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| - Honestly, I saw some things here which I cannot describe. It's not that I don't *want* to describe them (what good is secret art, right?), and it's not like I don't have a decent command of the language. Heck, it even occurs to me that I've been hitting more than my fair share of museums of late. That said...I literally saw things here that were as visually arresting, as challenging to the senses, as anything I've seen in many moons. Things that made you question your perspective from both a literal and figurative sense, and I came away impressed. Phoenix, you have a great museum right in your backyard. And if you weren't positive of that already, they're busy lining things up all the time to make that a forgone conclusion.
I'm not just talking about some of the amazing pop art I saw (a weakness of mine, admittedly), the haute couture fashions designs that were pretty amazing up close (with stylized photos of the intricate stitching to boot). I saw some things here that were as amazing as they were immersive, and if I lived closer, you can be certain that I'd darken the door lots. If you do nothing else here, do try to find the spatial light installation: what I can only attempt to describe as spatially placed color evolving pendant lights in an otherwise pitch black space, encased in mirrors. You won't know where you are, exactly, but you'll scarcely wanna leave.
They're bringing in the King Tut exhibit one day soon, but don't wait until that hits to stop by. You find something here to make your senses, even your sense of self, tingle.
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