Mural Monday: A Horse (of course) --- detail from Piazzoni's "The Land" mural at de Young in San Francisco

Gottardo F.P. Piazzoni (1872-1945)
The Land, 1932 (oil on canvas)

The Land is one of two panoramic five-panel mural suites (the other is The Sea) "created for a loggia at the top of the grand staircase in the main building of San Francisco's Public Library, The paintings, which were intergrated into the architecture of the Beaux-Arts building, were intended to suggest vistas seen through the columns of a terrace." These now reside in the Piazzoni mural room at the de Young fine art museum in San Francisco. The room is lovely and the museum hosts various events in this space.

The Land, 1932
Gottardo F. P. Piazzoni (1872-1945)

 

At LACMA

An afternoon at the LA County Museum of Art, Los Angeles

On Display - ART INSTITVTE CHICAGO

In Van Gogh's Bedroom

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By Matisse's River Bathers

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ROY over RED

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Renoir's Two Sisters with Two Sisters

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Alex Katz's son Vincent and friend Tony observed by a girl, a man, and the girl's dad

The first afternoon, we went to the Art Institute and

only glimpsed the collection.

(Note to self: ALWAYS check that the camera lens is clean!!!)

A-MAZE-ing Coloring (at The Getty)

I spotted the lovely new blooms in the Getty gardens just at closing time.

 I think this view deserves to be re-visited very soon.

Afternoon at The Getty, too

Looking west, just outside the West Pavilion, with the back-side of

 "Figure for Landscape" by Barbara Hepsworth

(British, 1960; 1700 lb. bronze)

The Getty exibits at the West Pavillion

"The House That Sam Built: Sam Maloof and Art in the Pomona Valley, 1945-1985" Pacific Standard Time

The exhibit at the Huntington Library's Boone Gallery "showcases classic examples 
of the work of Sam Maloof (1916-2009), a nationally recognized leader of the 
American studio craft movement -- a movement that favored 
the aesthetics of the handmade over the machine and mass-produced." 

The exhibit is extremely well done and Maloof pieces are very appealing.
The style has been popularized and mass-produced but those
 pieces do not come close to the beauty of the handcrafted originals.

For you locals, the exhibit runs through tomorrow, so you can still rush out to see it.

Watercolors by Maloof and others, memorabilia, and even a painting by Millard Sheets is also on display. 

Variety (is the spice of life)...



BROAD CONTEMPORARY ART MUSEUM -- LACMA -- 15 January 2012
Canon EOS 50D, f/4, 1/30 sec., ISO-800, 18 mm focal length

...not much variety, only a variation on the night theme with this one. The photo came out pretty good for a hand-held shot.

Museum Wear & Wares

Black/navy & white stripes, with pink accents.

November at molaa (Museum of Latin American Art, Long Beach).

PACIFIC STANDARD TIME - Fall Back

Today we set our clocks back to Pacific Standard Time.

But this Pacific Standard Time refers to the initiative of the Getty, with participation of arts institutions across Southern California, to celebrate the LA art scene from 1945 to 1980.

By April, I plan to see all the exhibits in the museums and catch at least a few at the participating galleries...even though photographing the art is not allowed.

www.pacificstandardtime.org

PST: Crosscurrents Exhibition

Getty Gets Gorgeous

From the visit a couple of weeks ago to the Getty Center with Virginia, Judy and Karin.

Barrel of Fun (@ the Getty Center, L.A.)

 Views of barrel cacti and others... with hazy LA in the background.

Virginia seemed glad to see me...Hiker, not so much. (Hee-hee!)

A Day at LACMA: Orange you ready...

... to see what's around the corner?

Actually, I quite enjoyed viewing this piece...and how people reacted to it.

A Day at LACMA: Vinyl Rain

Looking up at the LA County Museum of Art

A Day at LACMA: Watching Heads

Contemplating Saw Head (by David Smith, 1933)

A Day at LACMA (Weekend Reflections)



Cracked Egg (Red), 1994-2000, by Jeff Koons (BCAM at LACMA)

Broad Contemporary Art Museum has such a whimsical collection ... my friend L. and I had so much fun looking at the art and our reflections. 

LAST CHANCE portion of Last Chance Lost, 2007, Jack Pierson (BCMA @ LACMA)

Join James' Weekend Reflections at Newtown Daily Photo.

I Can See for Miles - PV from The Getty Center

I had an hour to spare today between appointments in Westwood and spent it rushing around the marvellous Getty Center. Makes me wonder why I don't visit it more often. LA is having another heat wave with some smog being pushed out toward the ocean by the warm Santa Ana winds. In the distance, the Palos Verdes peninsula is the darker hill on the right left, and farther left right is Catalina Island. (Thank you Petrea & Bratcat for knowing the peninsula vs. island. :)

The Getty was built using Italian travetine with the facades alternating between the rough natural look and smooth polished surfaces.

Anita & a Kantale - Pasadena, CA

Anita with a sunny smile played the Finnish kantele - a lap harp - at the Pasadena Museum of History in the Finnish Folk Art Museum - 16 May 2010

I've been inspired by many bloggers to join the 100 Strangers series.

'Q' is for Quadrangle (abc Wednesday)

quad·ran·gle n. 1. Mathematics Quadrilateral. 2. A rectangular area surrounded on all four sides by buildings.

Join abc Wednesday.

Untitled, 1992 by Matt Mullican (1 May 2010)
"Commisioned by the Santa Barbara Museum of Art Women's Board, this large-scale, contemporary art installation by Mullican represents a complex array of signs, symbols, and patterns. Incorporated into the Museum's architecture, its centerpiece is two oversized canvas rubbings (acrylic and oil pencil) that are mounted, facing one another, in a light-filled atrium. Painted in black and the primary colors red and yellow, each panel is divided into two halves: the top portions present a constellation of symbols, many based upon international sign language, while the bottom parts refer to Santa Barbara, identified by its city grid and by images of its recognizable landscape."Guarding art, SBMA (1 May 2010)

Yellow Mimosa (or Can't Fence In Springtime)

I'm taking a guess that these lovely, delicate, puffs of yellow are mimosa tree flowers.

On a different note, check out the museum pieces (living/singing art and Millard Sheet's work) on Pasadena Adjacent's: U-Can-See-Um-In-A-Museum.

Real/Fake at Getty Villa (2 things challenge)

I first thought I'd post a real vs. fake sculpture - but the museum visitors were just so "real", and the building, since it's a replica, can be considered "fake".
Join the weekly 2 Things Challenge hosted by D.C. Confidential.

Just getting a little sun in the Villa garden with pattern on pattern.
"Oh, I get by with a little help from my friends..."