@ the stagedoor: JOHN STAMOS, star of the Broadway Revival of BYE BYE BIRDIE

JOHN STAMOS, star of the Broadway revival of BYE BYE BIRDIE, at the stagedoor of the Henry Miller's Theatre, November 20, 2009. Inspired by the real-life drafting of Elvis Presley into the Army, Bye Bye Birdie pokes gentle fun at '50's cultural trends: publicity stunts, teenage sexuality, pop stars and conformity.

John Stamos is an American actor best known for his work in television, especially as Uncle Jesse on the ABC sitcom Full House. Since the cancellation of that show in 1995, Stamos has appeared in numerous television films and series. From 2006 to 2009, Stamos had a starring role on the NBC medical drama ER. He has also appeared on Broadway as the Emcee in Cabaret, and also in Nine and How To Succeed In Business Without Really Trying.

Bauhaus 1919–1933: Workshops for Modernity at the Museum of Modern Art

Entrance to the exhibit hall with a painting by JOHANNES ITTEN

A special exhibition about BAUHAUS opened last week at the Museum of Modern Art. Bauhaus ("House of Building") was a famous and influential avant-garde art school in Germany that operated from 1919-1933. I made these images when I viewed the exhibit which runs through January 25.

From the MOMA website:

This survey is MoMA’s first major exhibition since 1938 on the subject of this famous and influential school of avant-garde art. Founded in 1919 and shut down by the Nazis in 1933, the Bauhaus brought together artists, architects, and designers in an extraordinary conversation about the nature of art in the age of technology. Aiming to rethink the very form of modern life, the Bauhaus became the site of a dazzling array of experiments in the visual arts that have profoundly shaped our visual world today. 

The exhibition gathers over four hundred works that reflect the broad range of the school’s productions, including industrial design, furniture, architecture, graphics, photography, textiles, ceramics, theater design, painting, and sculpture, many of which have never before been exhibited in the United States. It includes not only works by the school’s famous faculty and best-known students—including Anni Albers, Josef Albers, Herbert Bayer, Marianne Brandt, Marcel Breuer, Lyonel Feininger, Walter Gropius, Vasily Kandinsky, Paul Klee, László Moholy-Nagy, Lucia Moholy, Lilly Reich, Oskar Schlemmer, and Gunta Stölzl—but also a broad range of works by innovative but less well-known students, suggesting the collective nature of ideas.

Latin American Art Auction at Christie's

Claudio Bravo (Chilean, b. 1936) White, Blue and Yellow Papers, Oil on canvas, 57 ½ x 45 in, Painted in 2004. Estimate: $400,000-$600,000

Fernando Botero (Colombian, b. 1932) Mujer Fumando, Bronze with dark brown patina 74x141 ½ x 62 ¾ inches, executed in 1987. Estimate: $800,000-$1,200,000.

Rogelio Polesello (Argentinian, b. 1939), Untitled, Acrylic, 86 1/4 x 41 1/4 inches, executed in 1968.

Estimate: $25,000-30,000

These are some of the artwork for auction today and tomorrow as part of the Latin American Art Sale at Christie's Rockefeller Center.

Silhouettes Against the Revson Fountain at Lincoln Center

The brightly illuminated Revson Fountain at Lincoln Center served as backdrop to the silhouettes that I captured when I visited the David H. Koch Theater recently. The fountain was renovated to include a "floating granite ring" around the water. New technologies provide automated windspray sensors that adjust water pressure, height, and volume. Special nozzles and lighting systems allow for a multitude of special-effect water and light configurations that mesmerize visitors and passersby.

Manny Pacquiao Poster at Niketown New York

AW77 Hoodie display at the Ground Floor

A poster of Filipino boxing superstar MANNY PACQUIAO is displayed at Niketown New York as part of the photographic series featuring seven of Nike's most iconic athletes. The photographic series showcasing the "AW77" hoodie was a collaborative creation of famed fashion photographer DAVID SIMS and maestro stylist KARL TEMPLER. Last night, Mr. Pacquiao crushed Puerto Rican Miguel Cotto to win his 7th title in 7 weight divisions, a first in boxing history. TIME Magazine Asia featured Mr. Pacquiao in the cover recently. In the Philippines, Mr. Pacquiao is regarded as the "People's Champ," an inspirational hero of the people.

Niketown New York is located at 57th Street between Fifth and Madison Avenues.

BALLOON BOY by TIM BURTON

A retrospective of the work of filmmaker and artist TIM BURTON will open on November 22 at the Museum of Modern Art, and this piece shown above is a sign of what to expect. Created by Mr. Burton, "Balloon Boy" is a 21-foot-tall blue balloon with multiple eyes located near the entrance to the Aby Aldrich Rockefeller sculpture garden at MOMA. It looked more like a light bulb at first glance.