It occurred to the folks at the Frist Center that some Nashvillians might be a little art-phobic. For this reason, the museum took great strides to assemble a permanent collection that would make those of us who are less cosmopolitan feel right at home. They even renamed some classic works so as to seem more familiar. Here are some of the highlights:
♦ “Thankin’ ” by Rodin, 1889
♦ “Shania de Milo” by a sculptor of Antioch, ca. 150 B.C.
♦ “Madonna With the Long Midriff” by Parmigianino, 1535
♦ “Varallo’s Chili Cans” by Andy Warhol, 1962
♦ “Cubed Train Shed” by John Chamberlain, 2001
♦ “Portrait of Dolly Parton: The Persistance of Mammary” by Salvador Dali, 1931
♦ “View of the ’Delph” by Jan Vermeer, 1661
♦ “Holler” by Edvard Munch, 1893
♦ “Wynnona” by Peter Paul Rubens, 1638
♦ “Nashville Mall Fronts” by Phil Ponder, 2000
♦ “The Lethal Injection” by Matthias Grunewald, 1515
♦ “Bredesen Crossing the Cumberland” by Emanuel Gottlieb Leutze, 1851
♦ “Madonna in Rhinestones” by Cimabue, 1290
♦ “Elvis” by Francisco Goya V, oil on black velvet, 1974
♦ “Whistler’s Mama” by James Abbott McNeill Whistler, 1871
♦ “Early Patients of Dr. Maxwell” by Pablo Picasso, 1966
♦ “Portrait of Trace Adkins” by Albrecht Dürer, 1500
♦ “Dogs Scratching Lotto Tickets on the Kentucky Border” by Cassius Marcellus Coolidge, ca.1900
♦ “That Green Acres-Lookin’ Painting” by Grant Wood, 1930
By Jonathan Harwell Jr.
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