Who: Craig & I
Where: de Young Museum in Golden Gate Park
Why: Never been and wanted to check out the YSL & Warhol exhibits
Price: about $10 a person for regular admission, but $16 each (if you have your college id card) and want entrance into the special exhibits - your ticket is also good for same day admission into the Legion of Honor
When we first arrived, we weren't happy about the crowds. We also had to wait in line in the pouring rain just to get indoors and go through security check. We had to wait again once we got inside just to pay for admission. Then, once we paid for admission, they made us wait in line yet again because they don't allow people to walk around holding an umbrella so we had to check it in.
Once we got pass the waiting, we strolled through the Andy Warhol exhibit and loved it. I've always been so amazed with his life so it was very interesting to finally see his real works of art, video footage and pictures of the infamous factory. The YSL exhibit was sooooo crowded I couldn't find it in me to walk through the entire thing, but I did learn something new about how he revolutionized the fashion world. He helped liberate women by introducing more masculine articles of clothing and making it okay to go from dresses to pant suits/ tuxedo jackets.
If you want to check out either of these, Warhol just started on the 14th and YSL has been going on since sometime during Fall 08 and should be ending fairly soon. There was also another interesting display of artwork as seen below. This is just one of the few that showed the artist's views on religion. You're looking at a mausoleum made with guns and bullets. The artist believed that religion has hurt more people than it has helped people. Such powerful statements these made.
The de Young also has an observation tower that gives you a 360 view of the city/ Golden Gate Park. Unfortunately, there was an overcast when we went so the view didn't impress me much.
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