Posted by Sandy in Arts, Entertainment and Music, Blogroll, Photograhy on 08 31st, 2009 | No Comments
Avedon – SF MoMA
“Richard Avedon: Photographs 1946 – 2004”
More than 200 photographs are included in this retrospective of Avedon’s work at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art.
He was born in NYC in 1923 and began work in 1944 at a department store, but quickly became the go-to photographer for magazines...
District 9–Will They Seek Justice!
Great references, some very obvious, others not so. There is the bible, there is South African apartheid and most powerfully, although not by design, is the paranoia in this country on the ascendancy of Barack Obama, as in “If They Are In Control, Will They Take Their Revenge”. There has...
Sketching Two Figures Quickly
Working quickly capturing two models in short poses is a great drill. You have to make a decision about what is important in what you are seeing and want to capture on paper. You have to think fast and draw slow. Recently I’ve gotten to work with two drawing models, this was a five minute pose.
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Posted by Sandy in Arts, Entertainment and Music, Blogroll, Film, Movies on 08 28th, 2009 | No Comments
100 “Best” Films
The usual suspects, not the film, but the movies you would expect, made the list of the 2008 American Film Institute’s “100 films/100 years” – “All About Eve”, “Casablanca”, “Lawrence of Arabia” and the same #1 as 10 years ago when AFI published its 1st poll, Orson Welles’ “Citizen...
Posted by Sandy in Arts, Entertainment and Music, Blogroll, Film, Movies, music on 08 26th, 2009 | No Comments
DVD Corner: Motown
“I’ve got sunshine on a cloudy day…”
The opening bass line that precedes the above lyric to the “Temptations” song “My Girl”, is instantly recognizable, instantly evoking a time/ place/age gone but still very much alive when the music plays. (I still know all the words.)
I watched...
Posted by Sandy in Arts, Entertainment and Music, Blogroll, Film, Theater on 08 25th, 2009 | No Comments
“Double, Double, Toil…”
Shakespeare’s Macbeth is my favorite!
“Double, double toil and trouble, fire burn, and cauldron bubble…”
I know, if I want to impress, I should say – Hamlet, King Lear, etc.They may be “deeper”, but, they’re not as much fun.
Macbeth has witches- 3. It has ghosts –...
Posted by Sandy in Arts, Entertainment and Music, Blogroll, Film, Movies on 08 24th, 2009 | No Comments
DVD Corner: “Collateral”
The 2004 thriller is really worth a look. And the term “thriller” is accurate, especially when a train ride is involved.
Tom Cruise, as “Vincent” the deadly, grey haired mystery man, jumps into a cab driven by “Max”, Jamie Foxx, and the 2 of them are off on a fast night of cat & mouse...
O’Keeffe at the Whitney
“Georgia O’Keeffe: Abstraction” will be the featured exhibit at the Whitney Museum beginning 9/17/09.
The artist, 1887-1986 is known for her flowers and western landscapes images. “By devoting itself to this largely unexplored area of her work, Georgia O’Keeffe: Abstraction is an overdue...
Worth Watching Over and Over Again
This is one of two powerful presentations done by Wynton Marsalis on behalf of “The American for Arts Action Fund.” Marsalis is a wonderful story teller and teacher. The honesty in the telling of his stories is magical and insightful.
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Vasily Kandinsky*Guggenheim
As part of the Guggenheim Museum’s 50th Anniversary events this September, the work of post-impressionist artist Vasily Kandinsky will be highlighted with film presentations and discussions.
Guggenheim started to collect Kandinsky paintings and water colors in 1929. Those are on display along with...
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