这周末基本没在家落脚. :-)

昨天去了John Muir National Historic Site (U.S. National Park Service), 今天去猎人角看了Open Studios.

Spring Open Studios at Hunters Point Shipyard
http://www.shipyardartists.com/

从没想到旧金山还有这么个有趣的地方. 有点象北京的798.

猎人角位于旧金山东南面. 自二战之后直到1969 年，是美国军方最大的核设施的应用研究所 Naval Radiological Defense Laboratory 所在地. 由于怀疑这个地区被放射性元素污染。当研究所被关闭后一直被废弃在那儿. 不知从何时开始, 那些旧营房被廉价出租给艺术家当工作间. 每年还会向公众开放两次. ( 也不知那些污染清除没有)

画室大多在101号楼, 看了两个多小时后, 决定休息会在继续看. 便爬到对面的山坡上. 举目望去, 旧建筑油漆斑驳剥落, 场院破败萧条, 作为背景的海是灰灰的, 远山也是烟雾迷蒙. 不时还飘过丝丝细雨. 可能是喝多了酒( 几乎每间画室都备有酒, 不少的观光客都手持酒杯), 在醉眼朦胧中我是爱极了这凋零衰落的景色.

发现很多有趣的作品, 令我大开眼界. 但好的作品要价不菲. 大多是成百上千的. 但也还是在湾区一般家庭可以承受的价格内。

喜欢 Sharon Beals 的鸟巢摄影. 刚在加州科学馆看过她的作品. 印象很深.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/planetcitizen

还喜欢Maeve Croghan:"My subjects are carefully chosen to convey the certain emotions. The painting are composed to lead the viewer deeply into the painting, so they directly experience Nature."

她画了很多的葡萄园和海岸, 景色都似曾相识. 画室里摆的酒瓶上的商标也都是她的画. 我以为她的画的背景都是加州. 但她沿墙转了一圈, 详细告诉我那些作品是在意大利画的.
http://www.maevecroghan.com/?Vineyards
http://www.maevecroghan.com/?Italy
http://www.maevecroghan.com/?California+Coast

有趣的是当我走进 Reiko Muranaga 的画室, 在熙攘的人群中见到一位女人纤秀的背影, 她的长裙上印有头带橄榄枝的酒神, 忍不住说了句"好漂亮", 她转过身来问我是那一幅画, 才发现是她就是Reiko. 她非常谦和, 送我一张签名的明信片, 还提议在我喜欢的她的画前和她合影.
http://www.reikomuranaga.net/exhibit.html


喜欢David J Trachtenberg 拍的Hunters Point Shipyard 的照片.

“As soon as I started renting space out at Hunters Point Shipyard more than three years ago, I got a new sense of dedication to my lifelong pursuit creating artwork. Working at the shipyard, the “boondocks,” in an old run down Navy classroom, and having shipyard artist community surrounding me, I felt more connected to that artistic part of me than I had in many years. After working for several months in my studio, I knew I would have to give up my job and use my time for painting and photography. The visual elements at the old, crumbling Navy shipyard have had a major effect on my work.

I finally have time for creating digital images and digital collages along with my long-standing pursuit of painting and collage. And so I continue exploring artwork at the shipyard and beyond.”

回家的路上, 一路红灯! :-)