Rio Taxi from and to SAMA

On a sunny day - perfect weather, just enough of a breeze, enough of warm sunshine and not too many crowds strolling the Riverwalk. We treated ourselves to the RIO TAXI ride round trip down to 9ft lower river achieved by using a gravity lock and dam system to lower the barge the 9ft, and then back up reversing the feat..that extension is new and pristine, that is there are NO restaurants, bars and shops, just a pleasant walk along the San Antonio river on paths edged with flowers and native Texan plants...or ..by Rio Taxi.

 One View of Riverwalk Extension

 Before we sat and enjoyed the views of and on the RIO (photos by artandhockey to be posted next week)
we strolled through the exhibition of Live Forever..or so the ancient Egyptians believed.
Stocking their tombs with mummified animals, jewels, scarabs, statuettes of ;servants' and much more.

"To Live Forever" photo courtesy Brooklyn via San Antonio Museums enews
This exhibition features many objects from the Brooklyn Museum's Egyptian collection, including stone and painted wood coffins, a remarkable linen shroud, jewelry and protective amulets, and the mummy of a wealthy man named Demetrios.
No photos allowed.

"No Escape"..well really adequately named, these photographs are truly absurd, weird, but colorful and so really hit your eyes, there IS no escape from their impact, one way or another...art in the eye of the beholder, as was also the Contemporary Art wing (artandhockey's photos from the permanent exhibitions to come)... very contemporary.. I think no artist was born before 1945 or later!
Photographs of the Brothers Montiel Klint - source the SAMA enews

Gerardo Montiel Klint de Tehuacan, Puebla, Mexico "La inminente caida del ciego".

A partir de una obra de Pieter Bruegel,  from the series 'Desierto Tehuacán Puebla' (after Brueghel



Although ten years apart in age,
Fernando (born 1978) and
Gerardo
Montiel Klint (born 1968) use staged
photography with provocative scenarios' In Gerardo’s photographs, figures are usually alone, both indoors and outdoors. By contrast, Fernando’s photos show people who look  fearfully claustrophobic in enclosed areas.



The SAMA
San Antonio Museum of Art

After the round trip ride...how it HAS changed from when we saw it 30 years ago..lush landscaping, public art on display, hotels and more hotels facing the river, Bexar Courthouse towering above.
The, then not existing, River center complete with Christmas Tree, and all along candelarias ready for lightening at night, and lights strung from every conceivable tree branch to be lit at dusk.
We've been told that the new extension will be lit from beneath the water!
Bridges are studded with birdsong sounds.
Cunningly installed mirrors are ready to make waves at dusk, literally.
And everywhere along that new stretch, there are condos and apartments springing up - although not for  monetary handicapped wanna be owners or renters!