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Are you kidding me right now? This place is awesome. For real. After sleeping off the rock and roll neck aches of birthday dancemania at The Transfer at our pal Jeremy’s house in the Inner Sunset, we had a delicious Pakistani meal complete with my two all time favorites, Chai tea and pickled mango relish. With this rejuvenating meal under our belts, we, adventurers, set off to conquer the massive Golden Gate park on the hunt for Herzog and deMeuron’s M.H. DeYoung Museum. We could see its iconic tower hovering above the trees and were able to find it with ease. The copper plated shell was glowing in the hazy San Francisco sunlight and it was even more impressive up close than from far away. Personally, I feel that the external lighting fixtures are a dream and I wish I could have one outside of my house for life. The building is achingly beautiful but it pales in comparison to the panoramic sweeping views of the whole of San Francisco and the bay offered by the tower. The site specific installations were okay; particularly corny were the works of Kiki Smith, Gerhard Richter and Ed Ruscha. I totally loved the exhibition Chim: The Photography of David Seymour. Collection-wise the hot fire was The Jolika Collection of New Guinea Art including cultural artifacts including exquisite sculptures, tools, real skulls (??) and decorations made of human teeth. There were also several sweet pieces of contemporary American work. All in the all, the architecture was number one. The art was a close second. Leave a Reply |
