Modernist, Utilitarian, Opulent: The provocative Nasher

I know that I have a bad habit of apologizing for blog entries, but there's some part of me which somehow feels that if I'm going to go on about something I know very little about in a sphere as public as the internet, I ought to at least be a little ashamed of it.  With about five other topics pending some writing on things that I actually have a bit of a clue over, I'm going to go off on something completely different here: architecture. (and I'm sorry if this comes off as totally daft -- there, I said it)

Last week I managed to get myself down to the Nasher for the El Greco to Velazquez exhibit, which among students of art appears to be thought of as one of the most significant shows ever to go up in North Carolina. Seeing an art exhibit as both an exhibition and a thesis with arguments is something I've only recently come to appreciate. I must say, while I enjoyed the show, I'm afraid a lot of the significance of it was lost on me. Going home, while a few paintings like Saint Francis Embracing the Crucified Christ stayed with me, I spent a lot more time thinking about the actual building the show was housed in.