Aug 4, 2011

S.F. Museum of Modern Art
Yerba Buena Center for Arts
First Tuesday of the Month  Free Admission Day

The crowds were thick at SF Moma.  Lots of Euro tourists, and young
20 something hip kids, and "patrons of the arts". This experience is
only for the more versatile museum & gallery hopper since its
an visual /auditory experience on several levels... noisy  people,
rude kids, rich foreigners who probably have our American jobs & dollars,
a few annoying haughty employees, artists, and others who want to
save a buck  ....$18.00 to get into museum....  plus $7.00 for
the special exhibit= $25.00  = visual art.  Now I suppose we pay
a lot more for concerts, so in that way its a real bargain for some
often good visual art. Knowing that many artists don't get paid for a lot
of their time and art work, its a good deal....but then do these works
sell at the museums?  Probably not because they are from private and
museum collections and not necessarily from the artists themselves.
 The problem with SF MoMa is that it is a hit or miss situation with the quality of art that fit my taste, so its always questionable whether it's really worth the price when there are many excellent SF Galleries for free: (Scott Nichols, Frankel, Modernbooks and Pier 24 to name just a few). Lucky us, today there was a really good photo show  called "MODERNITY "
Five photographers and one of my favorites, Richard Misrach!       Yeah!
Misrach always has a similiar take on life like I  do, he photographs different scenes and questions them. This time it was  the wreckage that Hurricane Katrina left behind in New Orleans.  Misrach shot abandoned houses with messages on them.  I like messages written on things...better than a billboard since ordinary people are expressing themselves.  I also loved Jim Goldberg's work and Swartz's photos of Afghanistan and the Congo....
I love photojournalism and documentary photography.  Especially in far off lands that I want to visit.  It always gives me a peek into the people and customs of their land.  A one legged man pushing a cart of hats along the street, a shot of ancient ruins, a family in a hut lit like a Irvin Penn studio shot....I loved that!
I also loved the sculpture on the roof top of  MoMa  and of course, the design and light of SF MoMs is spectacular.
You can get a mild case of vertigo if you look down on the steel walkway with light and shadow filtering through....and speaking of light, how cool was it to design this wire sculpture in strands and then light it so it takes on some dimension... very cool!
Yerba Buena for the Arts is worth a visit just for the design of the building....like a Escher drawing with those staircases. I also like the Three Balloons on the floor!  I love those geometric forms.  Thanks for the  freebie!  My "ART CRAVING" was satisfied!

 


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Beth B
08/05/2011 21:40

Hi Fran, it was a little difficult to find your blog near the bottom of your web site... maybe create a more prominent way to find it? the reversed white-on-dark background text is hard for me to read. But Most importantly, the images are amazing!!! I especially love the water scenes & architecture... You are a phenomenal artist!!

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fran link
08/07/2011 08:04

Thanks for the feedback. I will change the color if i can make it more
visible. I know i have a lot of work up there. Congrats on fbc show.was there
fri...helped hang it! Fran

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