Edward Hopper's 'Western Motel' (oil on canvas, 1957). As part of an exhibition called “Edward Hopper And The American Hotel,” the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts (VMFA) is constructing a real, live motel room modelled on the artwork that you can actually book for a night.
As part of the exhibition, the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts will recreate his painting Western Motel in 3D.
In Western Motel, a woman sits on the bed of an anonymous motel room devoid of personal objects. She stares across the room with poised detachment, a car is parked just outside the window.
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