Kultivate Arts

While there are definitely works of art in regular life that the viewer can “enter into,” that experience is more the exception, rather than the rule. (– And let me re-emphasize that I said, exception rather than rule).

One memorable experience I had was in Amsterdam at the Stedelijk Museum when I walked into The Beanery by Edward Keinholz. It’s been years since I was inside of the Beanery, but it’s interesting, surrealistic. The bar has music and a crowd sound, and it is immersive. I have never experienced another artwork quite like it, and I spend a fair amount of time in museums.

The Beanery (1965) by Edward Kienholz, at the Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam.

The Beanery (1965) by Edward Kienholz at the Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam.

Another example I can think of would be Seward Johnson’s sculptures based on impressionist artworks, such as Manet’s Dejeuner sur l’Herbe.

Dejeuner…