The art museums' wager

[asakiyume]

I'm not a sports fan of any type, and I managed to avoid awareness of the fact that today is Super Bowl Sunday until about a week ago, and it was only with prepping from my sister that I could remember the teams involved

BUT

I loved this story, from yesterday's Only A Game, about how the Seattle Art Museum and the Denver Museum of Art are getting into the spirit of the competition:

"Seattle, Denver Museums Wager Works of Art on Super Bowl"

If Denver wins, then Kako Tsuji's "Sound of Waves"--with a picture of an eagle [very close, imagewise, to a seahawk]--will go to Denver:



If Seattle wins, then Fredrick Remington's "Bronco Buster" will go to Seattle:



The interviewer gave the art directors a chance to trash talk each other at the end of the interview but wow, that's a skill that's not in the art directorial portfolio, clearly.

Comments

[gaudior.livejournal.com]

Bwa ha ha, that is awesome.

[asakiyume.livejournal.com]

I thought so too. The art choices are perfect.

[osprey-archer.livejournal.com]

Ha, I love the art director's attempts to trash-talk each other. Let us slough off years of professional courtesy and - and - talk about how great our displays will be when we win! Boasting is a kind of trash talk, right?

I love the eagle in the first painting. It must be stunning to see it full size in a museum.

[asakiyume.livejournal.com]

The nice thing about boasting about how great the displays will be if they win is that it's honoring the other museum's artwork!

[browngirl.livejournal.com]

Okay, this is charming. :)

[asakiyume.livejournal.com]

And it looks like Seattle now has a brand-new statue :-)

[queenoftheskies.livejournal.com]

What an awesome wager!

[asakiyume.livejournal.com]

I need to go back and reread the interview, because I can't remember if it's for permanent or just temporary!

[barry-king.livejournal.com]

When you posted this, I didn't know what the teams were. Now it's funny.

[asakiyume.livejournal.com]

Yes, knowing the teams makes a difference :D

[snakypoet]

Super Bowl is way out of my Aussie consciousness, of course -- but what a sweet idea, this wager!

[asakiyume.livejournal.com]

Nice when people find a unique and appropriate way to join in the fun :D