Happy 104th birthday to the father of modern photojournalism, Henri Cartier-Bresson!

In photography, the smallest thing can be a great subject.The little, human detail can become a Leitmotiv. - Henri Cartier-Bresson

Pictured: Seville, Spain, 1933, printed ca. 1950

Henri Cartier-Bresson, Charles Henri Ford, Paris, 1935

Henri Cartier-Bresson, Marilyn Monroe during the filming of “The Misfits,” Nevada, 1960

Henri Cartier-Bresson, Scanno, Italy, 1951

Can there be architecture without buildings? What if a wall or a floor went on forever?

These are some of the questions that Field Conditions, SFMOMA’s newest Architecture + Design exhibition, will explore. Peek inside the galleries to see the installation in progress on our Facebook page.

Pictured: installation of Tauba Auerbach’s 50/50 Floor (2008), which consists of 80,000+ randomly placed black and white porcelain tiles.

Art mimics life… or is it the other way around?

scissorfights:

nemel on Flickr.

Detail of Barry McGee work currently on view, 2nd-floor.

wiblog:

Graphic designer Sophine in the field (pun!) testing her Field Conditions wall text designs/spontaneously color-blocking.

Our new architecture + design exhibition, Field Conditions, opens in about 2 weeks! Love the exhibition description’s intro: Can there be architecture without buildings? What if a wall or a floor went on forever? What happens when people move through a room?

In a rare treat, we have Tyler Green’s recent interview with renowned photographer Robert Adams featured on our blog today. Check out the post and listen to their exchange about trees here.

Excerpt: 

Adams, 75, is one of America’s greatest living photographers. In the 1960s and 1970s he brought a new sensibility to photographing the most classic subject of American art, the land. By emphasizing man’s impact on Colorado and its suburbs in series such as “The New West” and “What We Bought,” Adams helped pioneer art that addressed our impact on the landscape and the Earth.

Pictured: Robert Adams, Sitka Spruce, Cape Blanco State Park, Curry County, Oregon, 1993-2003. Gift of Randi and Bob Fisher. © Robert Adams

The Texas Chainsaw Massacre will be screened at SFMOMA tomorrow night, 7pm. Come see one of the most influential horror films ever on the big screen!

Watch the film’s trailer here.

Image: Tobe Hooper, “The Texas Chainsaw Massacre,” 1974

isabellykim:

Being cultured at #SFMOMA (Taken with Instagram)

Nice black + white color reversal happening in this photo!

Pictured: Clyfford Still’s Untitled (1960)

bradypus:

Louise Bourgpony. #SFMOMA

Now THIS is a weird juxtaposition.

Learn more about Bourgeois’s The Nest (pictured above) in this interactive feature! Also fascinating: a video of Bourgeois talking about her interest in spiders. Have a look!

Pictured: Christine Wong Yap’s Positive Sign #42 (Subjective Well-Being), 2011; glitter pen on gridded vellum.

See more new work from Wong Yap’s positive signs series on Open Space!