Oriente-Poniente

This morning, we whisked Mr. W's 92 year-old father off for a leisurely breakfast on the porch of his yacht club in Vero Beach, and then we all went to the Vero Beach Museum of Art to see a fascinating exhibit called Out of This World:  The Art and Artists of NASA.  According to the Museum's website, this collection is comprised of "seventy-one works of art from the collection of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), housed at Kennedy Space Center. Since the NASA Art Program was founded in 1962, the agency has commissioned and collected hundreds of works of art to represent the agency’s primary mission: “to reach for new heights and reveal the unknown so that what we do and learn will benefit all humankind.”

The piece in the photograph was not part of the NASA show, but I was fascinated by it.  It is called Oriente-Poniente by the American artist Federico Uribe.  This substantial sculpture (it measures 60" in diameter)  is made from thousands of wooden chopsticks and plastic forks!   See extra for the full view.