A few more Instax images

I took a few more photos and got some fresh air, sunshine, and even gluten-free ravioli!  So: it's been a good day.

Questionable Hair Day (in plaster)

 I would also look alarmed if I was being sculpted while my hair went on a rampage.

Wisdom Writ Large (Literally)

I like the shading! 

Red Envelopes (Snakes Edition)

I appreciate how methodical the application is! :)  

Great Star, Fresh Paint

I miss seeing movies here with my friends... 

Year of the Very Cute Snakes

I don't know what I was expecting, but it wasn't this.

Golden Star Neon (filter play)

My deep love for this sign continues! I am happy each time I see it.  (I've never seen it lit, because I'm never near it at night, sadly.)

Sunny December Walk (Instax Square)

 

The weather turned warm, and I have expired film to consume! Two photos in, my camera batteries died. I had replacements with me, but they were somehow even deader? Anyway: I got out of the house, spent money on new batteries, and got to take some photos before the sun sank too low. 

Union Square Station Reflections (28 December 2024)

Public art is enriching in very satisfying ways! 

Amy Sherald: American Sublime is SO GOOD

Amy Sherald:American Sublime at SFMoMA is a superb exhibit, and I'm so glad a local editor mentioned it on Bluesky.  The scale of the work, the dones, the shadows, her treatment of fabric, her superb modeling of faces...  She is just so impressive! I bought the book, and am eager to spend more time with her superb, modern work.

Indoor Sports at SFMoMA

There is a sport-themed exhibit at SFMoMA called Get Into the Game, and it is not only very popular with visitors, but also THEY HAVE THE SECURITY GUARDS WEARING REFEREE COSTUMES, and that is hilarious.

The interactive table games deliver delight to participants and passersby.

Abstract thoughts (26 December)

Five image photo-collage of abstract acrylic ink drawings on indigo-painted, handmade paper.

After these, my linework became... unduly busy, which is too much a reflection of my mind.   It was good to get it out on paper, but not visually satisfying.

Mural (new to me)

 

Rectilinear Spiral Stair

 

City Hall Glass

I don't believe I've seen this glass pattern anywhere else... 

U is a hard letter to carve (The Board of Svpervisors)

But somehow O isn't? 

Loving the Dome

It's so grand, and the wedding parties milling beneath it and posing everywhere for photos are adorable.

(Standing just off center, so you can see the perspective and realize it isn't flat.) 

Auditio (detail from Kosuth's WFT)

 

The Camellia Believes it is Spring

...and who am I to correct it? 

deYoung's Africa and New Guinea Galleries (24 December 2024)

I especially enjoy the Africa and New Guinea collections at the deYoung, and have slowly been realizing that the abstracts I draw may be what pulls me toward them - I have a lot in common with these artists and their tastes in patterns.

deYoung's Tamara de Limpicka show (24 December 2024)

JM highly recommended the Tamara de Lempicka show at the deYoung, so I went on Christmas Eve to have a look.

I really like her dramatic shading, and the way everyone's eyelids are modeled!  I take comfort in the fact that she choose to make fingers cylinders and so models hands so strangely - hands are always tough (not just for AIs).  

Paintings on a Green Wall

 I love the lighting and the colors in the galleries at the Asian...

The left piece is Mountain Beyond Mountains by Liu Guosong from 1967, and feels completely contemporary to me.

The middle piece is Landscape in Clouds by Li Huayi from 2007, and has amazing textures that make me realize why granulation in watercolor is increasingly popular.  

The right piece is also great, but the leftmost pieces felt most relevant to me.

Egg Woman II by SoHyun Bae (SF Asian Art Museum)

The blues have an iridescent sheen that isn't visible from this angle.  I like this piece very much. 

Geometric textile

 

Quite the fabric...

Three layer hat

I remain fascinated by transparent, geometric hats.  How did this convey any sort of authority?

Green, such a gorgeous green

And the sheen on it...  *swoon*  (oh look, I already have a tag for hanbok in my directory, who knew...)

Hallyu: Neon

San Francisco's Asian Art Museum wasn't too crowded today, so I was free to wander through Hallyu! The Korean Wave and enjoy its many charms (though I wasn't willing to go into the room where you could try dance moves from K-Pop bands, for the safety of others who might hurt them selves collapsing with laughter at the sight of me).

Camera Test for Lomo'Instant Wide Glass

I really like Fuji Instax film, but actively dislike my Fuji Instax Wide camera - it has never been very sharp, and I've been frequently disappointed with it everywhere other than parties (in which people look better in slightly soft focus anyway)...  So I decided to try Lomo's attempt at this (despite some very mixed past experiences with their cameras).  

But to test it, I decided to take it to a SHINY, TRANSPARENT, REFLECTIVE sculpture.  This... wasn't very wise.  Because: how the hell do you correctly expose such a subject?  Anyway, I figured it out eventually.  The GINORMOUS (oh my gosh - I have dictionaries that are smaller) camera works fine.   And I have some happy memories of goofing around with such a charming installation.

DAAO by Day

I went back to test a camera, and Studio DAAO's installation is also delightful in full sun. 

Big and Red (13 December 2024)

 There were no humans nearby for scale...

Circus (lights)(13 December 2024)

A little BIG tent. 

Let's Glow SF at 250 Fremont (13 December 2024)

The building is ribbed, and the art made use of the texture at different times, but I'm showing two of the more organic and fractal images.

I told my Cousin that the building (which I have many photos of) is like Brutalism by someone who only pretends to believe in Brutalism.  I find it very sculptural.

Studio DAAO (at Let's Glow SF)(13 December 2024)

This is the giant, inflatable, opalescent art I needed! (Reposting with four views, replacing single view.)

Let's Glow SF - Ferry Building (9 December 2024)

So lovely! 

Let's Glow SF Kickoff with Dancers

The pre-lighting event is festive!

I love that kids have no hesitation about dancing in public with people in LED costumes.  Adults should figure out how to retain this skill.

Kids should have fun, but not ALL of the fun!

My Cousin says that this costume reminds him of the aliens in The Abyss.  (Trust my dear Cousin to choose a good sci-fi reference!)

It was nice to see dancers and spectators having fun.

 

Holiday Lights

The usual, though the palm trees have fewer lights than usual, depriving me of my California-flaunting opportunities. 

Ferris from Afar

I saw this from a distance, and hoped it would be the sort that goes fast and makes visual swirls on film, but it is one of the more reasonable, sedate models.

SF Beneath Clouds

Little did I know when taking this photo, after discussing a bike trip down the California coast with a commute pal, featuring a long aside about historic tsunamis up in Crescent City, that we would be under a tsumani alert ourselves...  The danger passed, it was all fine (and we are on an inland bay), but it still felt quite EVENTFUL.

Nursery plants

My cousin needed some plants, and I got to ride along!