Category Archives: Atlanta
Infinity Mirrors: Yayoi Kusama Rooms 6 and 7
Dots Obsession-Love Transformed into Dots 2007, installed 2018 After viewing room 5, the pumpkin room that I could not photograph because of some previous fool, you move down a corridor and then make a turn into room 6 which brings … Continue reading
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Yayoi Kusama: Infinity Mirrors Room 2
Yayoi started working in earnest with the dot and net motifs when she came to New York City in 1957. Her career really took off and she began doing her soft sculptures (see below), installation work and staged performance based … Continue reading
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Yayao Kusama: Infinity Mirrors
As I explained earlier The Infinity Mirrors show only went to five museums in the United States as directed by the artist Yayoi Kusama. She very much controls who and how her works get seen. The museums had to bid for … Continue reading
The Last of The Gardens: The Unicorn and the Fabulous Caravan
We have reached the last installment of the Botanical Gardens for this year. I did get a message about what the gardens look like in the winter and to be honest, I don’t have a clue. It has never … Continue reading
The Atlanta Botanical Gardens – THE DRAGON Part Trois
I got a tremendous amount of email this past week asking if I could show more photos of each installation and the detail of each piece. Naturally I am happy to comply so we will still have to cover next … Continue reading
Imaginary Worlds 2; Fire and Ice; Jon Gardella Workshop; The Queen of Soul
Lots to cover in the blog today. First there is the closing of my friend’s show Michael Dominick’s show. I should have posted this a few weeks ago. I have known Michael for a long time, we had the same … Continue reading
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The Atlanta Botanical Gardens – Imaginary Worlds
This is the entrance hall to the gardens where one buys tickets, can go to the rest rooms and take a rest in air conditioning. I love these metal leaves. I could not see where there was a sign for … Continue reading
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Social Protest: With Drawn Arms: Glenn Kaino & Tommie Smith
Project for Social Justice: Tommie Smith, the Olympic Gold Medalist raised his closed fist in a black glove on the podium in 1968 to protest the abuse of human rights in South Africa and Rhodesia and in support of the … Continue reading
Chihuly Part Deux
By popular demand more of the Dale Chihuly Installations: So many people emailed me about the Chihuly Exhibit that I felt I had to do the second part this week so here are the rest of the installations: I loved … Continue reading
Dale Chihuly at the Atlanta Botantical Gardens
http://www.jleone.com Remember, clicking on any photograph will open the photograph in a larger window. In 2004, Dale Chihuly did a set of installations for the Atlantic Botanical Garden. Over the last 12 years, Chihuly has advanced his site specific glass … Continue reading
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