Proof prints hanging in the studio.
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Jul 072010
Fourth of July
New York
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Jul 062010
My shadow on West 113th Street near Amsterdam as the sun was setting straight down the street. Manhattanhenge is not until July 11/12, but this looks pretty close.
October 13 – November 12, 2009
Monday–Friday, 9 am – 5 pm
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Feb 072009
Here is a short video of Mary’s installation, A Light of Its Own, now on exhibit at the PS122 Gallery. For more info, go to Mary’s web site.
http://maryschiliro.com/
Lieutenant Island is a great place for skim-boarding at low tide.
Jul 192008
Jul 192008
The church of St. Germain des Pres is the oldest in Paris.
These late Delacroix murals (oil on canvas) are in the church of Saint-Sulpice. Seurat and Signac spent a lot of time studying them.
We also found a great playground where Nina and I hung out while Mary went to see a Vlaminck show in the Musée du Luxembourg.
There was a lot of contemporary sculpture on display in the Jardin du Luxembourg.
Nina and I went back to St. Sulpice since Mary was still in the Vlamick show.
One chapel held a video installation by Benjamin Bergery and Jim Campbell.
Epiphany, 2007
Then we went back to the Musée du Luxembourg to find Mary. She said the show was great, though photography was not permitted.
Jul 192008
What a relief not to be going to another museum today!
Cathrine took us to visit her friends Martine and Phillipe at Martine’s country house, just 30 minutes outside of Paris. The landscape changes very quickly.
Appoline joined us for the day and brought along a special card game for the train ride.
Arriving at the station
Driving into the village, we passed an old car.
Mary and Cathrine picked up some bread and a fruit tart.
Martine’s house is just outside the village, within walking distance.
Martine showed Cathrine her garden while Nina and Appoline started a game of tag. In french it’s something like “play the cat.”
With limited ability to communicate, Nina and Appoline decided what to do next.
Lunch
Sieste
Then we took a walk to a neighbor’s to go for a swim.
A nice setting for a pool
Jul 182008
Fifth floor of the Centre Pompidou
Barnett Newman, Jericho, 1968-69
Pierre Bonnard, Nu à la baignoire, 1931
Victor Vasarely, Mindoro II, 1954-1958
Francois Morellet, 3×3, 1954
Robert Delaunay, Rythme, 1934
Robert Delaunay, Hélice et rythme, 1937
Still from Lazlo Maholy Nagy, Light Display, Black, White and Gray, 1922-1930 made using his Light Display Machine
This is not a still in the usual sense. I photographed the film with my still camera.
Luigi Russolo, Dynamisme d’une automobile, 1912-1913
Man Ray, Lampshade, 1919/1954
Jean Arp, various pieces, 1936-1964
Vantongerloo, Van Doesburg, Mondrian, Mondrian
Jean Hélion, Composition orthogonale, 1930
Sophie Taeuber-Arp, Quatre espaces à croix brisée, 1932
A room full of works by Malevich
Croix noire, 1923-26
plaster and glass
An interesting Juan Gris, la guitare, from 1913…see the details.
Some of those modernists were very post-modern.
At the end of the day, we met up with Kate and went out to dinner.
Back at the Parc du Bercy, the Cinemathèque Française—housed in a building designed by Frank Gehry as the American Center—was sponsoring an outdoor screening on an inflatable screen. The film—something by Max Ophuls—wasn’t to start until 10:30, after it got dark. So, we headed home.
