Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2016/04/29
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]The last one is very nice. I can imagine how soothing this room must be! Cheers Jayanand On Fri, Apr 29, 2016 at 3:20 PM, Nathan Wajsman <photo at frozenlight.eu> wrote: > When I am in Copenhagen, I visit the Louisiana Museum of Modern Art in the > coastal town Humleb?k. It is an amazing place, with a mix of a great > permanent collection and awesome exhibitions. This is the place where I saw > a Mapplethorpe exhibition for the first time back in the 90s, and I have > been acquainted with several other great artists over the years. Without > exception, every visit ends with an expanded horizon. To my delight, > Louisiana is now open until 10 p.m. most days, so I could go with my friend > Beata after work rather than alone during the day. > > So, yesterday afternoon, after Beata got home from work, we took the > northern coastal train to Humleb?k. The air was extremely clear, but with > heavy grey clouds threatening rain (which never came): > http://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-dGbhtwK/A > > The main new exhibition was called Eye Attack and was about kinetic and op > art from the period 1950-70. Some fantastic stuff, and in some of the > installations the viewer became part of the work: > http://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-8qrsWGc/A > > The sculpture garden outside was particularly beautiful at dusk. Note the > colours visible in the background?as part of the Eye Attack, parts of the > museum itself were transformed into an orgy of colours and shapes: > http://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-fbwCqDp/A > > This is the colourful walkway visible on the previous image, now seen from > the inside. The statue at the far end is by Giacometti: > http://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-cvQ8fbj/A > > That walkway leads to what is probably my favourite room in the permanent > collection at Louisiana. There are a couple of Giacometti sculptures, a > large print by Jeff Wall, and a gorgeous view of the outside: > http://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-cjSKDNT/A > > Thus spiritually enriched, we had a beer in the caf? and took the train > back to Copenhagen. All museums should be open late! > > Cheers, > Nathan > > Nathan Wajsman > Alicante, Spain > http://www.frozenlight.eu <http://www.frozenlight.eu/> > http:// <http://www.greatpix.eu/>www.greatpix.eu > PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws < > http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws>Blog: http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/ < > http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/> > Cycling: http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/belgiangator < > http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/belgiangator> > YNWA > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information