Having generated the building we need some artists to create visual impact for people who wander up here.
Jeff Koons can make a puppy dog from flowers. Puppy seems a good name for that one. We’ll put it above the main entrance.
Around the side we’ll need a few. So lets start off with Louise Bourgeois. In fact we like her so much we’ll give her an enormous room inside for many of her installations. Inside is probably best as she doesn’t seem too happy with life and putting them outside may depress people.
Louise Bourgeois – Maman
Anish Kapoor – Tall Tree and the Eye.
Now lets get that Jeff Koons back again as everyone liked his Puppy and he can do something bright and positive and colourful and call it Tulips. It’ll create a bit of balance for that dark Louise Bougeois.
We had read that the building was to be seen, and the exhibits inside less so. We beg to differ. The fine people at the Guggenheim Bilbao are very fussy about you taking pictures of the art work inside. So fussy they dont allow it. So we undertook not to upset them. Inside the rooms dedicated to different themes are very large. While we were there our favourites were:
Richard Serra…………..huge pieces of textured metal, Huuuge side of very big.
Andy Warhol…………..a single image repeated many, many times ( 102 canvases to be specific as to what many, many means) It covered all the wall space of a large L shaped room. Over 100 metres of repetition, called Shadows.
Louise Bourgeois ………just in case you felt you were having too jolly a time.
Well worth the 16 Euros entrance fee.
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