Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2017/08/10
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]The place looks wonderful in your images, Jayanand. Gehry always has innovative touches. Douglas On 09/08/2017 02:06, Jayanand Govindaraj wrote: > By far the single most stimulating place that we visited in our recent > sojourn in Canada was the Frank Gehry designed Art Gallery of Ontario (AGO) > in Toronto. The master architect's hand was everywhere in the public spaces > in the interior, from the play of shadows and natural light, beguiling > archways and a truly spectacular Douglas Fir clad staircase. The whole > effect can be encapsulated in just one word - stunning! It has a permanent > exhibition of 75,000 pieces of art and covers everything from the Dutch > Masters to current contemporary art, with, naturally enough, a huge > collection of Canadian Art. We only discovered this on our last evening, > and went there primarily to see a Georgia O'Keeffe exhibition, and ended up > staying a few hours till it closed! The O'Keeffe exhibition had a huge > bonus - tons of prints from her partner Alfred Steiglitz (including a > section of photos of her private parts, which, for some unfathomable > reason, seems to be all the rage nowadays), Ansel Adams, including a full > size, gorgeous Moonrise and Paul Strand. > > Shadows And Light: > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/canada/AGO/Canada-20170722-657.jpg.html > > Arch 1: > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/canada/AGO/Canada-20170722-612.jpg.html > > Arch 2: > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/canada/AGO/Canada-20170722-613.jpg.html > > Arch 3: > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/canada/AGO/Canada-20170722-614.jpg.html > > Arch 4: > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/canada/AGO/Canada-20170722-618.jpg.html > > The well of the stairs, with the evening sun staining the Douglas Fir > cladding to almost blood red: > > Staircase 1: > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/canada/AGO/Canada-20170722-662.jpg.html > > Staircase 2: > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/canada/AGO/Canada-20170722-666.jpg.html > > Staircase 3: > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/canada/AGO/Canada-20170722-663.jpg.html > > Some of the exhibits > > Georgia O'Keeffe: > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/canada/AGO/Canada-20170722-607.jpg.html > > Face Off: > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/canada/AGO/Canada-20170722-677.jpg.html > > Gallery: > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/canada/AGO/Canada-20170722-672.jpg.html > > Curiousity: > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/canada/AGO/Canada-20170722-644.jpg.html > > The Big Dot: > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/canada/AGO/Canada-20170722-606.jpg.html > > Finally, the dazzling and welcoming sun dappled cafeteria, with a Rodin at > the end! > > Cafeteria: > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/canada/AGO/Canada-20170722-624.jpg.html > > Waitress: > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/canada/AGO/Canada-20170722-625.jpg.html > > Sizzle: > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/canada/AGO/Canada-20170722-637.jpg.html > > Please see LARGE > > Comments and criticism, as ever, welcome > > Cheers > Jayanand > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > >