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On the top floor of the GRAM are selected piece rotated from the permanent collection of the art museum. While the main halls lie on the other side of the opening in the wall, several pieces reside here in the corridor where the wide staircase brings self-powered visitors to the galleries. Those riding the elevator emerge in the distance, to the left of this photo.
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Part of the permanent exhibition (3rd Floor of the G.R.A.M.) is beauty found in the design of furniture and other parts of work or home life. This raises the question of 'beauty'. By putting things on a pedestal with studio spot lighting, and perhaps a security box surrounding it, visitors are invited to regard the 3-D pieces as a special kind of sculpture; one that is beautify to the eyes, but also succeeds (or fails) in its functional uses. The practical and the aesthetically pleasing should amplify each other, increasing the delight of use and the delight of looking. More often, though, one aspect outweighs the other: more beauty as an object than as a practical tool or furnishing. Or the reverse: more value in its pleasure of use than in the look of the thing.
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