This week on Slog, we’re looking back at a few of our favorite blog posts from the year. First up, I want to share a recent column written by one of our arts writers, Jasmyne Keimig. Her “How to Look” column, which publishes twice a week on Slog, takes a look at art that’s created in Seattle, the world, and even the past. She’s covered a portrait of Donald Trump, sculptures in Myrtle Edwards Park, and whatever this thing is.
Recently, Jasmyne wrote about Melania Trump unveiling Isamu Noguchi’s Floor Frame sculpture in the Rose Garden. You may know Noguchi from one of his pretty famous works in Seattle: Black Sun. What I love about this post is how efficiently Jasmyne threads a needle between the local, the national, the past, and the present, revealing details about our country in just seven short paragraphs. It’s the type of excellent, unique blogging that we demand of ourselves at The Stranger.
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Thanks, and enjoy Jasmyne’s post, re-upped below. —Eds. Note
On Saturday, outgoing First Lady Melania Trump unveiled a new art installation, “Floor Frame,” on the east terrace of the White House’s Rose Garden. The sculpture, by Isamu Noguchi, is the first Asian-American work to be inducted into the White House’s collection. “The art piece is humble in scale, complements the authority of the Oval Office, & represents the important contributions of Asian American artists,” the First Lady tweeted along with four pictures, the last of which is of her strutting down a hallway.
