A Seattle-tastic new exhibit celebrating the life and work of Seattle’s-favorite-son-that-hated-Seattle Kurt Cobain (TMT file photo) opened this past week, according to Spinner, at the Seattle Art Museum (SAM) in downtown Walla Walla… I mean, Seattle. The show, which is curated by the museum’s “Jon and Mary Shirley Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art” Michael Darling (TMT file photo), runs now through September 6. Tossing Cobain’s presumable disgust of such a display to the wind like so much angel hair and baby’s breath, the exhibit consists, as you would imagine, of some great/not-so-good art that was inspired by Nirvana’s late, attention-hogging frontman.
Titled simply as “Kurt,” the SAM event purports to “explore the ways in which the grunge movement’s [second-]most iconic figure [next to Layne Staley] continues to influence modern artists from a multitude of disciplines,” according to Darling’s dandy announcement. The curator also said that the exhibit “asks viewers to question why and how Kurt Cobain came to mean so much to a generation [of Guitar Hero players].”
So, there you have it. Plan your summer getaways to sunny Washington State accordingly. Just don’t try to “come as you are” if you’re not wearing a shirt or shoes. Hahahahaha hahahahaha. Hahahaha hahahahaha. Hahahahaha. BOOM! Here comes the ROOOOOOOOSTER!! YEAAAH!
• SAM: http://www.seattleartmuseum.org
• “Kurt” exhibit slideshow: http://tinyurl.com/28gnttt
