Pixels at an Exhibition: SF MOMA

Tuesday, June 23, 2009

SF MOMA

SF MOMA

6 comments:

Donna said...: Howard Roark would maybe not be pleased.

Me? I like it.; June 23, 2009 at 9:32 AM
ahab said...: I love that place. I was there a couple of times when they were building it. Turned out damn nice.; June 23, 2009 at 4:20 PM
Generik said...: It is damn nice. And right now, there's an exhibition of Robert Frank's photos, mainly from his mid-'50s book The Americans, that is just stunning. There's also a match-up of Ansel Adams and Georgia O'Keefe works, but personally I found the Robert Frank more interesting.; June 23, 2009 at 4:47 PM
ahab said...: I love most photo exhibits. I'm not familiar with many of the names, such as this Frank, but that's not important.

The National Gallery of Art had (or maybe still has) a show of Czech modernists that was just fascinating. I can look at that stuff for hours, although that goes for good art of all kinds.

Come to think of it, I'm pretty sure we saw that same Adams/O'Keefe show when it was in Washington last year. I ended up looking at the Adams pieces. O'Keefe doesn't thrill me.; June 24, 2009 at 9:05 AM
Generik said...: I felt the same way, ahab. I looked at all the Ansel Adams photos very deliberately, and just glanced at the O'Keefe work.; June 24, 2009 at 9:08 AM
ahab said...: And they weren't the greatest Adamses, either, G. They picked the ones that matched up with O'Keefe works, not the best in their own right.

Having said that, though, I have to say that B&W photography in the hands of a master is usually pretty AWESOME.

Here's one of my faves by Jaromir Funke, the main Czech modernist in the show I mentioned (it looks better in print):

http://i246.photobucket.com/albums/gg106/un-titled/staircaseofoldpraguec1922.jpg

And here are some more online repros:
http://images.google.com/images?hl=en&q=Jarom%C3%ADr+Funke&btnG=Search+Images&gbv=2&aq=f&oq=; June 24, 2009 at 10:17 AM

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