Back to MOMA

I went back to MOMA today. I was going to the Guggenheim but felt there was more to see at MOMA. There is a paper exhibition on there which is so good I could look at it for a week. I am going back tomorrow with camera. (There goes my visit to the Met).

I also managed to get to the American Museum of Folk Art which had a stunning exhibition of Kaleidoscope quilts by Paula Nadelstern and so many beautiful objects.

The Drawing Center and MOMA etc

Last night I finally had time to digest my experience at Ragdale. I think that it has resulted in a new drawing based approach to my practice. Before I left Brisbane I had been exploring painted geometric form and pattern but I think that I have now developed new techniques which will be line based to produce two and three dimensional works.

Today I went to an exhibition of work by the German surrealist artist and author Unica Zurn at the Drawing Centre. The works were beautiful delicate finely balanced images with elaborative patterning.

I then went to MOMA and saw another wonderful drawing based exhibition tangled alphabets, the works of South American Artists Leon Ferrari and Mira Schendel. I was so good that I am planning to go back maybe tomorrow.

I also got to see works by Barnett Newman and Agnes Martin among others.

Only in America

i had to blog! I just heard this on an ad on TV. 'Hebrew National Hot Dogs. We answer to a higher authority.' What a motto.

Surrender

I know I have to give up flower shots and get this blog back on track but how could I resist this?

Goddess

Don't mess with this Goddess.

Snaps

Trout Lilies

These beautiful plants appear miraculously and bloom profusely for several days and then like the Scilla Siberica they fade away. Coming from the subtropics where the zinnias battle away for three or four months it seems incomprehensible that their spring display should be so short.