Comments on Mary Temple and the Doubting Zone

We recently saw the pair that are up at SF MOMA. It was thrilling, easily the best looking experience in the museum, and led me into an extended rant on minimalism, absract expressionism, 20th century art criticism and theory (discovering in the process that SF MOMA is light on even example canvases for high Ab Ex stuff, I suppose to NY won't ship anything west). It was hella fun, and the representational content of the images make them extremely accessible. Running from piece to piece in a venue like MOMA is really, really enjoyable.

I went to SFMOMA a couple of weeks ago to catch the end of a Frida Kahlo retrospective. A couple of floors down, Temple had two pieces in a New Work exhibit. Without a doubt, they were the most interesting pieces in the whole museum. At first, I looked for the light source, but, finding none, tried to get as close to the piece as possible. Only when I started examining the floors and walls did other people stop and notice; most didn't realize that anything was there.

Thanks for reminding me of that wonderful day.

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I was at MOMA too - I stood around unobtrusively and watched people notice, and be astounded.