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Schiele: Sex, Introspection and Breaking Taboos
Egon Schiele’s work is so distinctive that it resists categorisation. Admitted to the Vienna Academy of Fine Arts at just sixteen, he was an extraordinarily precocious artist, whose consummate skill in the manipulation of line, above all, lent a taut expressivity to all his work.
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Auguste Rodin – The genius founder of modern sculpture
Many of Rodin's sculptures were criticised and considered controversial because of their sensuality or hyperrealist qualities. His most original works departed from traditional themes of mythology and allegory, and embraced the human body, celebrating individualism and physicality.
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Salvador Dalí – The never-ending enigma
Dalí's art remained surrealist in its philosophy and expression and a prime example of his freshness, humour and exploration of the subconscious mind. Throughout his life, Dalí was a genius at self-promotion, creating and maintaining his reputation as a mythical figure.
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Egon Schiele – One of the great Expressionist painters
Egon Schiele's roots were in the Jugendstil of the Viennese Secession movement. Like a whole generation, he came under the overwhelming influence of Vienna’s most charismatic and celebrated artist, Gustav Klimt.
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Kleine Würfel – Große Kunst
Kunst muss nicht gegenständlich sein, weder Figuren noch eindeutige Motive haben und erst recht nicht auf den ersten Blick zu durchschauen sein, aber oft wünscht sich genau dies der Besucher beim Betrachten von Kunstwerken. Daher geht er an Werke mit abstrahierten Motiven, die ihm vor allem Rätsel aufgeben, skeptisch und mit Vorbehalten heran. Allerdings hat die moderne kunstgeschichtliche Entwicklung gezeigt, dass es möglich ist, blaue Kreise und schwarze Quadrate oder auch nur weiße Leinwände zu bedeutenden Meisterwerken zu erheben – doch dies war nicht immer so. Am Anfang des 20. Jahrhunderts schockierten zwei Künstler die Pariser Öffentlichkeit mit kleinen Würfeln und geometrischen Formen, mit deren Hilfe sie Formen und Figuren…
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Impressionist, and proud
Underdogs have taken note and reclaimed terms that were once hurtful or derisory: ‘queer’ has become a positive label for the LGBT community, ‘nerd’ and ‘geek’ are no longer insults but badges of honour (thanks in part to the Gleeks), ‘slut walk’ participants have tried to de-stigmatise the word, and the Tea Party movement’s ‘tea-baggers’…well, that’s a bad example. But this ‘current’ propensity for linguistic reappropriation is not such a modern phenomenon… The Impressionists came to be known as such after a 10-year battle for recognition. In 19th-century France, artistic esteem could only be attained by recognition by the Academy of Fine Arts and the displaying of their artwork in…
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