A slow weekend with a side of culture ...

Perehudoff - The Optimism of Colour

 

I came back from the island on Friday night feeling tired and unwell.  Being cooped up in a small house each day with two sniffling children does not bear well for one's immune system.  So, I decided to have a very slow, lazy weekend.  Most of the weekend was spent pottering about the house, reading the newspapers, cooking soup and strolling around the river.  The highlight of the weekend was when C and I decided to head to the Glenbow museum to utilise our membership and see the current temporary exhibitions.  The first exhibit was the Perehudoff exhibit of abstract art.  This 93 year old Canadian is a well known abstract artist from the prairies.  I enjoyed the display but sometimes struggled to see the 'art' in the huge canvases of coloured lines.  The second exhibit was entitled 'Cut! Costume and the Cinema' and featured a number of period costumes from movies such as 'Finding Neverland', 'The Duchess' and 'Pirates of the Caribbean.'  This exhibit was particularly interesting because it described the way in which costumes are constructed, how they are made to look old and also showed the undergarments which give the full figured shape to the beautiful period dresses.  The Glenbow is a fantastic museum and I'm looking forward to heading back over the next 6 weeks in order to make the most of my membership before I head back to Australia.

Cut!  Costume and the Cinema