by Sandy | Dec 6, 2012 | Arts, Entertainment and Music, Blogroll, Exhibits, Museums
The Walters Museum in Baltimore, MD presents 75 works with the intent to “explore the wealth of European art picturing the hidden presence of Africans in Renaissance society and the many roles they played.”
“Revealing the African Presence in Renaissance Europe invites visitors to explore the roles of Africans and their descendants in Renaissance Europe as revealed in compelling paintings, drawings, sculpture and printed books of the period. Vivid portraits from life both encourage face-to-face encounters with the individuals themselves and pose questions about the challenges of color, class, and stereotypes that this new diversity brought to Europe.”
Revealing the African Presence in Renaissance Europe
Until, January 21, 2013
Walters Art Museum, Baltimore, Maryland
(Image: Portrait of a Wealthy African”, ca. 1540 – Flemish or German)
by Sandy | Nov 26, 2012 | Art, Blogroll, Culture, Exhibits, Museums
If you’re a rock hound (have a fascination with gems of all kinds), the Museum of the African Diaspora in San Francisco, CA is currently showcasing “An exhibition of ninety four spectacular jewelry pieces and twenty eight photographs from Algeria, Morocco, Egypt and Tunisia that was collected over thirty years by Xavier Guerrand-Hermès of the renowned Paris-based fashion empire…rare and stunning collection of North African jewelry and historic late 19th- and early 20th-century photographs by some of the region’s most prominent photographers.”
Desert Jewels: North African Jewelry and Photography
MoAD – Museum of the African Diaspora until January 21, 2013
685 Mission Street San Francisco, CA
by Sandy | Nov 23, 2012 | Art, Blogroll, Exhibits, Museums
The Los Angeles County Museum of Art has been acquiring the work of this septuagenarian “Pop” artist for years.“Ed Ruscha’s influence can be seen in graphic design, cinema, architectural theory, and urban history. His art depicts everyday objects – gas stations, street signs, billboards, commercial packaging – yet often triggers philosophical reflection about the relationship between words, things, and ideas. The word “standard” is a case in point: it can be a banner or rallying point, an established level of quality, and an oil company’s brand name… LACMA’s collection includes more than 300 works by Ruscha.”
Ed Ruscha: Standard until January 21, 2012
LACMA/ Los Angeles County Museum of Art
5905 Wilshire Blvd., Los Angeles
(Image: “Sin/Without” Edward Ruscha, 1990, Oil and acrylic on canvas)
by Sandy | Nov 19, 2012 | Art, Blogroll, Drawing, Museums
The Art Institute of Chicago/ AIC offers something a little different, a little unusual – “Rarely Seen Contemporary Works on Paper“.
“This exhibition brings together nearly 100 of these highly popular contemporary works on paper, many of which have not been seen in our galleries in years (or ever)…”
“…Harlem Renaissance artist Romare Bearden’s iconic collage, The Return of Odysseus (Homage to Pintoricchio and Benin), makes a rare and welcome appearance, given that it is not often exhibited due to its fugitive materials—cut and pasted papers, graphite, and touches of black and gray wash. Also included are multiple works by Carroll Dunham, Martin Kippenberger, and Ed Ruscha, some being exhibited for the first time in Chicago.”
Rarely Seen Contemporary Works on Paper until January 13, 2013
AIC, Art Institute of Chicago, 111 South Michigan Avenue, Chicago, Illinois
Image: “The Return of Odysseus”, 1977, Romare Bearden
by Sandy | Oct 31, 2012 | Arts, Entertainment and Music, Blogroll, Exhibits, Museums
The Met is featuring the work of legendary “pop artist” Andy Warhol.
“Through approximately forty-five works by Warhol alongside one hundred works by some sixty other artists, Regarding Warhol: Sixty Artists, Fifty Years juxtaposes prime examples of Warhol’s paintings, sculpture, and films with those by other artists who in key ways reinterpret, respond, or react to his groundbreaking work. What emerges is a fascinating dialogue between works of art and artists across generations.”
“Regarding Warhol: Sixty Artists, Fifty Years”
until December 31, 2012
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
5th Ave and 86 Street, NYC
FYI: “Pop art employs aspects of mass culture, such as advertising, comic books and mundane cultural objects. It is widely interpreted as a reaction to the then-dominant ideas of abstract expressionism, as well as an expansion upon them.“ (per Wikipedia)
by Sandy | Oct 26, 2012 | Art, Artist, Exhibits, Museums
The Columbia Museum of Art presents an exhibition devoted to Mark Rothko, (1903-1970).
The event “celebrates one of the world’s most influential and best-known artists of the 20th century by featuring 37 paintings, watercolors and works on paper which are drawn largely from the collection of the National Gallery of Art in Washington, DC. “
Mark Rothko: The Decisive Decade 1940-1950
Columbia Museum of Art until January 16, 2012
1515 Main Street, Columbia, South Carolina
The Walters Museum in Baltimore, MD presents 75 works with the intent to “explore the wealth of European art picturing the hidden presence of Africans in Renaissance society and the many roles they played.”
