Comments on: Appreciating Art at the Oakland Airport http://oaklandliving.wordpress.com/2008/07/31/appreciating-art-at-the-oakland-airport/ Sun, 15 Nov 2009 20:01:31 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: mikl-em http://oaklandliving.wordpress.com/2008/07/31/appreciating-art-at-the-oakland-airport/#comment-957 mikl-em Sat, 02 Aug 2008 19:20:38 +0000 http://oaklandliving.wordpress.com/?p=303#comment-957 Both the Oakland Airport and SFO do a great job at showing with displays of art and design. Oakland has had displays curated by 21 Grand Gallery (http://www.21grand.org/ ) and Crucible (http://www.thecrucible.org/ ) as well, which is fantastic to let some of the indie arts voices in town have a chance to curate for a larger slice of the general public. It's a shame though because in our post-9/11 world these art space are all trapped behind security lines so they are mostly seen by travelers with little time that aren't really inclined to pause and linger. If we still had a world where your family & friends showed up early to meet you at the gate, and could browse through the art while they are waiting then all this detailed and wonderful work would be better appreciated. So for now it's a fantastic resource that hopefully makes the world a bit brighter for a handful of layover-victims and is appreciated in a blur of 'wow I kinda wish I had time but I can't wait to get home' by most folks that see it. Though folks like you taking the time to take pix and blog about certainly helps a bit. :) Thanks for posting it! Both the Oakland Airport and SFO do a great job at showing with displays of art and design. Oakland has had displays curated by 21 Grand Gallery (http://www.21grand.org/ ) and Crucible (http://www.thecrucible.org/ ) as well, which is fantastic to let some of the indie arts voices in town have a chance to curate for a larger slice of the general public.

It’s a shame though because in our post-9/11 world these art space are all trapped behind security lines so they are mostly seen by travelers with little time that aren’t really inclined to pause and linger. If we still had a world where your family & friends showed up early to meet you at the gate, and could browse through the art while they are waiting then all this detailed and wonderful work would be better appreciated.

So for now it’s a fantastic resource that hopefully makes the world a bit brighter for a handful of layover-victims and is appreciated in a blur of ‘wow I kinda wish I had time but I can’t wait to get home’ by most folks that see it. Though folks like you taking the time to take pix and blog about certainly helps a bit. :)

Thanks for posting it!

]]> By: MoonSinger http://oaklandliving.wordpress.com/2008/07/31/appreciating-art-at-the-oakland-airport/#comment-953 MoonSinger Sat, 02 Aug 2008 00:28:51 +0000 http://oaklandliving.wordpress.com/?p=303#comment-953 I'm glad you included the cranes! My family recently enjoyed them while waiting for our plane to leave. We got to speculate about turning a minus (runny paint) into a feature. And figuring out exactly where the maps showed was fun. We had allowed extra time for the customary TSA extra search and didn't have one for a change. So more time for art. The press pictures at the Oakland Museum website are worth seeing. I’m glad you included the cranes! My family recently enjoyed them while waiting for our plane to leave. We got to speculate about turning a minus (runny paint) into a feature. And figuring out exactly where the maps showed was fun.

We had allowed extra time for the customary TSA extra search and didn’t have one for a change. So more time for art.

The press pictures at the Oakland Museum website are worth seeing.

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