by Sandy | Dec 22, 2015 | Artist, Arts, Entertainment and Music, Blogroll, Museums
“Mark Rothko: A Retrospective” at MFA Houston:
“Across a career spanning the most troubled years of the 20th century, Rothko (1903–1970) explored the tragic and the sublime, and his canvases remain a testament to the deep humanism he brought to modern painting. This definitive retrospective comprises more than 50 paintings that trace the artist’s full career arc, highlighting milestones in the development of his signature style.”
“Long recognized as among the foremost figures of the Abstract Expressionist vanguard, Mark Rothko embraced the possibility of beauty in pure abstraction with a painterly eloquence that gave a new voice to American art.”
Mark Rothko: A Retrospective
Until Jan 24, 2016
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
1001 Bissonnet St, Houston, TX
(Image: “No. 9”, 1948, Mark Rothko)
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by Sandy | Dec 4, 2015 | Art, Blogroll, Museums
The Detroit Institute of Art presents “A dynamic showcase of contemporary art by African American artists…”
“Identity, triumph, tragedy, pride, prejudice, humor and wit. 30 Americans: An exhibition bound by one nation and divided by 30 experiences… See more than 50 paintings, sculptures, installations, photographs and video… created by many of the most important African American artists working over the past 30 years, including Kerry James Marshall, Jean-Michel Basquiat, Kara Walker, Nick Cave, Kehinde Wiley, Carrie Mae Weems, Robert Colescott, Glenn Ligon and Lorna Simpson.”
“30 Americans”
October 18, 2015 to January 18, 2016
Detroit Institute of Arts, 5200 Woodward Avenue, Detroit, Michigan
(Image: “Bird On Money”, Jean-Michel Basquiat , 1981
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by Sandy | Nov 30, 2015 | Art, Arts, Entertainment and Music, Blogroll, Exhibits, Museums
“No Boundaries: Aboriginal Australian Contemporary Abstract Painting brings together the work of nine Aboriginal Australian artists: Paddy Bedford, Janangoo Butcher Cherel, Tommy Mitchell, Ngarra, Boxer Milner Tjampitjin, Warlimpirrnga Tjapaltjarri, Tjumpo Tjapanangvka, Billy Joongoorra Thomas, and Prince of Wales (Midpul). “
“This exhibition highlights the distinctive vocabularies and modes of gestural expression that define each of these artist’s paintings and works on paper. Relating to cultural systems, religious beliefs, and social structures, these intricate works are at once distinctly grounded in the context of Aboriginal life and profoundly resonant with abstract painting of the 20th and 21st centuries.”
“No Boundaries: Aboriginal Australian Contemporary Abstract Painting”
Until January 3, 2016
Perez Art Museum Miami / PAMM
1103 Biscayne Blvd., Miami, FL
(Image: “Travels of the Black Snake”, 2004, Billy Joongoora Thomas)
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by Sandy | Nov 26, 2015 | Art, Arts, Entertainment and Music, Blogroll, Exhibits, Museums
“The first survey of American still life in three decades, Audubon to Warhol: The Art of American Still Life features 130 oil paintings, watercolors, and works in other media representing the finest accomplishments in the genre from its beginnings in the late 1700s to the Pop Art era of the 1960s…
Still life is generally an art of intimacy, intended for display in homes and other private settings. From the perfect serenity of tabletop compositions created by Raphaelle Peale (1774–1825), to the trompe l’oeil illusions of William Michael Harnett (1848–1892), to the explosive floral abstractions of Arthur B. Carles (1882–1952), still lifes provoke the senses and reward close looking. The exhibition will employ theatrical displays and interactive technologies to encourage substantive, personal encounters with the works. “
“Audubon to Warhol: The Art of American Still Life”
Until January 10, 2016
Philadelphia Museum of Art, 2600 Benjamin Franklin Parkway, Philadelphia, PA
(Image: “Covered Peaches”. Raphaelle Peale, 1774-1825)
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by Sandy | Nov 20, 2015 | Arts, Entertainment and Music, Blogroll, Directors, Film, Movies, Writers
They’re doing it again. AMC cable TV is offering an 8 hour “The Godfather” immersion event on Thanksgiving , November 26, 2015. (Hey! Not everyone “streams”, ok?) Times will vary according to location.
“The Godfather” films by Francis Ford Coppola, based on the books by Mario Puzo, live on. Parts 1, (1972) and 2, (1974), re explode every 6, 12 months on some TV channel. If you don’t have 8 hours to devote to the entire saga, you could plug in whenever – meal times, in between telephone calls or text messages – and remember dialogue and revisit scenes that have soaked into our collective bones without even knowing it:
“It was never personal Michael, it was just business”
“I’m gonna make him an offer he can’t refuse.”
“I know it was you Fredo, your broke my heart!”
“Leave the gun. Take the cannoli.”
Never gets old, still 2 of the best films ever. “The Godfather” is #2 with a bullet on the American Film Institute list of 100 best movies. Parts 1 and 2 are such a neat package, a single experience. ( I never mention part 3.) Great stuff. Soooo entertaining!
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by Sandy | Nov 9, 2015 | Arts, Entertainment and Music, Blogroll, Drawing
“The representation of human emotion through facial expression has interested western artists since antiquity. Drawn from The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s collections of drawings, prints, and photographs, the diverse works in this installation, ranging from portraits and caricatures to representations of theater and war, reveal how expression underpinned narrative and provided a window onto the character and motivations of the subjects, the artists, and even their audience.“
“About Face: Human Expression on Paper”
Until December 13, 2015
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
5th Ave and 86 Street, NYC
(Image: “Medea”, ca. 1715, Charles Antoine Coypel (French, 1694–1752)
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