Hello again!

Hello again! I haven't posted in a while--about three months, actually. Time goes by so fast! This school year is one of the fastest ever, which is not necessarily a good thing. AP classes are no picnic, and I seem to be perpetually tired. But on the bright side, I'm taking a Western Art course at school, which is amazing. I think I might want to go into art history or something. I think most of the reason the class is so great is the teacher, who's hilarious and just really fun, so it's impossible not to pay attention. Recently we took a trip as a class to the DeYoung Museum in San Francisco to see a photography exhibit by Hiroshi Sugimoto. I'm not very knowledgeable about art and photography, but even so this was a fascinating exhibit. Here's the exhibit's description:

"One of Japan’s most important contemporary artists, Sugimoto is known for his ongoing multiple series of hauntingly beautiful black-and-white photographs exploring the themes of time, memory, dreams, and natural histories. Working with a large-format camera, he produces glowing images, ranging from the richly detailed to the starkly minimal, which are often suffused with expanses of light and space."

Sugimoto's photography was clever, sometimes even witty, and aesthetically appealing, including photographs of nature dioramas that looked incredibly real, "portraits" of Madam Toussaud's wax figures of Henry VIII and his six wives, and a series of photographs of 3-D figures created using mathematical formulas.

More later about art, fashion, et cetera!