by Sandy | Apr 2, 2018 | Art, Blogroll, Museums, Photograhy
The High Museum in Atlanta presents civil rights photographs from 1956–1967. “This installation of over forty photographs examines the history and legacy of the civil rights movement. Iconic prints drawn from the High Museum’s celebrated collection demonstrate the power and potency of photography during that significant era, while contemporary works point to the ongoing struggle for equal rights.”
“A Fire That No Water Could Put Out”: Civil Rights Photography
Until April 29, 2018
High Museum of Art, 1280 Peachtree Street, N.E., Atlanta, GA
(Image: “Grass Roots Organizer”, 1968)
by Sandy | Feb 23, 2018 | Art, Blogroll, Exhibits, Museums
Shockingly Mad: Henry Fuseli and the Art of Drawing:
“A witness to political revolutions and radical aesthetic shifts, Henry Fuseli (1741–1825) forged a pictorial sensibility of his own, characterized by anatomical, gestural, and psychological extremes. Bizarre, exaggerated, theatrical, and often melodramatic, his drawings embraced obscure literary and historical subjects intended to elicit profound emotional response.”
Shockingly Mad: Henry Fuseli and the Art of Drawing
Until April 1, 2018
AIC / The Art Institute of Chicago
111 South Michigan Avenue, Chicago, Il
(Image: Henry Fuseli. The Cave of Despair, c. 1769)
by Sandy | Feb 7, 2018 | Art, Arts, Entertainment and Music, Blogroll, Drawing, Museums
In the show, Toyin Ojih Odutola: To Wander Determined, the artist “creates intimate drawings that explore the complexity and malleability of identity…Rendered life-size in charcoal, pastel, and pencil, Ojih Odutola’s figures appear enigmatic and mysterious, set against luxurious backdrops of domesticity and leisure. “
Toyin Ojih Odutola: To Wander Determined
Whitney Museum of American Art
Until February 25, 2018
(Image: Wall of Ambassadors, charcoal, pastel & Pencil 2017)
by Sandy | Jan 7, 2018 | Art, Blogroll, Exhibits, Museums
Vermeer and the Masters of Genre Painting: Inspiration and Rivalry
“This landmark exhibition examines the artistic exchanges among Johannes Vermeer and his contemporaries from the mid-1650s to around 1680, when they reached the height of their technical ability and mastery of genre painting, or depictions of daily life…the exhibition explores how these artists inspired, rivaled, surpassed, and pushed each other to greater artistic achievement.”
On view are paintings by Vermeer and others including Gerard ter Borch, Gerrit Dou, Pieter de Hooch, Gabriel Metsu, Frans van Mieris, Caspar Netscher, and Jan Steen.
Vermeer and the Masters of Genre Painting: Inspiration and Rivalry
Until January 21, 2018
National Gallery of Art
Btw 4th Street and 9th Street on Constitution Avenue, NW, DC
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by Sandy | Dec 22, 2017 | Art, Arts, Entertainment and Music, Blogroll, Museums
The Art Institute of Chicago / AIC highlights the work of Tarsila do Amaral (1886–1973) “a central figure in the development of Brazil’s modern art… Her paintings and drawings reflect her ambitions to synthesize the currents of avant-garde art and create an original modern art for her home country.”
“The exhibition celebrates Tarsila’s most daring works and her role in the founding of Antropofagía—an art movement that promoted the idea of devouring, digesting, and transforming European and other artistic influences in order to make something entirely new”
Tarsila do Amaral: Inventing Modern Art in Brazil
Until January 7, 2018
AIC / The Art Institute of Chicago, 111 South Michigan Avenue, Chicago, Il
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by Sandy | Dec 4, 2017 | Art, Arts, Entertainment and Music, Blogroll, Exhibits, Museums
“In honor of the centennial of the birth of Jacob Lawrence (1917–2000), Their Own Harlems examines the ways in which the urban landscape has influenced Lawrence’s artistic practice, as well as that of other artists.
He thought of Harlem in a broad sense, acknowledging the powerful and positive experiences people of African descent across the country could find in “their own Harlems.”
The exhibit also features the work of over fifteen artists including Dawoud Bey, Jacob Lawrence, Julie Mehretu, Wardell Milan, and Lynette Yiadom-Boakye.”
“Their Own Harlems” – Until Jan 7, 2018
The Studio Museum in Harlem, 144 West 125th Street, NYC
(Image: Breakfast East Harlem, 2010, Lynette Yiadom-Boakye )
