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My sister and I spent yesterday in an unusually hot San Francisco at the SFMOMA, which is, luckily, air conditioned.
The line went around the block (of course) and, after touring the wonderful SFMOMA collection, we made it up to the fourth floor to wait in line for entrance to the fifth floor. Another 30 minute line.
Once I got over the herd mentality (moo.), I found it a transcending experience. If I have one word to say about the work, it's "breathtaking".
Afterwords, in the gift shop, a woman on the cell phone:
"...oh, and the line is 45 minutes long to get in, and John doesn't like lines, so we didn't go...."
Big mistake. I hate crowds, don't want anything to do with large masses of people crowded into a gallery, but this was a chance of a lifetime. It was worth sacrificing time for that. And that says much about how good the show was!
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I almost saw a Chagall exhibition in the Grand Palais when I was in Paris, but it ended the day after we arrived, so we didn't get to. It was very sad.
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Well, I did have to put up with the sound tour guys. They kept standing around getting in the way. And the philistenes.
One older lady, who obviously did not think much of modern art, saw a wonderful painting of a table with a miniature nude under it (sorry, the catalog was $60.00, so I can't remember the name) and had to interject "Too much vodka, I guess."
As she moved away, I had to comment "Maybe not enough!"
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Yeah, the Chagall Windows are spectacular, as is almost all of his work. I wonder if this traveling exhibit is the one I saw in Israel (when it was about to start touring, iirc) some ten years ago? It must have some of the same paintings, surely.
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I saw the exhibit in SF two weeks ago. Luckily, my girlfriend had bought tickes in advance and we waltzed right in past the 45 minute line.
The show was great, and we found ways to squeeze past the audio tour zombies.
There was a small free exhibit on a lower floor with some Chagalls that were not upstairs.
It was not clearly signed how we could get in with our advance tickets, but we had the brains to ask.
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It actually wasn't too bad waiting, as we had come early in the day. When we got there and saw the line, however, we had wished that we had pre-purchased.
We did have the luck of parking all day in a lot only four blocks away for $5.00. It pays to take the old beat-up Blazer. No one messes with it.
I've actually pulled out my sketchpad and started working on something I've been calling "Restricted Access". I still wish that I had brought a camera, but I knew they wouldn't have been allowed in the gallery. I wanted to use it on the line in the stairs. It was great people watching!
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I guess I can't complain too loudly since I did just find out that my friend and I are definitely going to France next May. I'm getting art-history goosebumps just thinking about it.
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The Louvre is so passe. I'm all about the Beaubourg, baby! And Pont-Aven in Britanny... sigh. Now there's an art town for you.
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I'm a volunteer at the museum. I would have been there that Saturday but the Thursday before was my last day before school started.. ::semi-frustration::
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There are a few Jatraqueros in the Bay Area. Zalmoxis and Graywolfe come to mind.. I'm more than fifty miles away for now though: Davis.
I was at the MuseumStore for about a month. Twas fun. I might be there over Christmas or next summer.
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*envies Annie as well* The Louvre decided to strike for a 35 hour work week during my visit to Paris! Consequently, every other museum in the area closed its doors and struck with them! Although, they at least opened one day per week so that we were able to see the Orsay at least.
The Chagall exhibit sounds fabulous! Glad you decided to muscle the crowds and go!
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