Art in Atlanta’s Botanical Garden by Miriam Pia
The big city has a large Botanical Garden. Membership is not too steep, and of course this gem is located near MARTA making it accessible even to those prone to ‘road rage’. Leave the car at home!
Currently, up until October there is an event called Niki in the Garden. What is great is that this exhibit is not just work by a twentieth century progressive woman, but that you can get all over many of her scultpures. The hands on, play around feeling to the exhibit makes is uniquely appealing to children and for all those touchy and playful souls. The art itself is part of the Realism movement, and is bright and colorful. There is something about the shape and color of her sculptures for the Niki in the Garden exhibit that is reminiscent of a woman’s clothed bosom and coloring books somehow combined. This exhibit has a great deal of ‘woman who is with the children in the garden and they do play’ feeling to it from the first instant you set eyes on it. The creatrix of the art, a French born LaPhalle, passed away in 2002 but created several exhibits that are used outdoors at various locations around the world. Her work was large scale.
This is just a reminder that if you visit or relocate to Atlanta, joining the local Botanical Garden can be a great source of cultural enhancement whether you move into a metropolitan loft or a house, and with or without offspring.
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