[Leica] Art Gallery of Ontario (AGO)
Jayanand Govindaraj
jayanand at gmail.com
Tue Aug 8 18:06:28 PDT 2017
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
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