John Cage turns 100 years old tomorrow.
Here’s Cage on his famous piece, 4’33”, a composition consisting of nothing but silence:
The marvelous thing about 4’33” is that it can be any length, so that we can listen at any time to what there is to hear.
Hear all that Cage has to say about 4’33” on SFMOMA’s website here.
Image: a screen shot taken from Cage’s Silence via Amazon.
Celebrate the sound of silence + John Cage’s centenary this Thursday at SFMOMA with the Electronic Music Festival!
Posted on Tuesday, September 4th 2012
Reblogged from PYRAMIDROME
As Slow Art Day participants, we know the sublime experience that we can have by slowing down to observe and truly take in a piece of art. We spend 10 minutes, 15 minutes—up to an hour—and encourage others to do the same. But we don’t think to suggest that people should spend all day everyday in front of the same artwork. It would never occur to us. Would anyone do that?
Art photographer Andy Freeberg found out when he noticed women sitting near certain art pieces in the State Hermitage museum in St. Petersburg, Russia.
These women are retired professionals who serve as guards in art museums all over Russia. They sit on chairs near a particular piece of art in the gallery, their presence so constant that they become part of the viewing experience. Freeberg noticed visual connections between the women and the art they were sitting with, which prompted him to begin taking photos that turned into the Guardians project, a photographic exploration of this uniquely Russian phenomenon.
Want to know more about the Guardians project? Check out the full article that editor Jennafer Martin wrote over on slowartday.com!
Posted on Tuesday, September 4th 2012
Reblogged from Slow Art Day
Tauba Auerbach’s 50/50 Floor at SFMOMA’s upcoming exhibition, from their post at Facebook: Installing Field Conditions. (Thanks, Nuzz.)
Posted on Sunday, September 2nd 2012
Reblogged from notes.husk.org
I’m excited about A Taste For Modernism, an upcoming exhibition @DeYoungMuseum!
Left: Paul Cézanne, Milk Can and Apples, 1879–80. Right: Paul Gauguin, Seed of the Areoi, 1892. Oil on burlap, 36 1/4 x 28 3/8 inches.
Resplendent.
Posted on Sunday, September 2nd 2012
Reblogged from PYRAMIDROME
Orlan, The Draped-the Baroque, 1983
Posted on Sunday, September 2nd 2012
Reblogged from Cave to Canvas
Philip Guston talks about his approach to painting in an exclusive clip at sfmoma.org.
Click here to watch the video.
Posted on Saturday, September 1st 2012
Reblogged from We Must All Get Ready Now
This is the Best Cat Video on the Internet, according to the Internet Cat Video Film Festival.
The fine art of Internet Cat Videos. Happy #Caturday, all.
Posted on Saturday, September 1st 2012
Reblogged from Mashable HQ
Beauty is Embarrassing, a new documentary about artist Wayne White, looks sooo wonderful. “My mission is to bring humor into fine art… art can be a 24/7 lifestyle.” Watch the trailer, be inspired!
Posted on Saturday, September 1st 2012
SUBMISSION:
leaf and cindy sherman.
©2012 salvatore marrazzo
Posted on Friday, August 31st 2012
I’m not gonna look. I’m not gonna look. I’m not gonna look. I’m not gonna look. I’m not gonna look. I’m not gonna look.
Paris, 2012. by Gonzalo Bénard
Commentary from the artist: Paris, 23rd August 2012. This man was walking with his head up, and as soon as he passed by this wall his head went down till the end of the add! I saw him secs before so I waited for him to pass this wall. At the same time is wonderful to see that this add is quite disrespectful to this man and his education, beliefs, etc, However he respects it in return, facing down, not looking, it’s his way to respect the girl there and himself.
Posted on Friday, August 31st 2012
Reblogged from G. Bénard
SUBMISSION:
Untitled by Sophie Lafreniere
Posted on Friday, August 31st 2012
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