tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17709835.post5160850252795761981..comments2024-01-17T00:20:07.761-08:00Comments on Not For Fun Only: The Upper Crust; Colour AmourAxel Feldheimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12517904558156089265noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17709835.post-2490944465586857302009-03-13T09:29:00.000-07:002009-03-13T09:29:00.000-07:00sfmike: oh dear, sorry to send you to the library ...sfmike: oh dear, sorry to send you to the library on such a lame errand! it was just so odd & what-the-hell-is-this, that i had to mention it. at least you are getting your money's worth out of Patrick Dougherty's willow branches. i hadn't thought about it, but those things must indeed be damn heavy!Axel Feldheimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12517904558156089265noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17709835.post-31296411597086843432009-03-12T18:50:00.000-07:002009-03-12T18:50:00.000-07:00Dear Axel: You're right. The color exhibit was vis...Dear Axel: You're right. The color exhibit was visually boring as hell, like something in a junior high school hallway, but not as fun. And I don't give an "E" for effort. The librarians/curators are getting paid good money to come up with this crap.<BR/><BR/>I wish the tree sculptures were more extensive too, but they worked with the time (three weeks) and materials (I forget how many thousand pounds of willow strands) that were given to them and improvised from there. I corresponded last year with the sculptor Patrick Dougherty because I had taken pictures of an earlier exhibit he created in the Palm Springs Art Museum, so in a way the piece feels like it was made just for me. It's too cool.Civic Centerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12362422142667230626noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17709835.post-59076986330476970062009-03-11T22:55:00.000-07:002009-03-11T22:55:00.000-07:00I hadn't realized that the sculptures accommodate ...I hadn't realized that the sculptures accommodate the trees when their leaves come back. I wish that they could have extended it to more trees.<BR/><BR/>Apart for the Albers album, I'm not sure I would give the color exhibit high marks for visual interest. But at least someone is trying to be creative. The <A HREF="http://nffo.blogspot.com/2008/11/transforming-kami-at-sf-public-library.html" REL="nofollow">origami</A> models they had a while back were what really blew me away.Axel Feldheimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12517904558156089265noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17709835.post-68935316928061288592009-03-11T21:45:00.000-07:002009-03-11T21:45:00.000-07:00Our paths keep overlapping in interesting ways. I ...Our paths keep overlapping in interesting ways. I love the wood sculpture on the Civic Center trees and they look different every time I walk through there. Can't wait to see them when the trees bloom back into greenery and the "alien birds nests" will really look strange and wonderful.<BR/><BR/>Thanks for the pointer about the color exhibit on the fourth floor. I'll go take some pics because I need to go to the fourth floor soon anyway.Civic Centerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12362422142667230626noreply@blogger.com