Aug 152012
Civic Center
Performing Arts Garage
Grove and Gough Streets
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The Dancing Musicians and The Dancer by Joan Brown 1986-1986 BronzeJoan Brown has several pieces around San Francisco. These pieces were commissioned by the San Francisco Arts Commision. The flautist and guitar player are twelve feet high and five feet wide and sit on the outside of the fifth floor of the garage. The smaller dancer sits on the first floor. The simplified silhouettes are based on the classic Greek black-figures found on Etruscan pottery.
They look great but we need a bit of pruning done to see them better!
Ditto ^^^^ !
These are very cool; not only the figures in motion but what they were derived from. Who’d ever get that connection except another artist? There’s probably a sign or something that explains all that, right?
Your story about your dad is so sad. I really miss the old barber shops. I go to one which is OK, and you can get a shave there, but it still has a few barbers who don’t have a clue how to cut a man’s hair. I’ve gone to many “barber” shops here, and have found the same thing – they don’t have the skills of the barbers of my younger years!