HYBYCOZO

 

Change of scene to another St. Louis institution. The gorgeous Missouri Botanical Garden often has outdoor exhibits of special sculpture or lighted seasonal displays. Through this summer and into next month there has been a show called Patterns In Nature - The Art of HYBYCOZO, https://www.hybycozo.com/. Its website doesn't explain the name. We waited for a cooler day to check it out. This piece at the entrance is called Escher. I can sort of see the step figures but not the up-down-left-right warping of the Dutch artist.                            

TWO-FER

 

A last image from Roman Art In the Time of Trajan at the St. Louis Art Museum. This is a creative view of busts of Trajan and Empress Pompeia Plotina, herself much respected.                         

CUT-OUT

 

One of the unusually good things about the Roman Art In the Time of Trajan show at the St. Louis Art Museum was the design of the galleries. It's usually not something you notice.                    

THE BIG GUY

 

The star of the show at the St. Louis Art Museum, Emperor Trajan himself (perhaps idealized). Spanish-born and widely popular, he brought the Roman Empire to its largest geographic extent and ruled from 98 to 117 CE. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trajan                     

ANCIENT SPLENDOR

 

The St. Louis Art Museum recently ended a show called Ancient Splendor - Roman Art In The Time of Trajan. Mrs. C and I made it just in time. It was beautifully displayed, and the degree of elegance and craft was striking.                     

NOW THAT'S ENTHUSIASM

 

An expensive car seen outside of one of the main venues of the St. Lou Fringe.                      

LAST FROM THE ST. LOU FRINGE - MONKEY IN A COCONUT

My memory of the details of show after show fades with time, so I'll let the players' own description suffice here: 

Abby Bentley’s Monkey in a Coconut is a musical comedy solo show about the true story of a second-grade student, a coconut implanted with a monkey embryo, and a search for the truth. The show grapples with big questions: “Can I trust authority?” “Is evolution real?” “Will this coconut hatch?”

Time to get back out on the streets of The Lou.