminum-slashing strips that were curled in the "Merge"exhibit.

Eun-Kyung Suh of Seoul, Korea and Duluth, Minnesota developed a large exhibit, "Anchae", which incorporated images on cotton onto sheets of silk cloth. Anchae refers to the primary section of a Korean home, which was a comfortable place for rearing of children and conducting family life.

Weisman Art Museum, now WAM!

I attended a re-opening celebration of the Frederick R. Weisman Art Museum on October 2nd.  In addition to expanded exhibit space, they were rebranding the museum as WAM.  This use of acronyms seems to be following a trend.  A couple of other arts and cultural organizations have also taken this route.  The Minneapolis Institute of Arts became the MIA.  More recently Twin Cities Public Television became TPT.

One of the benefits of abbreviated names is that it makes it much more convenient to communicate about these institutions via text messaging.  e.g. IMO AASAP you G2G to the WAM. LMK RSN if U can go . CWYL.

Help translating the above can be found on the webopedia site.