by We went to the Wichita Art Museum (in Wichita, Kansas, naturally) primarily because of an Annie Leibovitz exhibit. It was an excuse to stretch our legs on our drive from Oklahoma City, OK, to Topeka, KS.
The Leibovitz exhibit Work featured “a new group of photographs highlighting current events and exceptional figures in today’s world.” The exhibit, however, clearly included lots of photos from the archives — many were her iconic photos that have been seen a thousand times before (think pregnant Demi Moore naked on the cover of Vanity Fair). Many photos also had no identifying information or context, too. I personally felt these factors took away from the exhibit, but as usual, Doug enjoyed the exhibit more than I did.
There were some nice pieces in the rest of the museum. Of course, my favorites were two Chihulys – Confetti Chandelier, which was nicely located and really captured the light, and Persian Seaform Installation. The latter was installed in such a way that it was both a ceiling to look up at (see cover photo) and a floor you could walk on and look down upon (but only if you removed your shoes!).
