For years I’ve been living under the impression that I’m the only (American born) person in NYC over the age of 25 and under 60 who didn’t watch MTV’s Liquid Television in the 1980’s. Today I learned that’s not the case so I’m going to share this beautiful and bizarre series! Peter Chung, the creator, didn’t add much in the way of wardrobe to Schiele’s drawings so the full content of this post may not be safe for work. Read the rest of this entry »
I know this article is a few years old – but I thought it was relevant to our discussion
Should Art Museums Always Be Free? There’s Room for Debate
Published: July 22, 2006
A museum’s admission policy is charged with meaning. It encodes the institution’s core values — its sense of itself, its mission and its public — and broadcasts them to that public. It’s like a thumbprint, a tiny yet accurate key to a whole identity. It is also, periodically, a hot-button issue.
A belt Buckle by Josef Hoffman, 1910.
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An Example of the Expressionism as "Psychological," from Arnold Schönberg, 1910.
Who is the subject of this painting?
What is the subject of this painting?
What does the title “Gaze” allude to (in psychological terms)?
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A Chest of Drawers Designed by Architect Adolf Loos in 1902.
What qualities do architects bring to the designing of furniture?
How would you describe the aesthetic use of geometric form in this utilitarian object?
How does the design of this object anticipate issues in design that would emerge later in the 20th Century?
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Gustav Klimpt's Portrait of a Baroness.
How does this portrait differ from that of Hans Makart, seen earlier?
What can you say about the “palette” employed?
How is space depicted? (i.e., perspective?, depth-of-field?)
How does Klimpt’s portrait define a changing ethos in early modernism?
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A Viennese Corset from 1880-1885.
What does this object tell us about Viennese culture in the 1880s?
What can you say about the design?
What are the aesthetic qualities of this object?
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Hans Makart, Portrait of Hanna Klinkosch, 1875
What is the relationship between the sitter and the artist? As Suggested in this portrait?
What does this painting tell you about this woman?
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Gustav Klimt: A Different Definition of Modernism, Two Girls with Oleander, 1890-1892
New York Times lead critic Roberta Smith reviews the Neue Galerie show at this link, from today’s weekend arts section:
www.nytimes.com/2011/02/25/arts/design/25vienna.html?_r=1&ref=todayspaper
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Note: The painting reproduced above is from the exact same date as Cezanne’s The Card Players series works.
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Guillaume Apollinaire
A few more quotes from the lecture, with an open call for any responses.
•“The subject no longer matters or hardly matters…. It will be pure painting.”
•–Guillaume Apollinaire,•
Du sujet dans la peinture modernte, Les Soirees de Paris.
•“In the context of 1895 or 1905, “nothing” meant something. It signified a cultural gain – at the least, an opening to possibility.”
•Richard Shiff, concluding sentence of exhibition catalogue essay
•The subject is the painting.
–J. Zinsser
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•Du sujet dans la peinture modernte, Les Soirees de Paris.
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