Thursday, October 21, 2004

Delft - Rotterdam [day 7]

October 21

left delft for rotterdam
went to Use-It tourist info
cool woman working there, tried to book us a room, but it is a holiday week and there is a big football match tonight, so finally got one after 5-8 tries.
walk to hotel, thru china town like area, nice street.
made cheese sandwiches for later.
1:12pm Museum Boijmans van Beuningen
VanGogh, Cezanne
Rodin: Eve (with man hips)
Tin and Pewter room. cool mug with metal over wood veneer
wood church sculpture, videoed with bizarre Patti Smith recording playing in background
Rembrandt The Man with the Red Cap and Titus at his Desk
Who Sues for a Cow... 1629

Tower of Babel - amazing. took long video. (Bruegel de Oude)

Jheronimus Bosch : St Christopher, The Pedlar, Marriage at Cana

3pm break at cafe

modern next

Dali, Magritte, Man Ray
good stuff.

video of Dali Le Grand paranoiaque

FREAKER FREAKER
look this up: Matthew Barney : Cremaster 4 (1994)
can't even begin to explain it.
I think he's supposed to be a sperm

5pm out, walk down Nieuwe Binneweg
cafe, beers
walk to Delshaven... where the pilgrims last prayed before coming to the new world
8pm dinner : Cafe Soif in Delshaven
bummer experience... bad fondue. price was per person. screwed. pissed.
tomato soup was good though.
back, walk, quick, room, watched video of art from today, read Brussels book
bed

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