Goal Met, Barely

I went to the National Galler of Art to see the Jasper Johns exhibit on its last day (it has been open since January). Very glad I did. Never having been a Johns fan, I was surprised. His pieces look much nicer in person than in reproductions. They look much better in large numbers, than singly. The exhibit only covered ten years of his career, from 1955 (when he was 25) to 1965. Targets (in fact, Target the store was the main corporate sponsor), Red-Yellow-Blue, Numbers, were the main subject matter. The colors, the proportions, the thought which went into each piece, and the complexity of the materials used, were very apparent.

(The goal, met barely, is to make sure that I see all major exhibitions in town)

Afterwords, dinner at Le Chat Noir, French restaurant on Wisconsin and Emery. Did not know what to expect. Very nice.