may 24, 2011
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Showing posts with label art. Show all posts
Showing posts with label art. Show all posts
paris postcard, day 1: stealth shots, the orsay
when did the orsay outlaw the taking of photos? i don't recall a ban in 2008...
i defied them this time, i just couldn't resist taking a few shots while we took a rest/tried to get our bearings (and second wind):
a few au revoirs:
i defied them this time, i just couldn't resist taking a few shots while we took a rest/tried to get our bearings (and second wind):
this one, i had to take because of the christian marclay "clock" exhibit, which will elude me forever, but will continue to inspire...i also wanted to commemorate the time we were there: 6:30pm
i love the toes in this one...
i imagine this is my cousin, jenny, working one of her crafts...
the only downside of a trip to the orsay on this day in may was that many of the best impressionist works were out on loan to the hotel de ville (which we may try to see tomorrow) and major renovation forced the rest of the collection to be re-presented throughout the lower floors.
while the current configuration reinforces the awareness of the orsay's array of heavy hitters--one masterpiece next to another--there is little space in-between for a breath, let alone a deep thought about them...(the mental lingering starts in earnest much later). but the museum remains a must see if you're in paris.
bonus for 2011 travelers: through july 17, there is a major manet retrospective. manet: inventeur du moderne (the man who invented modernity--it sounds better en francais, oui?) is worth the extra euro and a long queue. i liked manet's work before, but i have new appreciation for his mastery of form and style, and some new favorites: the dramatic still life renderings (asparagus) and his more dramatic, photo- journalistic pieces, like the execution of maximilian and the velasquez-like "dead toreador."
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a few au revoirs:
may 19, 2011
all photos © anita aguilar
AAF: Affordable Art Fair
Thursday I went at the AAF exhibition here in Milan. I think it has been such a great meeting of various arts, various prototype of people. I liked it because it has been made by young people from every part of the world. I liked it because young people have had the chance to show their works here in this town, which is an important window from which take off!
I took a lot of pictures...I couldn't resist! Hope you like them!
B.
AMO the ARG: the streets of san telmo
as z and i finished lunch, we exchanged thoughts on what we'd seen of san telmo to try to decide whether we wanted to return later in the week. we both thought, cute, but not sure about coming back... but to that point, i'd spent most of the day waiting for her in the plaza dorrego and a short section of calle defensa. i hadn't explored the side streets, hadn't visited many stores. she had done some good damage in a few boutiques and was ready to head back. i decided to linger and see what else san telmo had to offer.
first stop was sima, specializing in leather bags and shoes, which she recommended. i had a nice chat with the proprietor, and contemplated some gift buying, but decided to hold off. i wanted to look around more.
the rest of the time, i enjoyed life on the streets, admiring the art and the architecture. i hope you will like what you see as much as i did. these photos are from the full day...the weather turned dramatically in the late afternoon. it would rain--pour--long into the night.
avenida san juan
according to my trusty guide book, san telmo was in the nineteenth century the province of the very wealthy...they fled the town for better air after a yellow fever epidemic in 1871. the new inhabitants, mostly immigrant, left the original buildings largely intact, but adapted them for their use, converting mansions into tenement housing.
while the area remains largely working class, it's also enjoying a resurgence, buoyed by the arrival of smaller business--shops, galleries, bars, and restaurants--who no doubt see the beauty of "the bones" of the place and understand its potential to attract enthusiastic tourists. like me.
the intersection of calle defense and chile
i was trying to capture the long, pretty view of the narrow streets (here, calle defensa)
and the view from the wider ones, like calle independencia.
independencia/defensa
an evita-esque balcony.
more defensa, but further north...
i should probably stop with the "me in the mirror" shots...but i probably never will...ha.
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pasaje san lorenzo is renowned as one of the smallest, most colorful and charming streets in town...
on the right, is "casa minima" at no. 380 san lorenzo. it is the narrowest building in buenos aires.
trusty guide book tells me its 2.17 meters (what's the conversion?). anyway, tiny...
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peru
independencia
peru, i think.
defensa
all photos © anita aguilar
first stop was sima, specializing in leather bags and shoes, which she recommended. i had a nice chat with the proprietor, and contemplated some gift buying, but decided to hold off. i wanted to look around more.
the rest of the time, i enjoyed life on the streets, admiring the art and the architecture. i hope you will like what you see as much as i did. these photos are from the full day...the weather turned dramatically in the late afternoon. it would rain--pour--long into the night.
avenida san juan
i peeked through the fencing for this one. no view of the courts, just the sign.
avenida san juan.
avenida san juan.
according to my trusty guide book, san telmo was in the nineteenth century the province of the very wealthy...they fled the town for better air after a yellow fever epidemic in 1871. the new inhabitants, mostly immigrant, left the original buildings largely intact, but adapted them for their use, converting mansions into tenement housing.while the area remains largely working class, it's also enjoying a resurgence, buoyed by the arrival of smaller business--shops, galleries, bars, and restaurants--who no doubt see the beauty of "the bones" of the place and understand its potential to attract enthusiastic tourists. like me.
the intersection of calle defense and chile
i was trying to capture the long, pretty view of the narrow streets (here, calle defensa)
and the view from the wider ones, like calle independencia. 
independencia/defensa
an evita-esque balcony.
more defensa, but further north...
i should probably stop with the "me in the mirror" shots...but i probably never will...ha.pasaje san lorenzo is renowned as one of the smallest, most colorful and charming streets in town...
on the right, is "casa minima" at no. 380 san lorenzo. it is the narrowest building in buenos aires.trusty guide book tells me its 2.17 meters (what's the conversion?). anyway, tiny...
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peru
independencia
peru, i think.
defensaall photos © anita aguilar
objets d'art...
a big welcome to the blogosphere to my very talented sister, an artist and jewelry maker, who is finally showcasing her beautiful work at sheena925.wordpress.com.
i have probably been the biggest beneficiary, as her passion and skill for jewelry-making have grown. for the last several years, for any occasion, she has shared her gift with me--literally. i'm always overwhelmed, not just because each piece is beautiful, but because "she" is in every one: her taste and sensibility--bold, yet refined and impeccable--balanced with thoughtfulness of what i would like. and each reflects the determination that she applies to learning and perfecting the craft.
i hope you'll visit her new blog. i'll be posting updates, of course, and i'll keep a link to it on the side bar, along with all the other folks that continue to inspire me.
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i've undertaken a little photo-experimenting with the pieces she's made for me. she liked a couple of them, so you'll find them at sheena925. but here are outtakes:
silver bracelet made by sheena. all photos © anita aguilar
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back when we were in high school, my cousin jojo created a collage for me, which still hangs in my bedroom at my parents' house, and which i've used for the last few years as my online "identity." it is so much nicer and more artful than any photo i would have picked.
me, in the 80s (ha). by jojo aguilar.
but i came home a couple of weeks ago to a wonderful surprise--a new painting (which is now my profile picture everywhere online). i hope it's not horribly vain and wrong of me to love this as much as a i do. (forgive me, if so.) but as i told him, that's me now, but on my best day, and exactly how i'd want to portray myself to others. big thank you hug to him for the new "me."
he's another amazing talent in my family. visit his blog to see more of his work (also perma-linked on the sidebar). funny, he's got his resume up there as a post, so you can see the long list of animation projects to his credit.
i have probably been the biggest beneficiary, as her passion and skill for jewelry-making have grown. for the last several years, for any occasion, she has shared her gift with me--literally. i'm always overwhelmed, not just because each piece is beautiful, but because "she" is in every one: her taste and sensibility--bold, yet refined and impeccable--balanced with thoughtfulness of what i would like. and each reflects the determination that she applies to learning and perfecting the craft.
i hope you'll visit her new blog. i'll be posting updates, of course, and i'll keep a link to it on the side bar, along with all the other folks that continue to inspire me.
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i've undertaken a little photo-experimenting with the pieces she's made for me. she liked a couple of them, so you'll find them at sheena925. but here are outtakes:
silver bracelet made by sheena. all photos © anita aguilar***
back when we were in high school, my cousin jojo created a collage for me, which still hangs in my bedroom at my parents' house, and which i've used for the last few years as my online "identity." it is so much nicer and more artful than any photo i would have picked.
me, in the 80s (ha). by jojo aguilar.but i came home a couple of weeks ago to a wonderful surprise--a new painting (which is now my profile picture everywhere online). i hope it's not horribly vain and wrong of me to love this as much as a i do. (forgive me, if so.) but as i told him, that's me now, but on my best day, and exactly how i'd want to portray myself to others. big thank you hug to him for the new "me."
painting by jojo aguilar
he's another amazing talent in my family. visit his blog to see more of his work (also perma-linked on the sidebar). funny, he's got his resume up there as a post, so you can see the long list of animation projects to his credit.
art shots: do you see what i see?
jon stewart?aidan quinn?
actually...
vsevolod mikhailovich garshin (1855-1888), 1884. by ilia efimovich repin.
apolo anton ohno?noooo. an egyptian peasant woman and her child, 1869-70. artist: leon bonnat.
art shots: have a look
andy warhol. nine jackies, 1964. acrylic and silk screen on canvas.
paul gaugin. la orana maria, 1891. oil on canvas.
marco breuer. spin (C-283), 2008.
chris mccaw. sunburned, gsp #166, mohave/winter solstice, 2007. gelatin silver prints.
tom friedman. untitled, 1998. chromogenic print.
pertti kekarainen. tila (passage 1), 2006. chromogenic print.all photos © anita aguilar
see a fine picture: fritz henle
this one is for my sister:
frida kahlo at xochimilco, mexico, (1937). by fritz henle. via judith puckett-rinella @ the moment blog at nytimes.com
some of fritz henle's work seems familiar--or is it merely an appealing, recognizable style?
in any case, his name is new to me.
the harry ransom center, a humanities research library and museum at the university of texas at austin, is presenting a retrospective exhibition "fritz henle: in search of beauty," which will run through august 2, 2009.
i won't make it down to austin this summer, so i'll have to be satisfied with online gallery-viewing, or the book.
from what i've seen so far, my favorites are photos that he shot over a two week period in paris, in july 1938, for time magazine. the photo essay never ran in time, but several photos were picked up years later by the ny times magazine, and published in book format in 1947.
if you're interested in henle's recollections of the "paris 1938" experience, here's the link.
frida kahlo at xochimilco, mexico, (1937). by fritz henle. via judith puckett-rinella @ the moment blog at nytimes.comsome of fritz henle's work seems familiar--or is it merely an appealing, recognizable style?
in any case, his name is new to me.
the harry ransom center, a humanities research library and museum at the university of texas at austin, is presenting a retrospective exhibition "fritz henle: in search of beauty," which will run through august 2, 2009.
i won't make it down to austin this summer, so i'll have to be satisfied with online gallery-viewing, or the book.
from what i've seen so far, my favorites are photos that he shot over a two week period in paris, in july 1938, for time magazine. the photo essay never ran in time, but several photos were picked up years later by the ny times magazine, and published in book format in 1947.
if you're interested in henle's recollections of the "paris 1938" experience, here's the link.
bringin' da noise: canon g10
cash bar
cap'n cool
color strand
face to face
pieces of worki recently purchased a canon g10 to serve as my every day, on-the-go camera. i've used it on three separate occasions so far, and i'm not loving the results. granted, i've been maxing out the zoom, and trying whenever possible not to use a flash. but there is a disappointing amount of noise and i don't know what to do...
i took the photos above at a book event at the fantastic jan larsen art studios in dumbo (hosted by gelf magazine). see what i mean? the only shot that isn't affected is one of the quilt...
sometimes i like grainy-ness in photos, but i don't want to see it in every shot.
i'm thinking about returning it. but what should i replace it with? a friend was happy with the results from the panasonic g1 he tested (while snowboarding, no less). but it looks from this review like that will present a similar problem? i should ask to see those photos.
i'm usually good about researching equipment before pulling the trigger (i loved the results from my canon A95, great saturated color, beautiful quality with a surprisingly robust zoom--and i bought it for around $250), but i was in a bit if a hurry this time as i needed a good back-up camera...thank goodness i didn't need to rely on this for my friend's wedding photos--there's no comparing the quality of the images between this and the xsi.
i'm going to take it for another run this weekend up in beacon, and then at home. maybe i just need to do a bit more fiddling around. fingers crossed.
but i remain open for suggestions...
more shots from the fun and fascinating gelf magazine series: "geeking out," here .
my lament: brooklyn designs
i had so much fun at brooklyn designs last year (see photos!) and i've been looking forward to attending the 2009 show...but unless something changes at the last minute, i'm going to miss it.
those who are able to make it will surely enjoy seeing the work of UM (oh how i love colgate searle and other cool geniuses at UM) and palo samko. at least i was able to see palo samko's exhibit at the ad home design show in march...
the photos above are "just some art pieces" palo created, which are not part of his official collection. but the spray painted zeppelin is striking. i love the bike theme--and i wasn't the only one. he said he received enough inquiries about his art pieces during the ad show that he may considering creating more, for sale.
anyway, UM will be at the icff at the javits center next week...otherwise, there is always the option for a field trip to their studio in dumbo...
if you are lucky enough to make it to bk designs, send news please...
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