Wall at WAM Replaced

The Wall at the Worcester Art Museum, or the "Wall at W.A.M.", has had this particular art piece painted on it by Charline von Heyl for over a year. Charline decided to base her design on one of the paintings in the 20th to 21st Century Gallery called Orange and White. Recently it has been decided to have this particular piece of art is being replaced.

They have been slowly but surely been removing this piece of artwork. For the most part, they have been concentrating on removing the thick black lines. The mosaics had to be covered and the front entryway has been blocked off for protection as the removal of the paint on the wall has been underway.

From there, they have been covering the entire wall with coats of white paint, so that nothing shows through it.

Personally, I did not really care for this abstract design by Charline von Heyl for the wall. I can understand that it would have taken too long to paint something more detailed than this, but the design was just orange, white, and black. The orange made it too ugly and gaudy. Perhaps a larger palette would have been better. I believe there were much more interesting pieces throughout the museum to draw reference from. Though from what I have seen for the next image that will be on the wall, I still think there could have been something better.

There will be an Artist Reception for the new wall on March 23rd starting at 5 PM. I will take pictures of the wall when it is complete.