I really think that these are so very fascinating. I cannot stop looking at them.
photos taken at the Oakland Museum of California
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the paintings of David Park
Since visiting the Oakland museum I have really fallen in love with David Park’s paintings. There were a couple in the recent “Futile Grounds” exhibit and a few in the permanent collection. I was giddy when I realized that I could find images of his paintings online. Here are some great ones, and they all get me excited for summer. ^_^
lately in photos
Sakura! Cherry blossoms! So beautiful!
Magnolias in the gardens!
Emma is unable to get rid of her beloved purple coat.
Eating a baguette smothered with with butter and jam, and my favorite Heath ceramic mug at Cafe Clem.
Celebrating Chinese New Year at the Oakland Museum by making a dragon and dressing up.
Played at the best park ever! The Yerba Buena Gardens children’s playground wins for best slide.
emma clover, oakland museum
Ruth Asawa at the Oakland museum
Ruth Asawa is so awesome. I love all of her work and was so happy to see this piece at the Oakland Museum. She led a very fascinating life!
In the 1950s, Asawa experimented with crocheted wire sculptures of abstract forms that appear as three-dimensional line drawings. She learned the basic technique while in Toluca, Mexico, where villagers used a similar technique to make baskets from galvanized wire. By 1962, Asawa began experimenting with tied wire sculptures of images rooted in nature, geometry, and abstraction. -Wikipedia
I was surprised to read in her bio on Wikipedia that she and her family were forced to live at the Santa Anita racetrack for most of 1942 before being relocated to Arkansas as part of the Japanese America Internment. I went there a lot growing up to see the horses but did not know the history of the grounds. I am still saddened every time I read about this part of our country’s past.