Sculptures on the patio...
1:22 p.m.
05/07/18 - 07/05/18 - Many museums have outdoor spaces to display pieces that can not be damaged by the weather. Both New York's MoMA and San Francisco's use these spaces to showcase artworks according to the season. George Segal (USA, 1924-2000), Barnett Newman (USA, 1905-1970) and the duo Peter Fischli (Switzerland, 1952) & David Weiss (Switzerland, 1946-2012), among others, are part of what is currently exhibited at the Escultoric Terrace of the SFMoMA.
Snowman, by Peter Fischli and David Weiss (1987/2016)
Material: copper, aluminium, glass, water and refrigerating system.
"Snowman" is an installation by Fischli and Weiss that recreates the typical snow sculpture, although this one is made by the condensation of water that freezes around a copper figure inside a box that works as a freezer. The artists seek to explore the tensions between the permanent and the ephemeral, the natural and the artificial.
Zim Zum, by Barnett Newman (1969)
Material: steel / Measures: 243.8 × 184.2 × 457.2 cm
To Snowman's right we see Barnett Newman's iconic "Kim Zum": a series of rectangles in zigzag which, as with Richar Serra's works, exude spirituality as soon as we get near.
Chance Meeting, by George Segal (1989)
Materials: bronze, aluminium and steel
"Chance Meeting" is the star of the exhibition. George Segal, considered one of the best American sculptors, uses his pieces to reflect on our individual and social interactions. He plays with the spaces left between his pieces so that visitors can intervene, as if invited to participate in a conversation between anonymous and static beings.
Thus we finish our visit to the SFMoMA, a good chance to quote Orhan Pamuk: "In poetically well built museums, formed from the heart's compulsions, we are consoled not by finding in them old objects that we love, but by losing all sense of Time. Real museums are places where Time is transformed into Space."
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