The Museum of Modern Art, NYC presents:
“Van Gogh and the Colors of Night” Sept. 21 thru Jan. 5, 2009
I think Dutch painter Vincent van Gogh (1853–1890) recreated “night” brilliantly – no pun intended. These paintings are so alive, so electric. Fortunately for us, he did a lot of them.
More than 20 of van Gogh’s night landscapes, and works that show his treatment of evening light inside the home, are on view here for all to see and admire.
According to the museum catalog, he “attempted the paradoxical task of representing night by light. His procedure followed the trend set by the Impressionists of
“translating” visual light effects with various color combinations. At the same time, this concern was grafted onto Van Gogh’s desire to interweave the visual and the metaphorical in order to produce fresh and deeply original works of art”.
“Van Gogh and the Colors of Night” *9/21/08 – 1/05/09, MoMA
BTW: this exhibit will go next to the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam 2/13/09
(Image: “Starry Night Over the Rhone”, 1888, oil on canvas)