the beauteous big bambú

5,000 interlocking 30- and 40-foot-long bamboo poles and 50 miles of nylon rope are almost enough to make me consider a metropolitan museum of art membership, just so i can spend the summer under the shade of the big bambú.








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all photos © anita aguilar

art shots: do you see what i see?

jon stewart?
aidan quinn?
actually...
vsevolod mikhailovich garshin (1855-1888), 1884. by ilia efimovich repin.

apolo anton ohno?
noooo. an egyptian peasant woman and her child, 1869-70. artist: leon bonnat.

art shots: have a look

andy warhol. nine jackies, 1964. acrylic and silk screen on canvas.

paul gaugin. la orana maria, 1891. oil on canvas.

marco breuer. spin (C-283), 2008.

chris mccaw. sunburned, gsp #166, mohave/winter solstice, 2007. gelatin silver prints.

tom friedman. untitled, 1998. chromogenic print.

pertti kekarainen. tila (passage 1), 2006. chromogenic print.

all photos © anita aguilar

art shots: met museum

the charles engelhard court, in the metropolitan museum of art's new american wing.
december 3, 2009.

the charles engelhard court, in the metropolitan museum of art's new american wing.
december 3, 2009.

the charles engelhard court, in the metropolitan museum of art's new american wing.
december 3, 2009.

the charles engelhard court, in the metropolitan museum of art's new american wing.
december 3, 2009.

all photos © anita aguilar