“Psychologists tell us that kids who play with blocks grow up to be smarter than they otherwise might have been. But if Curtis Steiner’s “1,000 Blocks” doesn’t quite boost your IQ, it’ll certainly get you thinking.
Steiner — who owns the Seattle art gallery and souvenir shop Souvenir — painted a thousand walnut blocks with the same matching pattern and arranged them in various startling configurations. Some look like floor mosaics. A few are figurative. All are amazingly intricate. Only locals get to play with Steiner’s blocks themselves; they’re in the Seattle Art Museum’s permanent collection. But everyone can (and should) see the hundred designs that Steiner has posted online.”
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“1,000 identically patterned walnut blocks (like the ones spinning on your screen) were used to create the 100 photographs you are about to see.
Create your own patterns and explore the endless possibilities of this remarkable interactive sculpture by visiting:
Curtis Steiner’s “1,000 Blocks”
Part of the Seattle Art Museum’s permanent collection. Now on display on the 4th floor, Southwest corner of the new SAM”
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