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Mark Bradford’s Urban Landscapes Few artists have used mapping as an artistic practice to the effect that Mark Bradford has, weaving the visual and social landscapes of urban societies into the layers of his collage paintings.

Mark Bradford’s Urban Landscapes

Few artists have used mapping as an artistic practice to the effect that Mark Bradford has, weaving the visual and social landscapes of urban societies into the layers of his collage paintings.

Urban Inks, Comets on Fire, Parchman Farm, Night after Night; Bottom of the Hill; December 17, 2004 2004 printed material | screen print (via SFMOMA)

Urban Inks, Comets on Fire, Parchman Farm, Night after Night; Bottom of the Hill; December 17, 2004

2004

printed material | screen print

(via SFMOMA)

“A challenge museums have now is how much are they about making social spaces,” Craig Dykers, the principal architect at Snohetta, said. “Is it a building filled with art with some people in it, or a building filled with people with some art in it? There needs to be enough social space to make people feel comfortable in what can be an austere environment, the white box. You shouldn’t feel like you need to be quiet in the public spaces.” Read more: San Francisco Museum of Modern Art Expansion Aims for Friendly - NYTimes.com

“A challenge museums have now is how much are they about making social spaces,” Craig Dykers, the principal architect at Snohetta, said. “Is it a building filled with art with some people in it, or a building filled with people with some art in it? There needs to be enough social space to make people feel comfortable in what can be an austere environment, the white box. You shouldn’t feel like you need to be quiet in the public spaces.”

Read more: San Francisco Museum of Modern Art Expansion Aims for Friendly - NYTimes.com

We’ve just unveiled new designs for SFMOMA’s expansion, planned to begin in the summer of 2013. See all of the images and get a virtual video tour of the new building on our blog, Open Space. What do you think?

We’ve just unveiled new designs for SFMOMA’s expansion, planned to begin in the summer of 2013. See all of the images and get a virtual video tour of the new building on our blog, Open Space.

What do you think?

Today, the city approved SFMOMA’s big expansion plans: the museum will add space to the existing building, but there will also be an 18-foot wide pedestrian walkway, a new gallery on Howard, and additional public spaces.  In other words… IT’S ON! (via City Approves SFMOMA Expansion: Terraced Promenade, Here We Come! - Culture Feed - The Bay Citizen)

Today, the city approved SFMOMA’s big expansion plans: the museum will add space to the existing building, but there will also be an 18-foot wide pedestrian walkway, a new gallery on Howard, and additional public spaces. 

In other words… IT’S ON!

(via City Approves SFMOMA Expansion: Terraced Promenade, Here We Come! - Culture Feed - The Bay Citizen)

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