stairway to the galleries

While in Chicago, my daughter and I went to see a Faith Ringgold exhibit at the Museum of Contemporary Art. (More on the exhibit in a future post). The current MCA was built in 1991 and the galleries were designed without embellishment, allowing the art to speak for itself. But the north staircase...WOW! It offers a dramatic ascent to the galleries, if you choose to walk the stairs. The ellipsoid shape of the stairwell is a piece of art in itself.

From the top looking down. The cushion at the bottom of the staircase mirrors the lines on the stairs and the ellipsoid shape of the stairwell.

From the bottom looking up. I laid down on the cushion to get a photo of the ascending staircase. Not many people were around so I laid there just looking at all the the lines and marveling at the elliptical spiral.