Today it's all about the crop art. There were about 450 entries in this year's show, up from about 350 last year and 250 the year before. Wow! In case you didn't know, crop art is popular.
The State Fair mounts every piece submitted, as long as the work is what they consider "family-appropriate." I don't know how long they'll be able to keep that up at this rate of growth, since they had to expand to a second wall this year.
There are now two viewer lines, a fast line and a slow line. The people — like us — who wait for the slow line are up close and get a better look at details and a chance to take photos, while the fast line people are behind the slow line and can move along more quickly.
First, the entries I liked just because of what they were:
Yes, those chocolates are three-dimensional.
The details on both Goodnight Snoopy and Minnesota State Fair Pinball are very fun.
For those not familiar, this is what the Naniboujou Lodge, located in far northeastern Minnesota, looks like.
There were quite a number that reproduced well-known works of art in seeds, because the Minneapolis Institute of Art announced it would be selecting 10 pieces to showcase at the museum:
Second, I thought I should make a record of every entry I saw that I considered part of this political moment, regardless of its artistic merit:
The piece above was created by our state auditor, Julie Blaha. LFG was a phrase used by the late Melissa Hortman, and the phrases on many of the circles were the advice given by Hortman's children in their remembrance of her.
Finally, there are the entries dedicated to assassinated political leader Melissa Hortman (sometimes with her husband Mark):
The one above is by her colleague, State Rep. Athena Hollins of Saint Paul.
I am generally not into seed art portraits, but I made an exception for these.
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