by Sandy | Sep 10, 2015 | Artist, Arts, Entertainment and Music, Blogroll, Museums
“Throughout his career, the celebrated American painter John Singer Sargent (1856–1925) created exceptional portraits of artists, writers, actors, dancers, and musicians, many of whom were his close friends.”
“Sargent: Portraits of Artists and Friends brings together about ninety of the artist’s paintings and drawings of members of his impressive artistic circle. The individuals seen through Sargent’s eyes represent a range of leading figures in the creative arts of the time such as artists Claude Monet and Auguste Rodin, writers Robert Louis Stevenson and Henry James, and the actor Ellen Terry, among others.”
Sargent: Portraits of Artists and Friends
Until October 4, 2015
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
5th Ave and 86 Street, NYC
(Image: “Madame X, 1884”)
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by Sandy | Aug 27, 2015 | Art, Artist, Blogroll, Culture, Photograhy
Roy DeCarava, 1919 – 2009, left behind a treasure trove of black and white images spanning over 6 decades. He captured images of the famous of the day, Paul Robson, John Coltrane, however, his pictures were usually of the regular inhabitants of Harlem and their everyday life. DeCarava said that “black people in America were not viewed as worthy subject matter” for art but rather were usually “portrayed either in a superficial or a caricatured way or as a problem.” … he wanted to achieve “a creative expression,” not a “documentary or sociological statement.”
Harlem born DeCarava encouraged and influenced the work of many black photographers over the years. He was the first African American to win the Guggenheim Fellowship in 1952 and was awarded a National Medal of Arts in 2006. He collaborated with poet Langston Hughes, another Harlem native, for the acclaimed book, “The Sweet Flypaper of Life” in 1955.
(Image: “Man Coming Up the Stairs”, 1952)
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by Sandy | Aug 17, 2015 | Blogroll, Exhibits, Museums, Photograhy
“In 1948, Gordon Parks (1912–2006) became the first African American photographer to be hired full time by LIFE magazine… In 1950, Parks returned to his hometown in Kansas to make a series of photographs meant to accompany an article that he planned to call “Back to Fort Scott” …focusing on the realities of life under segregation during the 1940s, but also relating to Parks’ own fascinating life story. “
“Back to Fort Scott”
Until September 13, 2015
Museum of Fine Arts Boston
Avenue of the Arts, 465 Huntington Ave., Boston, MA
(Image: Mrs Jefferson, Fort Scott, Kansas, 1950)
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by Sandy | Jul 24, 2015 | Art, Arts, Entertainment and Music, Blogroll, Exhibits, Museums
At the Museum of Arts and Design, their latest exhibit highlights photo realism. “Spanning from the mid-1960s to the present, Richard Estes: Painting New York City presents works by this quintessential New York artist and enduring leader of the Photorealist movement. Providing an unprecedented insight into the artist’s creative process, the exhibition reveals a full range of Estes’ paintings and works on paper, including his photographs, silk screens and woodcuts and their various proofs, states, and art-making tools.”
Richard Estes: “Painting New York City”
Until September 20, 2015
Museum of Arts and Design
2 Columbus Circle, New York, NY
(Image: Study XIII, Theater 1997)
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by Sandy | Jul 17, 2015 | Art, Blogroll, Exhibits, Galleries, Museums
In April, the “Neue Galerie New York opened “Gustav Klimt and Adele Bloch-Bauer: The Woman in Gold,” an intimate exhibition devoted to the close relationship that existed between the artist and one of his key subjects and patrons. Included in the exhibition will be a display of Adele Bloch-Bauer I, paintings, related drawings, vintage photographs, decorative arts, and archival material.”
When I saw “Adele” a few years ago, I was surprised because at a distance, she looked paler than I expected, but as I moved closer, the painting became more vibrant. The silver and gold on canvas is the glitter/glint shine of the Sun and a gentle silvery Moon-like glow surrounding her. (You can see why it took Klimt 3 years to complete this layered, elaborate work. It is beautiful.)
“Gustav Klimt and Adele Bloch-Bauer: The Woman in Gold “
Until September 7, 2015
Neue Galerie Museum for German and Austrian Art
104 E 86th St, at 5th Ave, NYC
(Image: Adele Bloch-Bauer, Gustav Klimt 1907, oil, silver and gold on canvas)
FYI: Klimt was a member of the “Vienna Secession”, a group of artists that broke away from the traditional way of painting.
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by Sandy | Jul 5, 2015 | Art, Blogroll, Exhibits, Museums
“Discover how they left their mark on Detroit. And how Detroit left its mark on their art. Exclusively on view at the Detroit Institute of Arts, Diego Rivera and Frida Kahlo in Detroit brings together nearly 70 works of art that depict the evolution of these two extraordinary artists’ careers, including eight of Rivera’s epic preparatory drawings for the Detroit Industry murals and 23 pieces by Kahlo, whose work has never before been shown at the DIA.”
“Diego Rivera and Frida Kahlo in Detroit”
Detroit Institute of Arts / DIA – Until July 12, 2015
5200 Woodward Avenue, Detroit, Michigan
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“Throughout his career, the celebrated American painter John Singer Sargent (1856–1925) created exceptional portraits of artists, writers, actors, dancers, and musicians, many of whom were his close friends.”
