On Tuesday I went on a bus trip with a group from the Saxton's River Art Guild down to the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston. Actually, it was more of a van trip as I believe we totaled fourteen passengers.
Now, I don't go to this museum that often. However, the last two times I was eager to see if they still had this very contemporary painting hanging saloon style amongst many historic gems in the American wing.
The above painting hanging on the left center of the photograph is titled Museum Epiphany III, 2012. It was painted oil on canvas by Warren Prosperi, an American artist born in 1949. The write-up by the painting mentions that he collaborated with Lucia Prosperi(a presumed relative) who was born in 1951.
When you are in the gallery viewing this painting, that very white sculpture in the painting resides right behind you. It makes you feel as if you could have been in the painting. It makes it very contemporary.
Other than the young girl, all the models in the painting are largely preoccupied with subjects on the perimeter of the canvas. These qualities where an arts patron is seriously studying a piece away from what else may be going on in a gallery we experience every time we visit a major art museum.
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