#urban reflections

[kalinthewoodss]

Joe West Hall

[obscuredollz]

🟧 Janay & Friends: Urban Reflections 🟧

[huariqueje]

Dutch Reflections     -     Marcos Cárdenas

Catalan ,b.1973 -

Oil on wood ,   120 × 110 cm

[pallavivyas]

“Nothing teaches me more about life’s duality than the Bandra and Dadar contrast—soft on one side, raw on the other.” Checkout my latest self-reflection-Between Bandra & Dadar: A Short Drive, A Whole Different Life https://pallavivyas.in/daily-reflections/bandra-and-dadar-contrast/  (via Between Bandra & Dadar: A Short Drive, A Whole Different Life)

[pushingthewave]

Shutdowns, Strudels, and Stark Contrasts by L.A. Davenport

In a half-empty Washington, L.A. Davenport finds warmth, contradiction, and reflection—amid shutdowns, monuments, and chilli-laced pasta.

🇺🇸 A City Between Extremes

In this week’s Pushing the Wave, I walk a Washington, D.C. emptied by shutdowns and chilled by a bitter wind—yet find surprising warmth in food, strangers, and solemn monuments.

It’s a city of contradictions: grand ideals and social neglect, immense pride and deep fractures. The U.S. capital doesn’t just reflect America—it embodies its tensions.

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[cytocutie]

Urban Reflections — Denise Oyama Miller

Fiber (cotton quilt), 34.25" x 48.5" x 0.5"

Presented at The deYoung Open 2023 (ID #140)

Listed for $3320 *

Artist statement:

Several years ago, while sitting at a gallery in Concord, CA, I noticed a large business office with enormous reflective glass on their façade about a quarter of a mile away. This building was reflecting a partially completed housing project that was about the same distance as I was from the office building. Each section of glass created its own abstracted view of the housing project, which I found fascinating. I recall thinking that this may have been the start of building “affordable” housing in the Bay Area. It struck me that affordable housing may be just a myth and that the reflection maybe just a mirage.

Denise Oyama Miller is a textile artist based in Fremont, CA. To learn more about her work and view her other creations, visit deniseoyamamiller.com . You can also find her on Instagram @/deniseoyamamiller and on her Facebook page.

The deYoung Open is a triannual exhibition featuring artwork by California-Bay Area creators. The most recent exhibit was on display at The deYoung Museum in San Francisco from 09/30/2023 to 01/07/2024. To learn more and view a digital gallery of all 883 pieces that were featured, visit deyoungopen.artcall.org . And if you're an artist from Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, Napa, San Francisco, San Mateo, Santa Clara, Solano, or Sonoma County, you should consider making a submission for 2026! Applications will probably go live in early June 2026, so you have some time to plan :)

I am not an affiliate of The deYoung Museum, Denise Oyama Miller, or any of the artists featured in The deYoung Open 2023. I'm just posting to celebrate some amazing CA artists. If you are the artist and would like me to take this post down or add additional credit, please message me on Tumblr.

* Listing price is shown on the deYoung Open website at time of writing. The artwork may no longer be available for sale.

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Unintentional Art

Unintentional Art.

I grew up a baby boomer suburbanite. I lived most of my life in the country. Yet, I love the city.

Cities offer so much to see and do, places to visit, museums and art galleries, zoos and concerts, professional sports and excellent restaurants, and a cross-section of the world’s cultures, races, and religions. Given all of that, I’m still contented when in a city to simply…

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munich, marstall   2016-12-17