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orichalcum at 09:50pm on 10/08/2005
orichalcum at 09:50pm on 10/08/2005Much as I am impressed by Google, I find that its ability to tailor its text ads to content is somewhat haphazard. Take, for instance, the Molly Ivins politically oriented column I was reading today. It had some ads next to it which made perfect sense: "BushWorld Book Summary, by Maureen Dowd"- and "Anti-Bush Shirts and Gear."
But the juxtaposition of "Sexy Iraqi Guys and Girls - Looking for a Hot Date, Romance, or Just a Friend" and "See the Video: Torture and forced confessions alleged at Guatanamo" was somewhat unfortunate.
In other news, I went to MOMA today, and got myself two nice matted prints - Henri Rousseau's Sleeping Gypsy, since he's one of my favorite artists of all time, and Matisse's Dance, which has the naked women in a dancing circle, very appropriate for my office. There were also some lovely Brancusis, one of my favorite sculptors, on display, as well as the more famous works like Les Demoiselles D'Avignon. Overall, though, I'm unimpressed with the new restoration - while the vertical atrium is cool, the thin glass fences separating you from a hundred-foot-drop to an impalement on a giant bronze lipstick were rather unnerving. Also, Il Laboratorio di Gelato, which sells ice cream in the sculpture garden, has nothing on Cones, or even Mary's Dairy. Very disappointing.
Who's your favorite modern artist, and why? For the sake of this question, I define "modern" as 1880-1970 and "art" as "visual media including painting and sculpture and collage."
But the juxtaposition of "Sexy Iraqi Guys and Girls - Looking for a Hot Date, Romance, or Just a Friend" and "See the Video: Torture and forced confessions alleged at Guatanamo" was somewhat unfortunate.
In other news, I went to MOMA today, and got myself two nice matted prints - Henri Rousseau's Sleeping Gypsy, since he's one of my favorite artists of all time, and Matisse's Dance, which has the naked women in a dancing circle, very appropriate for my office. There were also some lovely Brancusis, one of my favorite sculptors, on display, as well as the more famous works like Les Demoiselles D'Avignon. Overall, though, I'm unimpressed with the new restoration - while the vertical atrium is cool, the thin glass fences separating you from a hundred-foot-drop to an impalement on a giant bronze lipstick were rather unnerving. Also, Il Laboratorio di Gelato, which sells ice cream in the sculpture garden, has nothing on Cones, or even Mary's Dairy. Very disappointing.
Who's your favorite modern artist, and why? For the sake of this question, I define "modern" as 1880-1970 and "art" as "visual media including painting and sculpture and collage."
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I'm also a big fan of Rodin's more sensual work, since its rare that sculpture really moves me emotionally, and his does.
And I like Dale Chihuly for the beautiful things he can do with glass (http://www.holstengalleries.com/artists/chihuly.html) and the way he echos organic shapes.
And some of the stuff Andy Goldsworthy (http://cgee.hamline.edu/see/goldsworthy/see_an_andy.html) does is just damn cool.
Wow. I didn't think there were that many artists I cared about.
And I'll learn to do cut tags soon, I promise.
-PS
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I'm a big Calder fan as well.
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