{"id":13295,"date":"2013-03-23T00:01:42","date_gmt":"2013-03-23T07:01:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/barbarafalconernewhall.com\/?p=13295"},"modified":"2013-03-23T00:01:42","modified_gmt":"2013-03-23T07:01:42","slug":"from-the-de-young-a-final-toss-of-the-bouquet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/server.stagingweb3.net\/barbarafalconernewhall\/from-the-de-young-a-final-toss-of-the-bouquet\/","title":{"rendered":"From the de Young — A Final Toss of the Bouquet"},"content":{"rendered":"

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A floral design by Monique Duncan of Plumweed Flowers Co., San Francisco, takes its inspiration from Robert Rauschenberg’s “Shadow (Tracks)” sculpture on the wall behind it. Photo by BF Newhall.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

By Barbara Falconer Newhall<\/em><\/p>\n

At times during my visit to the Bouquets to Art exhibition at the de Young on Tuesday, I wondered whether my soul might be better off if I’d just stand there quietly looking at the floral arrangements\u00a0 — instead of taking so darned many pictures.<\/p>\n

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Floral designer Peggy O’Neill of Hearts and Flowers, Tiburon, captured Edward Hopper’s painting “Portrait of Orleans.” Photo by BF Newhall<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I took 254 photos to be exact, which comes to almost one click of the shutter per minute.<\/p>\n

The state of my soul notwithstanding, the truth is I’m having almost as much fun quietly poring over the pictures today as I did looking at the real thing earlier this week . . . but without the tired feet and polite crowds all trying to see what I’m trying to see.<\/em><\/p>\n

Here are a few of my pictures. You’ll find more at\u00a0“Where Poppies Dance and Cactuses Are Petit Fours”<\/a> and “It’s Art, But Is It a Bouquet?”<\/a><\/p>\n

Bouquets to Art, de Young Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, Golden Gate Park, March 19-23, 2013.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Floral designer Dariel Alexander of Lafayette, CA, created a bucolic flower arrangement inspired by “Recreation,” Jerome Thompson’s 1857 painting of a picnic scene. Photo by BF Newhall<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Dariel Alexander told me she used a garbage can lid and wires to create a basket to hold her bouquet.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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At times during my visit to the Bouquets to Art exhibition at the de Young on Tuesday, I wondered whether my soul might be better off if I’d just stand there quietly looking at the floral arrangements — instead of taking so darned many pictures. I took 254 photos to be exact.<\/p>\n

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