MY #ARTPRIZE Day #1: TUE-9/30 - "Intersections"

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By TAHLIB

"Intersections" by Anila Quayyum Agha at Grand Rapids Art Museum

On a cool Day #1 at ArtPrize2014 in Grand Rapids, we headed directly to the art museum to see "Intersections" by Anila Agha. It has been short listed in the Top 25 for both the Public Voting and the Juried Vote, and we are we excited to revisit it after it debuted at our gallery a year ago. What we found however was the piece we knew on steroids! Last year, we displayed a 2 x 2 ft square cube but the one at the Grand Rapids Art Museum was at least a six foot cube. It will remind many of the Kaaba in Mecca for its drawing power and resonance. Other works inside the GRAM were also noteworthy, and then at 8pm we simply walked the streets finally heading into the local pub, The Apartment Lounge for a cocktail before walking back to the hotel. One the way back we spotted the floating bunnies in the river --- another voter favorite and we'll get more pictures.