[Leica] Art Gallery of Ontario (AGO)

[Jayanand Govindaraj]

Jim N, Paul, Nathan & Douglas B

Thanks for looking
Cheers
Jayanand

On Thu, Aug 10, 2017 at 4:15 PM, Douglas Barry <imra at iol.ie> wrote:

> The place looks wonderful in your images, Jayanand. Gehry always has
> innovative touches.
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> Douglas
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> On 09/08/2017 02:06, Jayanand Govindaraj wrote:
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>> 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
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>> Arch 2:
>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/canada/AGO/Canada-
>> 20170722-613.jpg.html
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>> Arch 3:
>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/canada/AGO/Canada-
>> 20170722-614.jpg.html
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>> 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
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>> Staircase 2:
>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/canada/AGO/Canada-
>> 20170722-666.jpg.html
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>> 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
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>> Face Off:
>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/canada/AGO/Canada-
>> 20170722-677.jpg.html
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>> Gallery:
>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/canada/AGO/Canada-
>> 20170722-672.jpg.html
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>> Curiousity:
>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/canada/AGO/Canada-
>> 20170722-644.jpg.html
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>> The Big Dot:
>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/canada/AGO/Canada-
>> 20170722-606.jpg.html
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>> 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
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>> 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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