In 2011 I did a Sunday series on my photography (you can see them in the drop down series menu on the right under ‘Photographic Sunday’). I have created a lot of new images since then so I thought I would do a few more editions of ‘Photographic Sunday’ for you.
Museum Compositions
I LOVE to go to museums. In the past year I have gone to:
- Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, New York)
- San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (San Francisco, California)
- Getty Art Center (Los Angeles, California)
- San Diego Museum of Art (San Diego, California)
- Dallas Arboretum (Dallas, Texas) (Chihuly outdoor exhibition)
- William J. Clinton Presidential Library and Museum (Little Rock, Arkansas)
- Harry S. Truman Presidential Library and Museum (Independence, Missouri)
- Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art (Bentonville, Arkansas)
- 21c Museum (Bentonville, Arkansas)
- Philbrook Museum of Art (Tulsa, Oklahoma)
- Perot Museum of Nature and Science (Dallas, Texas)
Six of those visits came when I planned in an entire extra day on a trip I was on just to see the Museum, that’s how important it is to me. One of the reasons I love museums is because of the incredibly diverse interior and exterior spaces that I find. Add to that the range of people and their juxtaposition with the art and each other and it is always ripe for what I think are pretty compelling compositions. Let me know what you think.
Museum Composition with Two Women
Museum Composition Inside Out
Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art
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Museum Composition with Race 1
Museum Composition with Race 2
Harry S. Truman Presidential Library and Museum
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Museum Composition with Humans and Dinosaur Tail
Museum Composition With Orange and Depth
Perot Museum of Nature and Science
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Museum Composition with Bridge and Guard
Museum Composition with Pants
William J. Clinton Presidential Library and Museum
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Museum Composition with Wood Nymph
Museum Composition with Fear
Dallas Arboretum
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Museum Composition With Three Faces
Museum Composition with Time Machine
Metropolitan Museum of Art
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Museum Composition with Bodies 1
Museum Composition with Bodies 2
San Diego Museum of Art
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Museum Composition with Movie Star
Museum Composition with Bench
Philbrook Museum of Art
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Museum Composition with Mask and Map
Museum Composition with Daydream
Getty Art Center
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Here are more ‘Museum Compositions’ posts
Museum Compositions – June 2013
Museum as Muse – Dallas Museum of Art – July 2013
Bouquets in Dallas – Dallas Museum of Art – November 2014
Anonymous Eyes – Dallas Museum of Art – November 2014
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Marty,
these are beautiful! I particularly love the photos that appear ‘partitioned’ – ie, #2, #4, #6, #7. It’s as though one is viewing totally different spaces at the same time, yet they are ‘one’. Intriguing! Photo #1 is also lovely – I can imagine the sculpture throwing up her arms in joy at seeing her surroundings. Thanks for this wonderful series. 🙂
Thank you Hanna! I find myself drawn more and more to partitioning the image. I love that ‘two in one’ feeling where it makes no sense for them to be together and yet there they are. Yes, the sculpture does have that feeling of joy in it’s posture, doesn’t it!