one city (london).
four art exhibitions (cézanne | modigliani | soutine | basquiat).
during our december weekend in london, my husband, bob, and i made it to three out of four.
modigliani @ the tate modern
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amadeo modgliani (1884-1920) | self portrait as pierrot | 1915 | statens museum fur kunst | copenhagen, denmark
modigliani | tate modern | london, united kingdom | 23 november 2017-2 april 2018
photo credit smk
modigliani
portraits and nudes.
elongated faces.
swan-like necks.
almond shaped eyes.
portraits of his patron (paul alexandre).
portraits of his art dealers (paul guillaume and leopold zbrowski).
portraits of his contemporaries. (picasso, gris, brancusi, soutine…).
self portraits.
portraits of the working class.
multiple portraits of the same subject.
‘it [my portrait] does not look like me, but it does look like modigliani, which is better.’
-jean cocteau (1889-1963)
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amadeo modgliani (1884-1920) | jean cocteau, 1916 | the henry and rose pearlman foundation (on long-term loan to the princeton university art museum)
modigliani | tate modern | london, united kingdom | 23 november 2017-2 april 2018
photo credit bruce m. white | via the princeton university art museum
soutine @ the courtauld gallery
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chaïm soutine (1893-1943) | self portrait | circa 1918 | the henry and rose pearlman foundation (on long-term loan to the princeton university art museum)
photo credit © 2014 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York/ADAGP, Paris | photo: bruce m. white | via the princeton university art museum
soutine
landscapes, still lives, and portraits.
painted in series.
turbulent (after van gogh).
gestural (before pollack).
distorted (before bacon).
his patron: albert barnes (the barnes foundation | merion, PA USA)
his art dealers: paul guillaume and leopold zbrowski (the same as modigliani)
his portraits: self portraits and portraits of the working class
chaïm soutine (1893-1943) | the valet | circa 1927 | the lewis collection
soutine’s portraits: cooks, waiters & bellboys | the courtauld gallery | london, united kingdom | 19 october 2017-21 january 2018
photo credit the courtauld gallery | via the telegraph
basquiat @ the barbican art gallery
jean-michel basquiat (1960-1988) | dos cabezas | 1982 | private collection
basquiat: boom for real | barbican art gallery | london, united kingdom | 21 september 2017-28 january 2018
photo credit (c) the estate of jean-michel basquiat | licensed by artestar, new york | via christie’s
basquiat
graffiti.
neo expressionist.
image + text + social commentary.
stream of consciousness.
repetition.
crown icon.
self portraits (in different guises).
inspiration: art history | history | literature | media (film/television) | music (jazz/hip hop/rap) | sports
influences: da vinci | picasso | cy twombly | charlie parker
collaborators: keith haring | francesco clemente | andy warhol
jean-michel basquiat (1960-1988) | self-portrait | 1984 | private collection
basquiat: boom for real | barbican art gallery | london, united kingdom | 21 september 2017-28 january 2018
photo credit (c) the estate of jean-michel basquiat | licensed by artstar, new york | via the standard
surprisingly (or not), more similarities than differences.
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