Thursday, December 10, 2009
Thomas Hoving, 78, dies of cancer.
Thomas Hoving, 78, dies of cancer. Globe and Mail article by Verna Dobnik.
Thomas Hoving's charismatic but controversial leadership of New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art is summed up in his autobiography Making the Mummies Dance.
Dr. Hoving died yesterday of lung cancer at his Manhattan home, his family said.
As the director of the Metropolitan Museum of Art from 1967 to 1977, he turned an institution he said was "dying" into a happening museum with blockbuster exhibits. The treasures from Egyptian King Tutankhamun's tomb was the most popular exhibit in the museum's history, drawing more than one million visitors in New York, plus another 5.6 million at five other American museums.
But Dr. Hoving also raised dust in other ways, paying $5.5-million for a Velazquez masterpiece while selling works by Van Gogh and others to help pay for it. And he had no qualms about letting people sit and snack on the museum's front staircase, which he had enlarged.
Dr. Hoving's philosophy was: anything to make people notice great art.
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Thomas Hoving's charismatic but controversial leadership of New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art is summed up in his autobiography Making the Mummies Dance.
Dr. Hoving died yesterday of lung cancer at his Manhattan home, his family said.
As the director of the Metropolitan Museum of Art from 1967 to 1977, he turned an institution he said was "dying" into a happening museum with blockbuster exhibits. The treasures from Egyptian King Tutankhamun's tomb was the most popular exhibit in the museum's history, drawing more than one million visitors in New York, plus another 5.6 million at five other American museums.
But Dr. Hoving also raised dust in other ways, paying $5.5-million for a Velazquez masterpiece while selling works by Van Gogh and others to help pay for it. And he had no qualms about letting people sit and snack on the museum's front staircase, which he had enlarged.
Dr. Hoving's philosophy was: anything to make people notice great art.
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Labels: art, biography, history, obit, people
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Thursday, July 02, 2009
Fishers give up on plan for Presidio art museum
Fishers give up on plan for Presidio art museum
... so I wrote another letter to the editor at the Chronicle (previous letter was 09/2007):
The Presidio was never the right place for the Fishers' Contemporary Art Museum for reasons both practical and historical, reasons soundly argued by neighbors, historians, park enthusiasts, and environmentalists.
There are wonderful alternatives to the Presidio site in our city. Consider for a moment the effect of having the Contemporary Art Museum located near Pier 70/Potrero Point, an area poised for redevelopment! Donald Fisher could do immense good by building his museum there, at the edge of the Bay. Plenty of public transit. Space for parking without cutting down a single tree! Near the ballpark and the new UCSF Medical Center development at Mission Bay. Near all the new condos south of Market. Within shouting distance of Bernal Heights and Potrero Hill. A short transit ride from the southern neighborhoods.
The Contemporary Art Museum could knit the city together, bringing folks from the northern neighborhoods and the western neighborhoods over to our "other" shore.
Look what the ballpark and UCSF@Mission Bay have done for the surrounding areas!. The Fishers have the opportunity to do wonders for the central waterfront and the city if they build their museum there. Say you will, Mr. Fisher!
Update: Letter in today's Chron.
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... so I wrote another letter to the editor at the Chronicle (previous letter was 09/2007):
The Presidio was never the right place for the Fishers' Contemporary Art Museum for reasons both practical and historical, reasons soundly argued by neighbors, historians, park enthusiasts, and environmentalists.
There are wonderful alternatives to the Presidio site in our city. Consider for a moment the effect of having the Contemporary Art Museum located near Pier 70/Potrero Point, an area poised for redevelopment! Donald Fisher could do immense good by building his museum there, at the edge of the Bay. Plenty of public transit. Space for parking without cutting down a single tree! Near the ballpark and the new UCSF Medical Center development at Mission Bay. Near all the new condos south of Market. Within shouting distance of Bernal Heights and Potrero Hill. A short transit ride from the southern neighborhoods.
The Contemporary Art Museum could knit the city together, bringing folks from the northern neighborhoods and the western neighborhoods over to our "other" shore.
Look what the ballpark and UCSF@Mission Bay have done for the surrounding areas!. The Fishers have the opportunity to do wonders for the central waterfront and the city if they build their museum there. Say you will, Mr. Fisher!
Update: Letter in today's Chron.
Labels: art, museums, news, San Francisco
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Wednesday, July 01, 2009
The Uniform Project
The Uniform Project
Brilliant idea.
The Idea
Starting May 2009, I have pledged to wear one dress for one year as an exercise in sustainable fashion. Here’s how it works: There are 7 identical dresses, one for each day of the week. Every day I will reinvent the dress with layers, accessories and all kinds of accouterments, the majority of which will be vintage, hand-made, or hand-me-down goodies. Think of it as wearing a daily uniform with enough creative license to make it look like I just crawled out of the Marquis de Sade's boudoir.
[via Teapots and Polka Dots]
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Brilliant idea.
The Idea
Starting May 2009, I have pledged to wear one dress for one year as an exercise in sustainable fashion. Here’s how it works: There are 7 identical dresses, one for each day of the week. Every day I will reinvent the dress with layers, accessories and all kinds of accouterments, the majority of which will be vintage, hand-made, or hand-me-down goodies. Think of it as wearing a daily uniform with enough creative license to make it look like I just crawled out of the Marquis de Sade's boudoir.
[via Teapots and Polka Dots]
Labels: art, culture, shopshopshop
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Thursday, February 26, 2009
The Tenderloin National Forest
The Tenderloin National Forest
We were at a North Beach Neighbors dinner at Lichee Garden on Powell last night. (Terrific dinner. $28, including tax and tip, for a ten-course dinner. No-host beer and wine, if desired. Fun time was had by all. Interesting conversations. Good food.)
Rigo was with a group at our table at dinner that included Fernando [last name?], from Portugal. Fernando was sitting between Rigo and me and only spoke Portuguese. Although I know Brazilian Portuguese is a far cry from Portuguese, I wished it had been less than fifty years since I last had a conversation in Portuguese. There are not many words I remember.
Talked with Rigo about ONE TREE and TRUTH, two of my favorite Rigo public works, and about what he's up to. Turns out he and Fernando are currently working on a mosaic for the Tenderloin National Forest on Cohen Alley, off Ellis.
(photos of the Tenderloin National Forest from Dave Schumaker on flickr)
I plan to wander by some day soon and see how it's coming along.
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We were at a North Beach Neighbors dinner at Lichee Garden on Powell last night. (Terrific dinner. $28, including tax and tip, for a ten-course dinner. No-host beer and wine, if desired. Fun time was had by all. Interesting conversations. Good food.)
Rigo was with a group at our table at dinner that included Fernando [last name?], from Portugal. Fernando was sitting between Rigo and me and only spoke Portuguese. Although I know Brazilian Portuguese is a far cry from Portuguese, I wished it had been less than fifty years since I last had a conversation in Portuguese. There are not many words I remember.
Talked with Rigo about ONE TREE and TRUTH, two of my favorite Rigo public works, and about what he's up to. Turns out he and Fernando are currently working on a mosaic for the Tenderloin National Forest on Cohen Alley, off Ellis.
(photos of the Tenderloin National Forest from Dave Schumaker on flickr)
I plan to wander by some day soon and see how it's coming along.
Labels: art, causes, life, people, San Francisco
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Tuesday, February 24, 2009
Projects - Yuken Teruya Studio
Wonderful papercuts and other works from sustainable materials and everyday objects.
Projects - Yuken Teruya Studio
[via Sour Grapes' shared items in Google Reader]
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Projects - Yuken Teruya Studio
[via Sour Grapes' shared items in Google Reader]
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Monday, January 26, 2009
Window seat
We visited the open house at 1440 Kearny Street yesterday. Beautiful condo. *ONLY* $2.675 million. Nice chat with listing agent extraordinaire Louis Silcox, who lives near us and knows people we know.
I see his name everywhere but we'd never met.
Views are toward downtown. No water views. No bridges. Still, the views are extraordinary.
Nice yard area with solid solid solid retaining walls.
Three levels. Three bedrooms. Private elevator so you don't have to slog your groceries up stairs. TWO CAR PARKING! (Worth an extra $200K right there. ...) Two fireplaces. Wonderful kitchen. Maple floors.
And loads of art and photos.
(Where is she going with this?)
One of the photo artworks was a large collage of images out plane windows with wing tips showing: clouds and sun and weather and blue. Each image had been shaped in an ovoid fashion and the images were piled 5 x 7 or so in a large frame.
Lovely. I would've taken it home in a flash.
(I can hear his nibs saying, "But where would you hang it, Sal?")
I [heart] views out airplane windows.
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I see his name everywhere but we'd never met.
Views are toward downtown. No water views. No bridges. Still, the views are extraordinary.
Nice yard area with solid solid solid retaining walls.
Three levels. Three bedrooms. Private elevator so you don't have to slog your groceries up stairs. TWO CAR PARKING! (Worth an extra $200K right there. ...) Two fireplaces. Wonderful kitchen. Maple floors.
And loads of art and photos.
(Where is she going with this?)
One of the photo artworks was a large collage of images out plane windows with wing tips showing: clouds and sun and weather and blue. Each image had been shaped in an ovoid fashion and the images were piled 5 x 7 or so in a large frame.
Lovely. I would've taken it home in a flash.
(I can hear his nibs saying, "But where would you hang it, Sal?")
I [heart] views out airplane windows.
Labels: art, photographs
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Saturday, January 17, 2009
150 Strange Buildings of the World - TutzTutz.com
150 Strange Buildings of the World - TutzTutz.com
Amusing. Appalling. Delightful.
[via a tweet from James O'Reilly]
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Amusing. Appalling. Delightful.
[via a tweet from James O'Reilly]
Labels: architecture, art, fun
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Monday, December 29, 2008
spool art by devorah sperber
spool art by devorah sperber
Lovely.
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Lovely.
Labels: art, craft, toomuchtimeontheirhands
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Monday, November 17, 2008
Moonrise Sculptures: December by Ugo Rondinone
Public art by Ugo Rondinone. Moonrise Sculptures: March, October and December. Three sculptures at the public plaza at 555 Mission. We're talking nine feet tall here, folks.
Where are the other nine moonrise sculptures in the series?
Here's December:
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Where are the other nine moonrise sculptures in the series?
Here's December:
Labels: art, photographs, San Francisco
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Saturday, November 15, 2008
Cassius Marcellus Coolidge
You've been saving your pennies, being frugal as can be, waiting for a buying opportunity in this depressed economy.
Here's your chance.
Sotheby's auction in New York. "American Paintings, Drawings & Sculpture"
Wed, 03 Dec 08
Cassius Marcellus Coolidge. The Poker Game.
Estimate $200-300K.
One of many he painted in his lifetime:
Cassius Marcellus Coolidge was well-known in the Rochester area of New York for his paintings of anthropomorphised canines surrounded by the trappings of successful middle-class life. Typical subjects included the all-night card game, a trip to the ball park, commuting to work and even arguing a case in court. A great deal of attention is paid to the dogs' clothing, details of their surroundings and to a humorous variety of facial expressions. Cigar companies, the artist's first customers, printed copies of his paintings for promotional give-aways, but the printers Brown & Bigelow made Coolidge's dog-genre familiar to the general public as advertising posters, calendars and prints.
Estimate $200-300K.
Oy.
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Here's your chance.
Sotheby's auction in New York. "American Paintings, Drawings & Sculpture"
Wed, 03 Dec 08
Cassius Marcellus Coolidge. The Poker Game.
Estimate $200-300K.
One of many he painted in his lifetime:
Cassius Marcellus Coolidge was well-known in the Rochester area of New York for his paintings of anthropomorphised canines surrounded by the trappings of successful middle-class life. Typical subjects included the all-night card game, a trip to the ball park, commuting to work and even arguing a case in court. A great deal of attention is paid to the dogs' clothing, details of their surroundings and to a humorous variety of facial expressions. Cigar companies, the artist's first customers, printed copies of his paintings for promotional give-aways, but the printers Brown & Bigelow made Coolidge's dog-genre familiar to the general public as advertising posters, calendars and prints.
Estimate $200-300K.
Oy.
Labels: art, shopshopshop
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Thursday, November 13, 2008
This is our moment. This is our time.
I'm a huge fan of Paul Madonna and his ALL OVER COFFEE work in the Sunday Chronicle.
Got this note from him today (that would be me and the zillion others on his e-mail list):
I've had an overwhelming response to this week's "Obama:Progress" All Over Coffee piece. Since the original sold within the first few hours it was published, (including a backup waitlist) I decided to make a fine art limited edition print of this particular strip to honor this momentous time in history.
The full-color print is 16x22 inches, signed and numbered in a limited edition of 100, at $195 each. Produced by the fabulous printer SF Electric Works, these prints are of the highest quality.
Follow this link to both view and order.
If you missed Sunday's Madonna, check it out. If you don't know ALL OVER COFFEE or Paul Madonna, check him out.
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Got this note from him today (that would be me and the zillion others on his e-mail list):
I've had an overwhelming response to this week's "Obama:Progress" All Over Coffee piece. Since the original sold within the first few hours it was published, (including a backup waitlist) I decided to make a fine art limited edition print of this particular strip to honor this momentous time in history.
The full-color print is 16x22 inches, signed and numbered in a limited edition of 100, at $195 each. Produced by the fabulous printer SF Electric Works, these prints are of the highest quality.
Follow this link to both view and order.
If you missed Sunday's Madonna, check it out. If you don't know ALL OVER COFFEE or Paul Madonna, check him out.
Labels: art, culture, election2008, San Francisco, shopshopshop
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Friday, November 07, 2008
Nathan Sawaya's Lego sculptures at portfolio.com
Amazing work.
I've written about Lego sculptures and sculptors before, but never linked to Nathan Sawaya's Lego sculptures.
Well, for one thing, I don't think they existed the last time I wrote about Legos (in 2002).
Here's an article on his sculptures from portfolio.com. (The media show at the first link is from the same source.)
And here's Sawaya's Web site - brickartist.com: the Art of the Brick.
Enjoy.
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I've written about Lego sculptures and sculptors before, but never linked to Nathan Sawaya's Lego sculptures.
Well, for one thing, I don't think they existed the last time I wrote about Legos (in 2002).
Here's an article on his sculptures from portfolio.com. (The media show at the first link is from the same source.)
And here's Sawaya's Web site - brickartist.com: the Art of the Brick.
Enjoy.
Labels: art, craft, culture, design, people
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Thursday, November 06, 2008
Patrick Moberg's 04Nov cartoon
Patrick Moberg's 04Nov cartoon
Succinct. (Can a cartoon be succinct? Perhaps I should say, To the point.)
Obama, however, will probably be grey too by the end of his terms.
Check out patrickmoberg.com
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Succinct. (Can a cartoon be succinct? Perhaps I should say, To the point.)
Obama, however, will probably be grey too by the end of his terms.
Check out patrickmoberg.com
Labels: art, election2008
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Tuesday, September 30, 2008
Reverse Graffiti Project
Reverse Graffiti Project, April 2008, Broadway Tunnel, San Francisco.
Brilliant, but ... if the work hadn't been pretty, it would've been just as snarly as those folks who spray paint crappy letters on walls.
Good ad for the green cleaner used.
[via Sour Grapes' shared items in Google Reader]
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Brilliant, but ... if the work hadn't been pretty, it would've been just as snarly as those folks who spray paint crappy letters on walls.
Good ad for the green cleaner used.
[via Sour Grapes' shared items in Google Reader]
Labels: art, graphics, San Francisco, video
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Thursday, September 04, 2008
You have perfect color vision!
Test your color IQ
Drag and drop the colors in each row to arrange them by hue order.
The first and last color chips are fixed.
Click on "Score Test" when done.
Interesting exercise!
"You have perfect color vision!" they told me.
[via tweet from Tim O'Reilly]
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Drag and drop the colors in each row to arrange them by hue order.
The first and last color chips are fixed.
Click on "Score Test" when done.
Interesting exercise!
"You have perfect color vision!" they told me.
[via tweet from Tim O'Reilly]
Labels: art, fun, timewaster
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Tuesday, May 20, 2008
Vinyl Gallery: Vintage classical album cover graphics - a set on Flickr
Sunday, May 18, 2008
The World's Largest Lolcat, An Invisible Bike Mural | Laughing Squid
The World's Largest Lolcat, An Invisible Bike Mural | Laughing Squid
Yay! Us! Not only do we have the weirdness of Bay to Breakers today, but also we have the world's larges LOLCat Mural!
Update: Took like probably four seconds for the LOLcat mural to hit Guess Where SF and maybe a couple seconds after that for the location to be pinpointed by the gurus at GWSF.
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Yay! Us! Not only do we have the weirdness of Bay to Breakers today, but also we have the world's larges LOLCat Mural!
Update: Took like probably four seconds for the LOLcat mural to hit Guess Where SF and maybe a couple seconds after that for the location to be pinpointed by the gurus at GWSF.
Labels: art, San Francisco
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Friday, May 09, 2008
[ATTN: UV] Sidewalk art in the City by the Bay
All but the last line true. Wait. Let me correct that. I have no idea what an Indian fighter or chemical test pilot are. I don't know what being spiritually aerodynamic is but it probably has something to do with the Church of well, you know. The last line is absolutely untrue. That I know.
Labels: art, photographs, San Francisco
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Sunday, April 13, 2008
View from the Hill
In today's Chron ... a view from the Hill
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2008/04/13/PKMADONNA.DTL
:-)
The text was influenced by the mystery I'm allegedly working on. (Nothing about people with telescopes and/or wheelchairs. Honest!)
Update: Updated link to Madonna strip. Previous link was 404.
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http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2008/04/13/PKMADONNA.DTL
:-)
The text was influenced by the mystery I'm allegedly working on. (Nothing about people with telescopes and/or wheelchairs. Honest!)
Update: Updated link to Madonna strip. Previous link was 404.
Labels: art, life, people, San Francisco, Telegraph Hill
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Sunday, January 06, 2008
Clare T. Newberry
Over at Grapes 2.0 the Sour One is taking a poll asking what we think is the "Most beautiful children's book".
I've answered, have you?
In my answer I mentioned both Chris Van Allsburg and Clare T (Turlay) Newberry as favorite author/illustrators (although beautiful illustration doesn't seem to be the ultimate intent of the Flemish poll that triggered all this yakyak).
I first encountered Newberry's books when I was a page at the San Jose Public Library back in the early 70s. Shelving books in the Children's Room one day, I came across Newberry's book Smudge and promptly fell in love with her cat/kitten sketches.
Check out what I'm talking about. I love the way she was able to convey the cat-ness of the cats and kittens and the texture of their fur.
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I've answered, have you?
In my answer I mentioned both Chris Van Allsburg and Clare T (Turlay) Newberry as favorite author/illustrators (although beautiful illustration doesn't seem to be the ultimate intent of the Flemish poll that triggered all this yakyak).
I first encountered Newberry's books when I was a page at the San Jose Public Library back in the early 70s. Shelving books in the Children's Room one day, I came across Newberry's book Smudge and promptly fell in love with her cat/kitten sketches.
Check out what I'm talking about. I love the way she was able to convey the cat-ness of the cats and kittens and the texture of their fur.
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Sunday, December 09, 2007
Louise Bourgeois CROUCHING SPIDER
Louise Bourgeois' Crouching Spider was put in place on the Embarcadero last month.
What a lovely and intense piece.
Liked the angle of his shot. I'll replace this photo with one of my own when I can.
Labels: art, photographs, San Francisco
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Friday, October 26, 2007
Alas. Zee Passage ees gone, vamoose.
Driving back from the dump/Costco/TraderJoe's fieldtrip on Tuesday, we noticed that Passage, the wonderful sculpture by Dan DasMann and Karen Cusolito, was being loaded onto a flatbed truck out in front of Pier 14.
Alas. Sorry to see Passage go, but moderately happy that at least we were able to enjoy the art piece for
July 2006 blogpost w/ pics. For pics only, just click on the pic above.
Update: and FINALLY! I stumbled across a photograph of the work as it was originally installed at Burning Man (while I was trying to determine whether the title was Passages or Passage) and had one of those aha! moments. Now, I get the title. ...
Labels: art, life, San Francisco
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Thursday, October 18, 2007
Paul Madonna - Open Studio 2007
Paul Madonna Open Studio
Sat & Sun, October 20 & 21
11-6
290 Guerrero St, @ 15th (San Francisco)
(Top Buzzer)
Paul Madonna Web site
7x7 article on All Over Coffee, Paul Madonna's new(ish) collection of drawings.
Madonna's collection is a classic, the perfect gift for the San Francisco-philes of your acquaintance.
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Sat & Sun, October 20 & 21
11-6
290 Guerrero St, @ 15th (San Francisco)
(Top Buzzer)
Paul Madonna Web site
7x7 article on All Over Coffee, Paul Madonna's new(ish) collection of drawings.
Madonna's collection is a classic, the perfect gift for the San Francisco-philes of your acquaintance.
Labels: art, people, San Francisco
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Monday, October 08, 2007
More photos from the weekend
Soze F-Su, we had the Bixby Creek Gang in house.
Saturday, two of the gang were pre-engaged to be with friends on the WWII Liberty ship USS Jeremiah O'Brien to have a day on the water with CB Hannegan's providing BBQ food and Blue Angels & al. as entertainment.
They left the place soon after 7A to walk down to Piers 30-32 where the JO'B was picking up passengers. Three of us walked down the steps with them to Sansome, to see them on their way and because I had a bag of greencycle to drop off in the green bin at the bottom of the steps.
After breakfast, the rest of us went down to the Ferry Building for the Farmers' Market, then through Chinatown to check out the fruits and vegetables, then on to the rooftop of a tall building at the corner of Broadway and Laguna to watch the air show, getting there just after noon, when the Parade of Ships came into the Bay under the Golden Gate Bridge.
I've added Saturday's pics to the earlier Blue Angels gallery. The smudges are still there on Saturday's photo set (drat!) but (hooray!) we ordered a Canon A570 IS an hour or two ago with a discount coupon and free shipping. Arriving on Wednesday, if all goes well.
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The first added pics show the USS Jeremiah O'Brien under way from Piers 30-32 to their staging station outside the Golden Gate for the Parade of Ships, which started at noon. A tug and one of the fire ships, spraying water, followed closely behind.
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Quick cutaway to a gorgeous hawk that was circling overhead and settling in nearby trees along the Filbert Steps.
Next stream of shots are from the rooftop in Pacific Heights, showing the Parade of Ships, which included a number of American and Canadian military ships with the Jeremiah O'Brien cruising through as the finale.
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The Blue Angels flew from 3-4 p.m. Photos kick in at #109/163.
Preceding them were a bunch of fast jets, helicopter search and rescue teams and acrobatic aircraft.
The pilots did amazing things with formation flying, corkscrews, climbs and dives, tearing at each other at full speed only to pull to either side just in time to whiz by, avoiding a collision. ... sometimes while flying upside down!
Fun to watch, but a job I don't aspire to. (Good thing!)
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And all the while, everyday shipping traffic kept coming into and out of the Bay. We wondered what the crews thought of the action overhead.
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The Coast Guard kept the hundreds of sailboats and powerboats that were out on the Bay away from certain areas and we couldn't figure out why until at one point one of the Blue Angels buzzed so low, it created a huge wake in the waters.
Zoom! ZooM!
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Crowds of people watched the action from building rooftops. The crowds down on the waterfront were enormous.
SFC video of the Blue Angels
And then the day was over. We moseyed on home by way of Fort Mason, Aquatic Park, up Columbus with a stop at XOX Truffles for sustenance and home-again home-again riggety-jig.
Total day's walk: 6 miles.
Beautiful weekend.
Sunday, the Bixby Creek Grandees joined us and a bit later one couple left. We sat around eating and talking for a while while we mulled over our options for the day: Strictly Bluegrass? Castro Street Fair? Burning Man installation?
Eventually, we walked down to the Embarcadero to catch the F-Line out to Valencia Street, but the cars going toward the Castro were packed, too packed to stop. "WHY?" we thought. "Isn't everyone headed to the waterfront for the Sunday air show?"
We walked over to Market Street and caught the F-Line there, figuring that anyone headed in that direction was probably headed for the Ferry Building, but no, the cars were still crowded, but at least less crowded and willing to stop for the six of us.
The cars remained crowded. Sure people got off, but more people got on and the cars remained packed the entire way.
It wasn't until just before we got off at Church and Market, and someone asked us how many more stops until Castro, that we realized that, duh, Sunday was the Castro Street Fair and everyone who wasn't watching the Blue Angels was heading to the Castro, on the F-Line.
Our first stop was 2223 Restaurant because the niece of thewife husband of a cousin (or some such relationship) of one of the gang has her oil paintings showing at the gallery for the next two months.
After checking out the oils, we walked down to Valencia because (and the afternoon had been set up to accommodate) one of the gang had heard tell of but never been to Borderlands. We stopped on our way to Borderlands at Paxton Gate because I adore the place and like to take unsuspecting visitors there.
From Paxton Gate on to Borderlands where I bought a signed HB copy of Christopher Moore's A DIRTY JOB -- a book with characters based on some creatures you can find at Paxton Gate -- and TNH's MAKING BOOK (which I'm pretty sure I have somewhere, but I can't find it) and the someone who had initiated the trip in the first place bought three other books and ... well, then pokey-poke into shops and bookstores in the neighborhood, killing time until Destino opened.
A pair of the gang has plans to visit Machu Picchu next spring and had asked a day or two earlier whether we could recommend a Peruvian restaurant in the city. Better than that, we told them Sunday, if we're all doing a fieldtrip out to 2223 and Borderlands, we can have dinner at Destino before we head back.
So we did.
And it was good.
And we got home and sorted out who was taking what food home, and binoculars and jackets and what-not. Get the cars out of the parking spaces. Bye-bye. And to bed for us.
I love these people. We should do this more often.
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Saturday, two of the gang were pre-engaged to be with friends on the WWII Liberty ship USS Jeremiah O'Brien to have a day on the water with CB Hannegan's providing BBQ food and Blue Angels & al. as entertainment.
They left the place soon after 7A to walk down to Piers 30-32 where the JO'B was picking up passengers. Three of us walked down the steps with them to Sansome, to see them on their way and because I had a bag of greencycle to drop off in the green bin at the bottom of the steps.
After breakfast, the rest of us went down to the Ferry Building for the Farmers' Market, then through Chinatown to check out the fruits and vegetables, then on to the rooftop of a tall building at the corner of Broadway and Laguna to watch the air show, getting there just after noon, when the Parade of Ships came into the Bay under the Golden Gate Bridge.
I've added Saturday's pics to the earlier Blue Angels gallery. The smudges are still there on Saturday's photo set (drat!) but (hooray!) we ordered a Canon A570 IS an hour or two ago with a discount coupon and free shipping. Arriving on Wednesday, if all goes well.
The first added pics show the USS Jeremiah O'Brien under way from Piers 30-32 to their staging station outside the Golden Gate for the Parade of Ships, which started at noon. A tug and one of the fire ships, spraying water, followed closely behind.
Quick cutaway to a gorgeous hawk that was circling overhead and settling in nearby trees along the Filbert Steps.
Next stream of shots are from the rooftop in Pacific Heights, showing the Parade of Ships, which included a number of American and Canadian military ships with the Jeremiah O'Brien cruising through as the finale.
The Blue Angels flew from 3-4 p.m. Photos kick in at #109/163.
Preceding them were a bunch of fast jets, helicopter search and rescue teams and acrobatic aircraft.
The pilots did amazing things with formation flying, corkscrews, climbs and dives, tearing at each other at full speed only to pull to either side just in time to whiz by, avoiding a collision. ... sometimes while flying upside down!
Fun to watch, but a job I don't aspire to. (Good thing!)
And all the while, everyday shipping traffic kept coming into and out of the Bay. We wondered what the crews thought of the action overhead.
The Coast Guard kept the hundreds of sailboats and powerboats that were out on the Bay away from certain areas and we couldn't figure out why until at one point one of the Blue Angels buzzed so low, it created a huge wake in the waters.
Zoom! ZooM!
Crowds of people watched the action from building rooftops. The crowds down on the waterfront were enormous.
SFC video of the Blue Angels
And then the day was over. We moseyed on home by way of Fort Mason, Aquatic Park, up Columbus with a stop at XOX Truffles for sustenance and home-again home-again riggety-jig.
Total day's walk: 6 miles.
Beautiful weekend.
Sunday, the Bixby Creek Grandees joined us and a bit later one couple left. We sat around eating and talking for a while while we mulled over our options for the day: Strictly Bluegrass? Castro Street Fair? Burning Man installation?
Eventually, we walked down to the Embarcadero to catch the F-Line out to Valencia Street, but the cars going toward the Castro were packed, too packed to stop. "WHY?" we thought. "Isn't everyone headed to the waterfront for the Sunday air show?"
We walked over to Market Street and caught the F-Line there, figuring that anyone headed in that direction was probably headed for the Ferry Building, but no, the cars were still crowded, but at least less crowded and willing to stop for the six of us.
The cars remained crowded. Sure people got off, but more people got on and the cars remained packed the entire way.
It wasn't until just before we got off at Church and Market, and someone asked us how many more stops until Castro, that we realized that, duh, Sunday was the Castro Street Fair and everyone who wasn't watching the Blue Angels was heading to the Castro, on the F-Line.
Our first stop was 2223 Restaurant because the niece of the
After checking out the oils, we walked down to Valencia because (and the afternoon had been set up to accommodate) one of the gang had heard tell of but never been to Borderlands. We stopped on our way to Borderlands at Paxton Gate because I adore the place and like to take unsuspecting visitors there.
From Paxton Gate on to Borderlands where I bought a signed HB copy of Christopher Moore's A DIRTY JOB -- a book with characters based on some creatures you can find at Paxton Gate -- and TNH's MAKING BOOK (which I'm pretty sure I have somewhere, but I can't find it) and the someone who had initiated the trip in the first place bought three other books and ... well, then pokey-poke into shops and bookstores in the neighborhood, killing time until Destino opened.
A pair of the gang has plans to visit Machu Picchu next spring and had asked a day or two earlier whether we could recommend a Peruvian restaurant in the city. Better than that, we told them Sunday, if we're all doing a fieldtrip out to 2223 and Borderlands, we can have dinner at Destino before we head back.
So we did.
And it was good.
And we got home and sorted out who was taking what food home, and binoculars and jackets and what-not. Get the cars out of the parking spaces. Bye-bye. And to bed for us.
I love these people. We should do this more often.
Labels: art, bookstores, food, life, San Francisco
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Saturday, September 22, 2007
fan mail
Fan mail.
Well, maybe not fan mail per se but at least someone agreeing with my LETTER TO THE EDITOR in today's Chronicle.
The letter was a rehash of a recent post wherein I gave my oh-so-lucid opinion re where Don Fisher should put his Contemporary Art Museum.
Fan mail's nice ...
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Well, maybe not fan mail per se but at least someone agreeing with my LETTER TO THE EDITOR in today's Chronicle.
The letter was a rehash of a recent post wherein I gave my oh-so-lucid opinion re where Don Fisher should put his Contemporary Art Museum.
Fan mail's nice ...
Labels: art, museums, news, San Francisco
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Sunday, September 16, 2007
If I were a rich man ... Donald Fisher and the Contemporary Art Museum
Donald Fisher, founder of Gap, offers to build a museum in the Presidio to house his art collection
Gap founder Donald Fisher, one of the world's leading contemporary art collectors and a powerful force in local politics, has offered to build a sprawling museum in the Presidio to showcase his vast collection, which until now has largely been hidden away in his company's San Francisco headquarters.
Since Fisher and his wife, Doris, founded Gap Inc. in 1969, they have amassed what is widely considered to be among the most extensive private collections of 20th and 21st century art. Yet with the exception of pieces that are occasionally loaned to museums, much of what they own has never been seen by people outside the art world.
The Fishers, whose retail empire brings in about $16 billion a year, hope to build a 100,000-square-foot museum with 55,000 square feet of gallery space -- 5,000 more square feet than at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art -- to house their collection of more than 1,000 works.
Donald Fisher, 78, will announce his plan to build the Contemporary Art Museum of the Presidio today at a news conference in the national park.
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If I were a rich man ...
The sleepy southeast quadrant of San Francisco is buzzing with activity -- first the Ballpark, then the new UC Medical Center and all the accompanying activity at Mission Bay and soon, perhaps, a new football stadium and thousands of new homes at Hunters Point. Don Fisher's Contemporary Art Museum would be a perfect addition to the mix.
We just spent a day at the Tate Modern in London. The revitalization of the south bank is largely due to the visionaries who placed the museum there. Think of the effect of having the CAM located on our southeast bay shore near Pier 70/Potrero Point!
The T-Third provides public transit access to the location. There's even room for parking. Some dream of having water taxis operating up and down the bay edge. Picture vaporettos stopping at the CAM en route from the new stadium at Hunters Point to Fort Point and places in between.
There are alternatives to the Presidio for a spot for the Contemporary Art Museum, creative, wonderful alternatives. Build the CAM in our southeastern quadrant, at the edge of the Bay down near Pier 70.
If I were a rich man ...
Are you listening, Donald Fisher? There are alternatives to the Presidio for the Contemporary Art Museum. Make a statement by setting the CAM in our southeastern quadrant at a spot at the edge of the Bay.
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Gap founder Donald Fisher, one of the world's leading contemporary art collectors and a powerful force in local politics, has offered to build a sprawling museum in the Presidio to showcase his vast collection, which until now has largely been hidden away in his company's San Francisco headquarters.
Since Fisher and his wife, Doris, founded Gap Inc. in 1969, they have amassed what is widely considered to be among the most extensive private collections of 20th and 21st century art. Yet with the exception of pieces that are occasionally loaned to museums, much of what they own has never been seen by people outside the art world.
The Fishers, whose retail empire brings in about $16 billion a year, hope to build a 100,000-square-foot museum with 55,000 square feet of gallery space -- 5,000 more square feet than at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art -- to house their collection of more than 1,000 works.
Donald Fisher, 78, will announce his plan to build the Contemporary Art Museum of the Presidio today at a news conference in the national park.
[...]
If I were a rich man ...
The sleepy southeast quadrant of San Francisco is buzzing with activity -- first the Ballpark, then the new UC Medical Center and all the accompanying activity at Mission Bay and soon, perhaps, a new football stadium and thousands of new homes at Hunters Point. Don Fisher's Contemporary Art Museum would be a perfect addition to the mix.
We just spent a day at the Tate Modern in London. The revitalization of the south bank is largely due to the visionaries who placed the museum there. Think of the effect of having the CAM located on our southeast bay shore near Pier 70/Potrero Point!
The T-Third provides public transit access to the location. There's even room for parking. Some dream of having water taxis operating up and down the bay edge. Picture vaporettos stopping at the CAM en route from the new stadium at Hunters Point to Fort Point and places in between.
There are alternatives to the Presidio for a spot for the Contemporary Art Museum, creative, wonderful alternatives. Build the CAM in our southeastern quadrant, at the edge of the Bay down near Pier 70.
If I were a rich man ...
Are you listening, Donald Fisher? There are alternatives to the Presidio for the Contemporary Art Museum. Make a statement by setting the CAM in our southeastern quadrant at a spot at the edge of the Bay.
Labels: architecture, art, museums, San Francisco
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Wednesday, July 11, 2007
Hiroshi Sugimoto at the de Young
de Young Exhibitions
July 7, 2007 - September 23, 2007
The extraordinary 30-year career of Hiroshi Sugimoto (b. 1948) is celebrated in this retrospective of more than 100 luminous photographs, made from 1976 to the present. This presentation, in an installation designed by Sugimoto, constitutes the first major survey of Sugimoto’s oeuvre.
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July 7, 2007 - September 23, 2007
The extraordinary 30-year career of Hiroshi Sugimoto (b. 1948) is celebrated in this retrospective of more than 100 luminous photographs, made from 1976 to the present. This presentation, in an installation designed by Sugimoto, constitutes the first major survey of Sugimoto’s oeuvre.
Labels: art, museums, photographs, San Francisco
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Saturday, June 02, 2007
New avatar, of sorts
I've been playing around with a fake picture for twitter using the Face Transformer at St Andrews that I found over at Grapes2.0 the other day.
Decisions. Decisions. Should I use
Modigliani
or
Botticelli
or
Manga?
Manga. For now. ...
[I really wanted the El Greco morph (View of Toledo has been a fave since I was about nine.) But the El Greco morph is only available for males and if I change my "sex" to male, the El Greco morph gives me an El Greco morph complete with nice Spanish facial hair.
Not really me. Alas.]
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Decisions. Decisions. Should I use
Modigliani
or
Botticelli
or
Manga?
Manga. For now. ...
[I really wanted the El Greco morph (View of Toledo has been a fave since I was about nine.) But the El Greco morph is only available for males and if I change my "sex" to male, the El Greco morph gives me an El Greco morph complete with nice Spanish facial hair.
Not really me. Alas.]
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Monday, May 28, 2007
A Sunday walkaround
We ate again last night at bushi-tei. The younger younger guy joined us. For the first time we tried Waka's tasting menu. Superb. We added an extra dish, one I've mentioned before -- seared fresh foie gras, pumpkin pot de crème, pistachio crunch, red onion marmalade -- which we shared amongst the three of us. The description sounds weird but this is really one of the tastiest things ever. I wanted the younger younger guy to sample it because I rave about it so much. Perbacco Chardonnay with dinner. Sparkling sake with dessert. The bushi-tei staff is terrific. The food is delish.
We walked to dinner and back with a side trip to visit Sunday Open Houses at 1998 Broadway #905 and 2502 Broadway, two very different homes for sale. After visiting 2502, we backtracked through Pacific Heights and wandered down Fillmore where we stopped at the California-Pacific MC Thrift Store, Zinc Details, Design Within Reach, and the Goodwill ('natch) which was having a Memorial Weekend Sale: 50% OFF ALL CLOTHES!
We poked through the stores at the Japantown mall before stopping in at bushi-tei (with our Goodwill bag in hand) for an early (6 p.m.) dinner. Six-plus miles of walkabout in all.
Whilst in Japantown wandering around before dinner, we made a sidetrip to visit Ruth Asawa's fountains at the Buchanan Mall. Lovely work she did. The fountains remind me of her Aurora Fountain, on the west side of the Embarcadero, between Mission and Howard.
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We walked to dinner and back with a side trip to visit Sunday Open Houses at 1998 Broadway #905 and 2502 Broadway, two very different homes for sale. After visiting 2502, we backtracked through Pacific Heights and wandered down Fillmore where we stopped at the California-Pacific MC Thrift Store, Zinc Details, Design Within Reach, and the Goodwill ('natch) which was having a Memorial Weekend Sale: 50% OFF ALL CLOTHES!
We poked through the stores at the Japantown mall before stopping in at bushi-tei (with our Goodwill bag in hand) for an early (6 p.m.) dinner. Six-plus miles of walkabout in all.
Whilst in Japantown wandering around before dinner, we made a sidetrip to visit Ruth Asawa's fountains at the Buchanan Mall. Lovely work she did. The fountains remind me of her Aurora Fountain, on the west side of the Embarcadero, between Mission and Howard.
Labels: art, food, life, San Francisco, shopshopshop
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Monday, May 21, 2007
RUNNING THE NUMBERS: An American Self-Portrait by Chris Jordan
Running the Numbers: An American Self-Portrait
This new series looks at contemporary American culture through the austere lens of statistics. Each image portrays a specific quantity of something: fifteen million sheets of office paper (five minutes of paper use); 106,000 aluminum cans (thirty seconds of can consumption) and so on. My hope is that images representing these quantities might have a different effect than the raw numbers alone, such as we find daily in articles and books. Statistics can feel abstract and anesthetizing, making it difficult to connect with and make meaning of 3.6 million SUV sales in one year, for example, or 2.3 million Americans in prison, or 426,000 cell phones retired every day. This project visually examines these vast and bizarre measures of our society, in large intricately detailed prints assembled from thousands of smaller photographs.
[...]
[Thank you, Auntie K!]
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This new series looks at contemporary American culture through the austere lens of statistics. Each image portrays a specific quantity of something: fifteen million sheets of office paper (five minutes of paper use); 106,000 aluminum cans (thirty seconds of can consumption) and so on. My hope is that images representing these quantities might have a different effect than the raw numbers alone, such as we find daily in articles and books. Statistics can feel abstract and anesthetizing, making it difficult to connect with and make meaning of 3.6 million SUV sales in one year, for example, or 2.3 million Americans in prison, or 426,000 cell phones retired every day. This project visually examines these vast and bizarre measures of our society, in large intricately detailed prints assembled from thousands of smaller photographs.
[...]
[Thank you, Auntie K!]
Labels: art, environmentalism, life, stats
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Saturday, May 05, 2007
Paul Madonna's ALL OVER COFFEE. Just what I expected. And more.
I'd been trying to grab a copy of Paul Madonna's book, ALL OVER COFFEE, (based on his work in the San Francisco Chronicle and just out from City Lights) since I first heard of it. City Lights was selling pre-sale copies but wanted to charge me to mail it over. Why? I can just walk down hill for pete's sake.
I dropped a note to Madonna. Can I arrange something through you? He said that City Lights would have signed copies when it came out and if I wanted something personalized I could come to his book release party.
I walked over to City Lights last week and they did have copies of the book but nothing signed. "You'll need to go to his book release party for that. He hasn't been by."
So, Friday (yesterday) we hopped on a 30 and took it down to Market, then hopped on an F and rode to Laguna/Guerrero, hopped off and walked down to Valencia and 14th -- Mina Dresden Gallery, to be precise, 312 Valencia.
Brilliant idea Madonna had. The gallery had his work hanging and for sale. They were selling books in back. If you snuck up on Paul where he was standing at a bar table schmoozing, he'd sign your book. (By the time we turned around twelve ... fifteen ... more people had had the same idea. ...)
The table with the "book signing 8:30p" wasn't keeping people from waylaying him while he tried to be sociable.
The small gallery was a crush. I'm obviously not the only person who really likes ALL OVER COFFEE.
The book is brilliant.
BUY THIS BOOK if you are at all intrigued by the snippets at his Web site.
I love this book.
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I dropped a note to Madonna. Can I arrange something through you? He said that City Lights would have signed copies when it came out and if I wanted something personalized I could come to his book release party.
I walked over to City Lights last week and they did have copies of the book but nothing signed. "You'll need to go to his book release party for that. He hasn't been by."
So, Friday (yesterday) we hopped on a 30 and took it down to Market, then hopped on an F and rode to Laguna/Guerrero, hopped off and walked down to Valencia and 14th -- Mina Dresden Gallery, to be precise, 312 Valencia.
Brilliant idea Madonna had. The gallery had his work hanging and for sale. They were selling books in back. If you snuck up on Paul where he was standing at a bar table schmoozing, he'd sign your book. (By the time we turned around twelve ... fifteen ... more people had had the same idea. ...)
The table with the "book signing 8:30p" wasn't keeping people from waylaying him while he tried to be sociable.
The small gallery was a crush. I'm obviously not the only person who really likes ALL OVER COFFEE.
The book is brilliant.
BUY THIS BOOK if you are at all intrigued by the snippets at his Web site.
I love this book.
Labels: art, books, San Francisco
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Tuesday, May 01, 2007
Renzo Piano Building Workshop - Official Site
The official site for Renzo Piano's Renzo Piano Building Workshop.
Nice use of Flash.
RPBW are the architects for the new California Academy of Sciences which is going up in Golden Gate Park, across the Concourse from the DeYoung Museum. The new Academy will open late 2008. 370K sq ft -- of which 95K sq ft are public space. Living roof. Zounds.
We almost stopped into the Academy's temporary digs on Howard Street yesterday, but I was tuckered out, having walked down to SFMOMA to meet up with his nibs and visit, among other exhibits, the Picasso and American Art exhibit. Get there if thee can. Exhibit closes Monday, May 28, 2007.
Philistine that I are, I did not get Brice Marden, especially his monochrome work.
Where were we? Ah, yes: Renzo Piano Building Workshop. The RPBW site covers projects, bio, history, &c. An interactive map gives access to projects worldwide.
Interesting.
(Walked back home again, too, even though it was a free transit day: RT was 4mi+ and then there was all the walking around inside SFMOMA)
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Nice use of Flash.
RPBW are the architects for the new California Academy of Sciences which is going up in Golden Gate Park, across the Concourse from the DeYoung Museum. The new Academy will open late 2008. 370K sq ft -- of which 95K sq ft are public space. Living roof. Zounds.
We almost stopped into the Academy's temporary digs on Howard Street yesterday, but I was tuckered out, having walked down to SFMOMA to meet up with his nibs and visit, among other exhibits, the Picasso and American Art exhibit. Get there if thee can. Exhibit closes Monday, May 28, 2007.
Philistine that I are, I did not get Brice Marden, especially his monochrome work.
Where were we? Ah, yes: Renzo Piano Building Workshop. The RPBW site covers projects, bio, history, &c. An interactive map gives access to projects worldwide.
Interesting.
(Walked back home again, too, even though it was a free transit day: RT was 4mi+ and then there was all the walking around inside SFMOMA)
Labels: architecture, art, life, San Francisco, science
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Saturday, April 28, 2007
Amazing Cake Art
Amazing Cake Art (more than just the one cake pictured below) found at englishrussia.com -- allegedly totally edible, allegedly made by Zhanna from St. Petersburg.
[repurposed from SG's tumblr site]
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[repurposed from SG's tumblr site]
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Tuesday, February 20, 2007
San Francisco Street Art / Graffiti
Ryan pulled together a very well-done video collage of photos he took of San Francisco Street Art / Graffiti while he was tooling around the City on his bicycle in 2006.
Some of my favorites are here: Mona Caron's Duboce Bikeway Mural, f'rex (visible from the N-Judah).
Some of my favorites aren't in the collection: the mural on the side of the building at the NW corner of Columbus and Broadway (thx to karbon69 for the click) and "One Tree" by RIGO [photo by kootenayvolcano]. There are others not included, including the murals on some buildings on Bay just up from Tower Records, but I can't find pictures. Guess I'll have to make some of my own.
[YouTube link from a link Ryan posted to SFist/labs/contribute last month]
[note: flickr has photo pool for San Francisco/murals. Check it out if this sort of thing interests you.]
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Some of my favorites are here: Mona Caron's Duboce Bikeway Mural, f'rex (visible from the N-Judah).
Some of my favorites aren't in the collection: the mural on the side of the building at the NW corner of Columbus and Broadway (thx to karbon69 for the click) and "One Tree" by RIGO [photo by kootenayvolcano]. There are others not included, including the murals on some buildings on Bay just up from Tower Records, but I can't find pictures. Guess I'll have to make some of my own.
[YouTube link from a link Ryan posted to SFist/labs/contribute last month]
[note: flickr has photo pool for San Francisco/murals. Check it out if this sort of thing interests you.]
Labels: art, photographs, San Francisco, urban, video
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Tuesday, January 30, 2007
[URL] Index of artists and architects
Index of artists and architects. Digital Imaging Project: Art historical images of European and North American architecture and sculpture from classical Greek to Post-modern.
Not just European and North American anymore. Also includes images from Vietnam and Cambodia.
Mary Ann Sullivan, Bluffton University, has pulled together more than 13,000 images. Index. Monthly featured site. More.
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Not just European and North American anymore. Also includes images from Vietnam and Cambodia.
Mary Ann Sullivan, Bluffton University, has pulled together more than 13,000 images. Index. Monthly featured site. More.
Labels: architecture, art, history, URL
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Friday, January 05, 2007
[URL] Wooster Collective
Thursday, December 21, 2006
Bob Mankoff, New Yorker cartoon editor
Ever wonder what it takes to get a cartoon published in the New Yorker? Wonder no more. ...
A post at Drawn! contains links to a three-part series over at the Huffington Post in which Matthew Diffee interviews Bob Mankoff.
There's a very interesting read over at the Huffington Post. New Yorker cartoonist Matthew Diffee has posted a 3-part discussion with Bob Mankoff, the magazine's infamous cartoon editor. The two discuss the nature of humour, what makes a good cartoon, and I think, more importantly, what defines a New Yorker cartoon and sets it apart from the rest.
[...]
Clicks to the three parts of Diffee's interview are contained in the blog entry.
Added bonus (for those who read all about the above in m.w and are saying, "So. What."):
A 2001 Bob Staake interview with Mankoff at PlanetCartoonist.
Man, I mean. How hard can it be to draw one of those little cartoons and think up some caption for it?
Here. You try it.
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A post at Drawn! contains links to a three-part series over at the Huffington Post in which Matthew Diffee interviews Bob Mankoff.
There's a very interesting read over at the Huffington Post. New Yorker cartoonist Matthew Diffee has posted a 3-part discussion with Bob Mankoff, the magazine's infamous cartoon editor. The two discuss the nature of humour, what makes a good cartoon, and I think, more importantly, what defines a New Yorker cartoon and sets it apart from the rest.
[...]
Clicks to the three parts of Diffee's interview are contained in the blog entry.
Added bonus (for those who read all about the above in m.w and are saying, "So. What."):
A 2001 Bob Staake interview with Mankoff at PlanetCartoonist.
Man, I mean. How hard can it be to draw one of those little cartoons and think up some caption for it?
Here. You try it.
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: views from the Hill
Bertold Brecht:
Everything changes. You can make
A fresh start with your final breath.
But what has happened has happened. And the water
You once poured into the wine cannot be
Drained off again.
Everything changes. You can make
A fresh start with your final breath.
But what has happened has happened. And the water
You once poured into the wine cannot be
Drained off again.
