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Tentoonstelling: Gauguin
Datum: 11 Oktober 2017 tot 22 Januari 2018 Locatie: AU GRAND PALAIS A PARIS Paul Gauguin Paul Gauguin overleed, helemaal alleen, op 8 mei 1903, uitgeput door zijn vruchteloze strijd tegen de koloniale ambtenaren, verslagen, ontredderd, bedreigd door een enorme boete omdat hij de inlandse bevolking aangezet had tot opstand en omdat hij het lokale gezag belasterd had. Aldus eindigde het leven van een schilder die zijn oeuvre gewijd had aan de verheerlijking van de oorspronkelijke harmonie van de gulle oceanische natuur die hem opgenomen had. ‘Huis van Plezier’, wees verliefd en u zult gelukkig zijn. Wees mysterieus: de namen die Gauguin gegeven had aan zijn huis op Atuana en…
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Exposición: Paul Gauguin
Date: 11 October 2017 – 22 January 2018 Venue: Grand Palais Paris PAUL GAUGUIN Paul Gauguin muere el 8 de mayo de 1903, agotado por su inútil combate contra los funcionarios coloniales, vencido, desamparado, amenazado con una gran multa por haber incitado a los indígenas a la rebelión y haber calumniado a las autoridades locales, en completa soledad. Así acababa la vida del pintor que había dedicado su obra a glorificar la armonía original de la naturaleza generosa de Oceanía que lo había acogido. Los nombres que Gauguin había dado a su casa de Atuana y a los paneles de madera esculpida que la decoraban: “La casa del placer”, enamoraos…
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Otto Dix: A man with clenched fists cursing the moon!
Dix was born near Gera but gained his first experience and training in art in the venerable baroque city of Dresden. He would return there in 1927 to take up a position as professor at the Academy. However, Dix’s first important work was produced in the midst of the violence of the First World War. Slightly younger than the original Expressionists, he had a long and prolific career in which his work went through significant changes. Loosely, these changes followed the key developments in the German avant-garde, from Expressionism to Dada and then, from about 1923, the so-called Neue Sachlichkeit (New Objectivity). However, Dix’s work was so varied that it…
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Great Minds Think Alike
This sentiment couldn’t be truer for Sydney’s International Art Series. With the likes of El Greco, Leonardo, Raphael, Monet (and many more!) being featured in The Greats: masterpieces from the National Galleries of Scotland, we can’t even imagine the kind of strings that the Art Gallery of New South Wales had to pull to get the National Galleries of Scotland to share their treasures. Over 400 years of artistic production under one roof, but who’s intimidated? According to the NSW’s official website, the collection will comprise of “over 70 outstanding works, all but two will be seen in Australia for the first time, including Botticelli’s exceptional The Virgin adoring the sleeping…
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Mary Griggs Burke: Bringing Japanese Art to the Forefront
Mary Griggs Burke is not a name many have heard of but when she passed away in 2012, there were many mournful faces, specifically from those in the art world. Recognised as having the largest private collection of Japanese art outside of Japan, Griggs Burke had quite an impact on the emergence of Asian art in the United States. “The beauty of the Japanese aesthetic first struck me when I saw my mother’s kimono, a padded winter garment of black silk displaying at the knee a bold design of twisted pine branches covered with snow.[…] It was then, I believe, that a future collector of Japanese art was born.” Due…
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Immortality Inspired Art
Immortality: the notion that one lives on past this life, thus helping us mere mortals digest the fear and grief brought on by death. Heavy investments of inestimable wealth into the unwavering belief that the afterlife exists has produced hugely lavish art, including majestic sculptures, tombs and precious artifacts. The Han Dynasty, China’s second imperial family as of 206 BCE, was one such group of believers. The enormous wealth that awaited family members upon their passing would surely make one relish the chance to expire. Intricate burial chambers, kitchens, concubines and rooms crammed with the most precious of gems were just the tip of the iceberg, with reports of sacrificing…
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