Special Exhibition Gallery: Double Take

Writing about Double Take: From Monet to Lichtenstein has been a hoot. This special exhibition is on display until September 24, 2006 at the Experience Music Project in Seattle, Washington and features 28 works culled from Microsoft co-founder Paul G. Allen's private collection. I had some initial gawker curiosity about that which a gazillionaire (co-founder of Microsoft, honestly!) would collect, given free rein in the Art World but, even more than that, I was intrigued by the concept behind this show. Curator Paul Hayes Tucker hung Double Take... in an "And now, for something completely different!" vein. We've got Impressionist and Post-Impressionist masters sitting side-by-side with modern and contemporary masters' works. It is left to the viewer to supply any contextual clues in the pairings - a deliciously dangerous proposition.

For your viewing enjoyment, we've been provided with nine lovely images, in four pairings, from Double Take... . It was pleasurable, to say the least, to review them, guess at their relationships to one another and jot a few notes down for each. Rumor has it that this show may travel in the future. That is to be desired. While word on the street is that viewers are flocking to the Seattle venue, it would be wonderful if other audiences have a similar opportunity to look at these works firsthand. Some of them haven't been seen publicly for upwards of fifty years.

Special thanks to Emily Killoren, Press Officer, for her gracious help in bringing these images to all of us here.