Saturday, June 27, 2015

Peacocks in Washington


One set disemboweling each other in a gilded twist by Darren Waterston on Whistler's Harmony in Blue and Gold: The Peacock Room c.1776-7, shipped in from Liverpool in 1904 to Detroit and now the Freer.

The other is the real deal in the National Zoo. Two boys and one peahen do a performance make. Boa Boa, the panda, had grown up and sat chomping on bamboo shoots (not in the same enclosure!).