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 | Oct 25, 2015 | Art, Blogroll, Exhibits, Museums
“American and European Art From the 1920s and 1930s”:
“Bounded by the First World War, the period saw the birth of Jazz, widespread use of the automobile, voting rights for women, as well as the hardships of the Great Depression and the destructive slide into political conflict. Throughout these dramatic times, during both the highs and the lows, artists responded to the world in which they lived in dramatic fashion.”
Some of the artists included are Pablo Picasso, Everett Shinn, André Derain, Reginald Marsh, Isabel Bishop, George Grosz.
“American and European Art From the 1920s and 1930s”
Until November 15, 2015 – Phoenix Art Museum
1625 N. Central Avenue, Phoenix, Arizona
(Image: Kees Van Dongen, Lady with Beads, 1923)
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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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