[Leica] Art Gallery of Ontario (AGO)

[Jim Nichols]

You certainly made good use of your time, Jayanand.  Beautiful colors 
and shapes!

Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA

On 8/8/2017 8:06 PM, Jayanand Govindaraj wrote:
> 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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