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Subject: [Leica] Nathan's PAD 19/4/2012: Gursky meets Giacometti
From: lluisripollquerol at gmail.com (Lluis Ripoll)
Date: Sat, 21 Apr 2012 14:33:39 +0200
References: <66C37B16-CBFB-439F-903C-1E747B0DC551@frozenlight.eu>

Nathan,

It looks an amazing museum and I find really wonderful that they  
dedicate a full room to at only one Giacometti statue

Thanks for sharing

Saludos
Lluis



El 19/04/2012, a las 18:32, Nathan Wajsman escribi?:

> I am spending a few days in Copenhagen, and as always, one item on  
> the agenda was to visit the Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, in my  
> view one of the best such places in the world. There is always at  
> least one interesting exhibition, and the permanent collection is  
> always a delight to see--again and again. This time they have a huge  
> exhibit (in every sense of the word) of works by Andreas Gursky. It  
> was absolutely awesome to see there huge photographs "in the flesh".  
> As opposed to, say, Cindy Sherman, Gursky's stuff is actually worth  
> looking at, and the images are transformed by being so large.
>
> Here is one of my favourite rooms at Louisiana, containing just one  
> Giacometti statue (they have a large collection) with the park  
> outside as the backdrop. Right now, one of Gursky's prints hangs  
> there too:
> http://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/4253606_kdsZ6C#! 
> i=1802500755&k=w8GJdpW&lb=1&s=O
>
> Here are my sister and brother-in-law looking at another Gursky  
> print. Not a very flattering pose, but their presence helps show the  
> scale of the photo:
> http://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/4253606_kdsZ6C#! 
> i=1802514002&k=MnzjHML&lb=1&s=O
>
> More about Louisiana here:
> http://www.louisiana.dk/dk/Service+Menu+Right/English
>
> Highly recommended for anybody visiting Copenhagen.
>
> Cheers,
> Nathan
>
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