Going Slo?

 Corita Kent's "Luke 2.14,51" circa 1964 was part of a printing and color exhibition at the de Young museum which I saw in November. I'm about to start a week of virtual screen printing and this image made me stop and consider the clean, exuberant image quality, and the bossy graphics. But not going slow.

Art of Manga

At the de Young in San Francisco last week I took in the Art of Manga, an exhibition of drawings used in graphics and Japanese comic novels. The images are complex, engaging, full of symbolism that is part of the "read" and is defined as a 'genre' rather than a style. Big crowd, young, absorbed.
 

de Young's Indigenous Collection

A recently reinstalled gallery in the de Young Museum offered a look at Indigenous American art, and I am totally mesmerized with the graphic nature of the works. There is a beautiful mix of past and present variations on the works, and that comparison only makes each time period's work stronger.
 

Runway of Love

Patrick Kelly's fashion exhibition is at the de Young Museum in San Francisco. Yes, it's light hearted, and yes, it's fashion, but yes, it's textile and PRINTING. So, I'm just thrilled to see pattern, shape, and three dimension design.
 

Full Snow Moon (of course)

This bowl with rabbit conveys the  Snow Full Moon. From a Mimbres Artist of New Mexico dated  1100 it reminds me of the moon's  stark white light cast on a blanket of snow. And here at home, yes, there is a snow moon. From the San Francisco de Young museum.

Oh to Be De Young

San Francisco, where you want to be young, or at least visit De Young. The ethnographic art is beautiful, and this Inuit piece is most lyrical.

Stylish Rider

You know I have this thing for George. Found this painting on board, by the famous "anonymous", at the de Young Museum in San Francisco. Wonder if his horse really was white.