tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3341534382502363994.post5593615116474670277..comments2023-04-27T08:48:07.197-05:00Comments on Blog Addison: Coming of Age – Coming Home to AndoverUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3341534382502363994.post-89804199611247524782009-09-19T09:15:34.568-05:002009-09-19T09:15:34.568-05:00We saw the show, and went to the talk by the curat...We saw the show, and went to the talk by the curators, in the Museum of Art of Fort Lauderdale. It was beautifully presented, and for me, a very emotional reunion with these paintings. Each painting was both a memory, and a revelation. I was seeing them through the eyes of a teenager, as I first saw them, wandering around the second floor of the Addison, in the 1960's; and also as an adult, and parent, seeing them as masterpieces of American Art, in the context of history. <br /><br />Standing in front of Eight Bells, with my son who started at PA this fall, I understood why this iconic painting has become so loved by so many of us; It shows two sailors, in an wild and endless ocean, working together to learn and use the skills needed to navigate their ship, and their lives. That is us. That is Andover.Gary Mhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12541970347585622528noreply@blogger.com