Art Safari
An art safari is a trip to see a particular work of art, an art museum, building, fountain, a sculpture garden, an earthwork, roadside attraction, or any other art related object or place. It can be a day trip, a weekend, or a major expedition that takes you to other states or countries. It is a pilgrimage, and the journey is as important as arriving to see the art work. They are especially enjoyable when done with others.
“A museum visitor is asked to perform a work of art, not learn about it. Going to the museum is not a visit, it is a pilgrimage, by which is meant that we go there not to genuflect, but to bring something, to offer ourselves, to communicate and not just get information. Artworks require us to perform them, to enter them, to move in time with them.” Didier Maleuvre in A Plea for Silence: Putting Art Back into the Art Museum, p. 175 in Museum Philosophy for the Twenty-First Century, edited by Hugh Genoways
The Modesto Art Museum encourages you to make art safaris and to share your experiences with others. Below are links to help you plan your trip.
International Sculpture Center
Recommended Reading:
Destination Art by Amy Dempsey, University of California Press, 2006
See the WPA murals in the Aquatic Park Bath House in San Francisco.