The Legion of Honor Museum, San Francisco features 2 exhibits by French artist Henri Matisse, 1869 – 1954.
From SFMOMA Ollection :
”… traces four decades of the artist’s career—from his early, Cézanne-inspired still lifes to his richly patterned and brightly colored figural paintings made in the 1920s and 1930s.
This intimate exhibition features 23 paintings, drawings, and bronzes from the internationally acclaimed collection of works by Matisse at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA)”
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Matisse and the Artist Book:
“Matisse was stimulated and challenged by book illustration and design… he declared that the first principle of good book design was a rapport with the nature of the book. For Matisse this meant carefully balancing text and illustration.
Henri Matisse was 60 years old when he began to create original illustrations for livres d’artiste (artists’ books). By the time of his death, 25 years later, he had produced designs for 14 fully illustrated books, several of which are considered 20th-century masterpieces of the genre.” Seven of these are on view.
Ms Weems is African American and her art reflects that, however, “It also contains a desire for universality: while African Americans are typically her primary subjects, Weems wants “people of color to stand for the human multitudes” and for her art to resonate with all audiences.”
“Carrie Mae Weems is a socially motivated artist whose works invite contemplation of race, gender, and class. Increasingly, she has broadened her view to include global struggles for equality and justice. Comprehensive in scope, this retrospective primarily features photographs, including the groundbreaking Kitchen Table Series (1990), but also presents written texts, audio recordings, and videos.”
I’ve never liked the term “Blue Eyed Soul“. Thought it was demeaning and still feel that way today. I’m only revisiting this notion because of “Sara Smile” the Hall and Oaks hit single of the late 70’s and new interpretation of this song by Rumer, another British female artist who has been able to recreate a sense of the past without being nostalgic.
Rumer’s rendition of “Sara Smile” is soulful and very much her own, understated, and in this live version of the song the band does all of the Hall and Oaks screams and shouts. If you like Rumer ‘s interpretation and I do, you might notice that the color of her eyes had nothing to do with it. Let’s place an asterisk next to the term “Blue Eyed Soul” that says “Eyes Don’t Matter”.
Detroit Institute of Arts/ DIA hosts the student’s show until Sunday June 8, 2014. “The Annual Detroit Public Schools Student Exhibition features hundreds of imaginative works created by Detroit Public Schools students in grades K-12, ranging from paintings, prints, drawings, photography, ceramics, videos, jewelry and more. The exhibition is free with museum admission.“
77th Annual Detroit Public Schools Student Exhibition
Until June 8, 2014 at the Detroit Institute of Arts
(Image: “Keepers Of The Dreams”, Justin Coleman – Grade 12)
“The first comprehensive overview of Italian Futurism to be presented in the United States, this multidisciplinary exhibition examines the historical sweep of the movement from its inception with F. T. Marinetti’s Futurist manifesto in 1909 through its demise at the end of World War II. Presenting over 300 works executed between 1909 and 1944, the chronological exhibition encompasses not only painting and sculpture, but also architecture, design, ceramics, fashion, film, photography, advertising, free-form poetry, publications, music, theater, and performance.”
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, 89th St. and 5th Avenue, NYC
FYI: “Futurism…was an artistic and social movement that originated in Italy in the early 20th century. It emphasized and glorified themes associated with contemporary concepts of the future, including speed, technology, youth and violence, and objects such as the car, the aeroplane and the industrial city. It was largely an Italian phenomenon, though there were parallel movements in Russia, England and elsewhere.” Per WikiPedia
“MCA DNA: Alexander Calder traces the development of the artist’s ideas over a fifty-year career, in particular, his exploration of how art can move in response to its physical environment. The exhibition presents examples of Alexander Calder’s (American, 1898–1976), mobiles, stabiles, and works on paper dating from the 1920s to the 1970s—a selection of the museum’s in-depth holdings of the seminal artist’s work.”
The Legion of Honor Museum, San Francisco features 2 exhibits by French artist Henri Matisse, 1869 – 1954.
“Matisse was stimulated and challenged by book illustration and design… he declared that the first principle of good book design was a rapport with the nature of the book. For Matisse this meant carefully balancing text and illustration.
