Vending machine art

They have the coolest machine at the Eiteljorg Museum. It's called the Art-o-Mat, a retired cigarette machine that has been converted to dispense art. There are only two machines in Indiana, this one and one at Accents Design in Goshen.

You insert a $5 dollar bill into the machine. You make your selection, you wait a few seconds, you pull the handle, and out pops artwork. Nothing unhealthy. Beneficial for both body and soul.

I selected a collage print by Jordao. I had no idea what I would receive. I opened the box and beheld my artwork.

Pretty nifty, eh? Do you have one of these in your neighborhood, and if so, did you put $5 in the machine?

From the accompanying paper explaining the piece:

You have purchased a mini-print of an original collage. This piece is one of fifty one-of-a-kind collages in circulation as part of the Ubu Series, each signed and numbered by the artist. Each collage consists of intricate steps of tearing, assembling and gluing. The original pieces range in size from large to small. To keep all the artwork consistent, the original work has been scanned and reduced in size to 2" X 3" for this project. Please note there are only two prints of each original collage. One print the artist keeps on file and the other print you now own. Please be assured that the print you have purchased is an original art piece and will not be mass-produced. The original collages are available for sale; prices range form $50.00 - $250.00 each (unframed).

Homenaje a Selena

One of the more unusual pieces I saw at the Eiteljorg Museum was Homage to Selena, 2000, by Anita Rodriguez.



The plaque reads:

The skeleton figure in this print is a reference to the Mexican Celebration, Day of the Dead. The skeleton represents Selena, a well-known and much beloved singer whose career was abruptly ended in 1995 when she was shot during an argument.

the Eiteljorg Museum

I had some free time the other day, so I went somewhere I had never visited before - the Eiteljorg.

I strolled around the hallways and galleries:

I was entranced by the eyes and cheeks of this girl:

This piece is the Tesuque Papoose, 1916, by Robert Henri (a fellow Ohioan!).

birthday party at Children's Museum

The Sweet One and I were able to go to one of our favorite places in the city - the Children's Museum. We were invited to one of her classmate's birthday celebration, and since it was being held at one of Indianapolis' best sites, we had no choice but to attend. (OK, we would have gone to the party no matter where it was held. It was so much more special, though, at the Children's Museum)


Naturally, I took my camera with me.

We saw frogs...



... masks...



... and a T-Rex.