Artsy Sister Visits the Miami Van Gogh Exhibit
Written by Teresita Blanco (The Artsy Sister)
This Saturday I visited the Van Gogh Exhibit. The Exhibit took place in the Gusman Center in 174 E Flagler St.
Getting to the venue was an interesting experience, in it of itself. The street in front of the Gusman Center was being repaired.
We had to park a block away in order to make it to the exhibit. In Miami, they are always destroying and reconstructing streets.
Even with a GPS, you still get lost because Google doesn’t know which streets are being blocked. Enough about the driving situation.
The interior of the building had a lot of beautiful relief details. You can get a guided tour, or you can wander about.
Our first stop was the bathroom on the second floor. Mother had been holding it in for a while.
Once she finished her business, we did the VR show. The VR sets were a little dizzying at first.
I suggest that you sit down to watch the show. I took a photo of the VR sets. I obviously wasn’t able to take photos of this show in specific.
The VR show starts in Van Gogh’ s room. It then takes you to the outdoors.
It is meant to simulate going for a walk, while you see the world through Van Gogh’s eyes.
The VR tour takes you to some of the iconic locations that inspired Van Gogh’s most famous paintings.
The little VR show lasts about 20 minutes. At the end of it, we went downstairs to see the rest of the exhibits.
There was a mini movie about Van Gogh’s color blindness. From there, you see some of his portraits.
There was an interesting 3D art featuring one of Van Gogh’s Geisha paintings. Like so many artists, Van Gogh went through an anime phase.
He was really into Japanese Ukiyo-e Prints. Another noteworthy set featured Van Gogh’s bedroom, with all the furniture made to resemble a painting.
There was also a 3D projection focused on Van Gogh’s flowers.
It projected into a real Vase all the flowers paintings of Van Gogh, with each seemingly turning into one another.
The final stop was at the Grand Stage. The lights were arranged in such a way as to complete surround the audience with projections of Van Gogh’s paintings.
Even the floor was part of the show. The show loops every half an hour. You get a nice lecture, with beautiful visuals set to classical music.
The show starts with portraits of Van Gogh. It then opens up to smaller works. From there, the lightshow showcases Van Gogh’s anime phase.
The painting with the cherry blossoms was the main focus of this part of the light show.
From there, we go into the countryside, and then the focus becomes the Sunflowers.
The highlight of the show was Starry Night. The show then ended with the paintings that Van Gogh made during the time he was in the Insane Asylum.
Most folks forgot that Van Gogh was a frustrated artist that fell into despair.
He worked so hard, and during his lifetime he never saw renumerations or appreciation for all his efforts. Sounds like the story of my life.
LMAO! At the end of the show, you get to stop by the gift shop. You can also leave in the wall your own little Van Gogh drawing.
I took a photo of some of the Van Gogh fanarts that visitors made. Since we spent money on the VIP tickets, we got a silly poster for supporting art.
The entrance fee was 50 bucks per person. With 5 extra bucks, you get a VIP ticket and a poster.
This was the Van Gogh experience in a nutshell. There were a few kid visitors in the Exhibit.
They seemed to have a lot of fun with the 3D projections.
So, it is a good venue for parents that want to give a little art and culture to their small children.
On the drive back home, the GPS went a little crazy.
There are a lot of roads converging in one spot, so, if you are not used to driving in Miami, proceed with caution.
This is Teresita Blanco, the Artsy Sister. Bye, bye and God bless.
