San Francisco: The Discovery of MoMa!

Today Michelle and I took the whole day to enjoy San Francisco and one of the best things the city can offer: Art exposition at the SFMoMa! The exposition that we got to see was the incredible Stein's collection.
You may want to read something more about Gertrude Stein, she was the one that mostly invested on the collection, with the help of her brother Leo Stein.

We got to the city around 12ish and we parket right next to the museum. We paid our ticket and we saw one of the best expositions I've personally ever seen! The Parisian Avant Garde was the main topic, and Matisse and Van Gogh were the main artists.
Given that I love cubism and expressionism, I felt chills when I got to see their pieces of art. Especially when I saw "Femme au chapeau" (Woman with a hat) by Matisse, wow, it was like a dream coming true! Being able to see right in front of you the paintings that you've studied for many years is simply inexplicable!

Related article here.

Galloping Horse, Muybridge 1878

Apart from the Stein collection, another interesting section caught my attention: The photographic exposition "Helios: Eadweard Muybridge in a Time of Change." You can read more about it following the link that I've posted, but I definitely want to spend some words about it. As the title of the article says, Eadweard Muybridge was San Francisco's Father of the Cinema. And this exposition was the direct explanation to this statement. Who has never seen his "Galopping Horse"? That's simply amazing. And that was just one of the many pictures presented at the exposition. I love how the beginning of motion pictures started by studying photography, and I love how these two fields are so interrelated with each other. I really can't wait to start working in this field, motion pictures and video editing are exactly what I'd love to work for. 

Personal Values, Magritte 1952

Another thing to point out is the presence at the exposition of Magritte's "Personal Values". Aww my beloved Magritte :)
Dali' was there too, but Magritte will always be my favorite painter, not only for the fact that he was the father of Belgian Surrealism, but especially for his creative view of life - and his different ways to portray it. You may not know what something means, but your interpretation still won't be wrong. Certainly this can be applied to most of the Avangards, but I particularly feel it for Surrealism.

Fountain, Marcel Duchamp 1917

Oh, and how could I forget this! Even Marcel Duchamp's "Fountain" was there! Pretty interesting experience ;)













After a complete visit of the museum, Michelle and I went for a meal at Ferrari's, and then headed to the Golden Gate Bridge. It was a windy day, nothing better to wear some flowers in our head...:)



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