“Big Ganesh” by Niki de Saint Phalle, steel, polystyrene foam, polyurethane, automotive paint, enamel component, light bulbs, and iron base #art #nofilter (at Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego)

“Garden Installation (Displaced Person)” by Vito Acconci, concrete, stones, dirt, and grass #art #nofilter (at Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego)

“Crossroads (Border Tijuana - San Diego) ” by Marcos Ramirez Erre, aluminum, automotive paint, wood, vinyl #art #nofilter (at Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego)

“Froebel’s Blocks” by Richard Fleischner #art #nofilter (at Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego)

“Untitled” by Mauro Staccioli, plywood, cement, red pigment, and metal #art #nofilter (at Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego)

“Hefty 2-Ply” by Jud Nelson, marble ~ Yes, folks, this is a marble sculpture of a trash bag. Realism provokes us re-examine the mundane. #art #realism #nofilter (at Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego)

I stared at Tauba Auerbach’s painting, “Untitled (Fold)” for ten straight minutes. Try it. Next time you go to a museum or a gallery, time yourself. Are you able to look at something for longer than 1 or 2 minutes? SF MOMA has an upcoming event called Slow Art Day. This is where I got the idea. It’s fascinating what changes when you stop and look (REALLY look) at art. Art is a meditation, a rumination on something the artist has observed about life, after all. #art #realism #nofilter (at Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego)

Of course, they would include Warhol’s Brillo boxes… #art #realism #nofilter ~ Love him or hate him, Warhol does show us our collective fixation with consumerism and pop culture. #art #realism #nofilter (at Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego)