tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31126514009098266532024-03-19T02:52:34.962-07:00Contemporary Art & Its InspirationsLaura Spencerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11045233131404595596noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3112651400909826653.post-79333625246572026292010-04-28T12:30:00.000-07:002010-04-28T17:39:01.472-07:00Frida Kahlo Y Su Mundo at Bozar Expo, Brussels<div><div style="text-align: left; ">This was probably the most meaningful exhibitions I have ever seen.</div><div>As some of you may know, I am an avid fan of Frida, ever since my Aunt and first Art Teacher, Boo Ehrsam, showed her two me when I was but a wee child.</div><div>Naturally, I was completely awestruck at these bizarre, beautiful works. When my Mom came to pick me up from class, I immediately ask her to tell me all about this crazy Mexican woman I had just discovered. (And thus, my Mom had to learn how to explain Frida to a 6 year old...)</div><div><br /></div><div>I have been waiting a very long time to see her works in person, and am thrilled that my Belgian visit was timed just right.</div><div><br /></div><div>Frida Kahlo is an all-around inspiration to me, being a thoroughly successful female artists, and having one of the most intriguing, tragic, and adventurous lives. I trust that you have all seen the Frida Movie, staring the beautiful Selma Hayek, so you must surely be familiar with her life (the movie is a rather accurate portrayal) so I will spare you from an incredibly verbose biography (I could go on for days). Instead I will share with you some (almost all) of the pieces from the exhibition (a modest 27 works):</div></div><div><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh13diKqdZLeGrqGYe6z7Eh5o9i6mPCYXbDWGCTNc07PFVYyPGh6Yzm7YE9IvL2vgNit6VV9NwXGt5XHpfeEQ1cTgRvTRq86bvghLStVaR9byIUB0vZMgF6dzmdmm0l3_VYPVjruxlZhTQ/s1600/prev_pfile88595_activity9429.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 148px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh13diKqdZLeGrqGYe6z7Eh5o9i6mPCYXbDWGCTNc07PFVYyPGh6Yzm7YE9IvL2vgNit6VV9NwXGt5XHpfeEQ1cTgRvTRq86bvghLStVaR9byIUB0vZMgF6dzmdmm0l3_VYPVjruxlZhTQ/s320/prev_pfile88595_activity9429.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5465292608295225218" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">1.<i> El camion (The Bus)</i>, 1929</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVRpl89QgyAqjbPxal8e5bo8CimBMOURAbJgPqVU1TGNgtjf0JJ7NmRSv4REwZIPPiC_pVCdyJHOetKuuLa4SLtCqHReQIHDaeGcFn8CmTkeegEHS4BRWtQL6R9ptJbyby6PujZQ6zCr4/s1600/fridabrush.19.gif"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 280px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVRpl89QgyAqjbPxal8e5bo8CimBMOURAbJgPqVU1TGNgtjf0JJ7NmRSv4REwZIPPiC_pVCdyJHOetKuuLa4SLtCqHReQIHDaeGcFn8CmTkeegEHS4BRWtQL6R9ptJbyby6PujZQ6zCr4/s320/fridabrush.19.gif" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5465292589819993778" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">2. <i>Retrato de Alicia Galant (Portrait of Alicia Galant), </i>1927</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiM5m5Phcd2EgRMYKogAzzjHeX5Bb2111krerdtvTjgeiTEcc1A4m0mS-rEE5tP56m2SrVRxf21L25sAmFSU3sdkKgoPjIqu4iVHqrHXaCdEdN_07Sl2scYZjUPpQgP5gEEzQ1vj6cr8iY/s1600/kahlo11.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 235px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiM5m5Phcd2EgRMYKogAzzjHeX5Bb2111krerdtvTjgeiTEcc1A4m0mS-rEE5tP56m2SrVRxf21L25sAmFSU3sdkKgoPjIqu4iVHqrHXaCdEdN_07Sl2scYZjUPpQgP5gEEzQ1vj6cr8iY/s320/kahlo11.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5465292574857653986" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">3. <i>La nina Virginia (Portrait of Virginia),</i> 1929</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7Uouzei6qUVhIdtbPL0fOi1LgAupP6dUWFgS7AThaX-CX0qx5KnhgL6rKSZvW2pufGmikcX_4T4DgEwvlvhv1WWh8ZRiYwH6r8BkI9puxUwnnnrbzqcPAJ-tvghbjsOm414nu-k7dvMs/s1600/kahlo24.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 215px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7Uouzei6qUVhIdtbPL0fOi1LgAupP6dUWFgS7AThaX-CX0qx5KnhgL6rKSZvW2pufGmikcX_4T4DgEwvlvhv1WWh8ZRiYwH6r8BkI9puxUwnnnrbzqcPAJ-tvghbjsOm414nu-k7dvMs/s320/kahlo24.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5465292564037307442" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">4. <i>Retrato de Luther Burbank, </i>1931</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJ3IZ-7UCvU5BOpbyMYfe1SW0T3WQdq5hQyA5QJRRPXhIYGa_NbaEFk90hseRp5LdswoKWODwp_SOtVYl6CUNXN4Kt1CMrw2_W4TkqaFfvBiTWTLxDGHqAekJBVhp5HWGXJg_dmzRT0L0/s1600/kahlo7.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 222px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJ3IZ-7UCvU5BOpbyMYfe1SW0T3WQdq5hQyA5QJRRPXhIYGa_NbaEFk90hseRp5LdswoKWODwp_SOtVYl6CUNXN4Kt1CMrw2_W4TkqaFfvBiTWTLxDGHqAekJBVhp5HWGXJg_dmzRT0L0/s320/kahlo7.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5465291926121835922" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">5. <i>Retrato de Eva Frederick,</i> 1931</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhX5udVU2BhpSDAembo62Knuh_ZIHAEpWkbcOWJrD2iUB7vUeuCHzRkCoANxg-7bMOp_50OlMEHgDRuUsWQ5kOxgRpJCqBmaCGs-Jx6J-EuShSgYvcjnKzVtTjZYqhRiA35D54fD3TkoPk/s1600/prev_pfile88594_activity9429.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 236px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhX5udVU2BhpSDAembo62Knuh_ZIHAEpWkbcOWJrD2iUB7vUeuCHzRkCoANxg-7bMOp_50OlMEHgDRuUsWQ5kOxgRpJCqBmaCGs-Jx6J-EuShSgYvcjnKzVtTjZYqhRiA35D54fD3TkoPk/s320/prev_pfile88594_activity9429.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5465291916688409842" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">7. <i>Autorretrato con changuito (Self-Portrait with Small Monkey),</i> 1945</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglpwtL89jNGUBIgEnrYuMMsbhIF0QjmQ2XnhnTzQszGwpWf0E8i4DdSrd4vyZOSA87yY8p-FR_1pn2oHEjV-TY7TxET5iZprzB7lxIbM3krsHh4daElOOA8OFvSzWlLoSxWzhLXO4vqdY/s1600/kahlo19.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 277px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglpwtL89jNGUBIgEnrYuMMsbhIF0QjmQ2XnhnTzQszGwpWf0E8i4DdSrd4vyZOSA87yY8p-FR_1pn2oHEjV-TY7TxET5iZprzB7lxIbM3krsHh4daElOOA8OFvSzWlLoSxWzhLXO4vqdY/s320/kahlo19.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5465291908840378274" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">8. <i>Hospital Henry Ford,</i> 1932</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNoFnzBPXUNl590bUW6lYhmW0__9b5ezZvU8vQ-qUT2B8lmp6sollsT7-UbpViOdmtcu9BPe5oHCw9p04cWJPCrbJWl8rOM_ARRtPY5o1FhDZbJR1ckPBDAO2jZZyT5D8_01bO7ScKlfE/s1600/prev_pfile88598_activity9429.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 254px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNoFnzBPXUNl590bUW6lYhmW0__9b5ezZvU8vQ-qUT2B8lmp6sollsT7-UbpViOdmtcu9BPe5oHCw9p04cWJPCrbJWl8rOM_ARRtPY5o1FhDZbJR1ckPBDAO2jZZyT5D8_01bO7ScKlfE/s320/prev_pfile88598_activity9429.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5465291896680543426" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">9.<i> Frida y el aborto (Frida and the Miscarriage), </i>1932</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-mT_d5rbuC3YPzgrx1A4mQJkDvM25lG3S2qFgfB_fDLz7NgG8RNZwtZ6at9kcVbxZ7W8Evch0BDSeCkt3J-YX5gXvYnfxKBnKBcxQmUcr5qsHxA0fJNC5Q4_CYkfScOPRqs5u-hVK9Ns/s1600/prev_pfile88597_activity9429.jpg" style="text-decoration: none;"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 250px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-mT_d5rbuC3YPzgrx1A4mQJkDvM25lG3S2qFgfB_fDLz7NgG8RNZwtZ6at9kcVbxZ7W8Evch0BDSeCkt3J-YX5gXvYnfxKBnKBcxQmUcr5qsHxA0fJNC5Q4_CYkfScOPRqs5u-hVK9Ns/s320/prev_pfile88597_activity9429.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5465291895769942946" /><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;">10. <i>Unos cuantos piquetitos (A Few Small Nips),</i> 1935</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;"><br /></span></div></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZMID6ZzdsVZLsTnsLnGeuNatiV5phd1vysmVfAVnmUAm6EtRTEfM1hJjU-JY4Ajg-UsQMqHxh9cjQkIKZraQ69_ZkAWtD1NlpuFQXgxXsIQNmqaq_cWfGJt7tjfxxgvC9yI_Daj5cnco/s1600/kahlo4.jpg"></a><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZMID6ZzdsVZLsTnsLnGeuNatiV5phd1vysmVfAVnmUAm6EtRTEfM1hJjU-JY4Ajg-UsQMqHxh9cjQkIKZraQ69_ZkAWtD1NlpuFQXgxXsIQNmqaq_cWfGJt7tjfxxgvC9yI_Daj5cnco/s1600/kahlo4.jpg" style="text-decoration: none;"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 282px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZMID6ZzdsVZLsTnsLnGeuNatiV5phd1vysmVfAVnmUAm6EtRTEfM1hJjU-JY4Ajg-UsQMqHxh9cjQkIKZraQ69_ZkAWtD1NlpuFQXgxXsIQNmqaq_cWfGJt7tjfxxgvC9yI_Daj5cnco/s320/kahlo4.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5465287697901987282" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">11. <i>Mi nana y yo (My Nurse and I),</i> 1937</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8RlNVFSxoGe3o4sPYyy3oUVWyGGKMCT7jTre4cDAPMfLuKdo-kZBqnwp5MSQw_3iqDfg1tOn-8XmnACMju9yWJV4qBO7kkNCRUu_yF1rjtStMxkV8R9NhChblyC_finigDdIctLgIC2M/s1600/kahlo21.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 210px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8RlNVFSxoGe3o4sPYyy3oUVWyGGKMCT7jTre4cDAPMfLuKdo-kZBqnwp5MSQw_3iqDfg1tOn-8XmnACMju9yWJV4qBO7kkNCRUu_yF1rjtStMxkV8R9NhChblyC_finigDdIctLgIC2M/s320/kahlo21.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5465287686742144994" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">12. <i>El difuntito Dimas Rosas a los tres anos de edad</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>(The Deceased Dimas Rosa at the Age of Three),</i> 1937</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBEaPw5Oq_Yk865W6Dwr5vhlp6CHC6JK8EQrF9yNJgNHIyrcNZePgv4_v-oNgNCr49CZqWB7HS76pfgNKpuf08sylHCofuVCNrsItOTd6UOZbueVdQLz4zqbhUyBqym8Hat1DJo_vMFJY/s1600/POLLITOFRIDA-copia.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 235px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBEaPw5Oq_Yk865W6Dwr5vhlp6CHC6JK8EQrF9yNJgNHIyrcNZePgv4_v-oNgNCr49CZqWB7HS76pfgNKpuf08sylHCofuVCNrsItOTd6UOZbueVdQLz4zqbhUyBqym8Hat1DJo_vMFJY/s320/POLLITOFRIDA-copia.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5465287672146359874" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">13. <i>El pollito (The Chick), </i>1945</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjG-RRRev9PhNHQMd_KoZbz27mnc9NoYF2IUClAmUYBG3q-jOWu9FdTuVuiEw2SxbLkm7Qiw3dqpyB5yCECf3zS8RmcqkbbK0j7JnyrNluVJhYtLW95czVj4cNHlJXywWX9RrJkBe4Nqxw/s1600/prev_pfile88601_activity9429.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 242px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjG-RRRev9PhNHQMd_KoZbz27mnc9NoYF2IUClAmUYBG3q-jOWu9FdTuVuiEw2SxbLkm7Qiw3dqpyB5yCECf3zS8RmcqkbbK0j7JnyrNluVJhYtLW95czVj4cNHlJXywWX9RrJkBe4Nqxw/s320/prev_pfile88601_activity9429.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5465287669894132882" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">15. <i>La columna rota (The Broken Column),</i> 1944</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7zFhpR4GA0vNycaNtrhr5Qs2DoCH9Pf5NwTRC-h3Np_3ZsMtJBTjMpBqBNt-7y7L48kK2yqX0NQAoxC-A05Imk-J8MBVKoiS_f32HSOno3QQEjmoTO0E5kfUM-d250iPw13uAut3_cZc/s1600/kahlo63.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 247px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7zFhpR4GA0vNycaNtrhr5Qs2DoCH9Pf5NwTRC-h3Np_3ZsMtJBTjMpBqBNt-7y7L48kK2yqX0NQAoxC-A05Imk-J8MBVKoiS_f32HSOno3QQEjmoTO0E5kfUM-d250iPw13uAut3_cZc/s320/kahlo63.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5465287649370663778" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">16. <i>Sin esperanza (Hopeless),</i> 1945</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="text-decoration: underline;"><br /></span></span></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeXT5ytFFq9oxzoZ55hEgWfWpmWtjwUPHmehTmMme4Z52I6cNdVS2EEf6YaKxMmTs_XTAPB-0mDAk2TmPEevgZ4DGEe4DtPyku_1WEy96m_LpXRUrt80SrQZZhmjfFtHg8fgnkUQ-iXX4/s1600/kahlo28.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 223px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeXT5ytFFq9oxzoZ55hEgWfWpmWtjwUPHmehTmMme4Z52I6cNdVS2EEf6YaKxMmTs_XTAPB-0mDAk2TmPEevgZ4DGEe4DtPyku_1WEy96m_LpXRUrt80SrQZZhmjfFtHg8fgnkUQ-iXX4/s320/kahlo28.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5465286426671105522" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">17. <i>La flor de a vida (The Flower of Life), </i>1944</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-C17y8YIoKMvNzYJixoGCIc0InQ_HY6KJnKQO9eFNmkglsSAKO2DCgNgNDynZbVJflQhGQ_nwrvkEHqsAMScV1ASExAq_y0pcRQKEJJtzplZal0_2Mv_RBzGHicppVSBhUVyMlUwFOfU/s320/el_circulo.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5465286422954299890" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 317px; height: 320px; " /><div style="text-align: center;">18. <i>El circulo (The Circle), </i>ca. 1954</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9wPRMvvwhhWTaYzy1aytMuyIbGxO4vVOKOsBveFXIS8SbosEzyO7-PTrjPGXKZuZX-lLeD_RTLZCUryT527FhimTLK0xi2Kl-oyJ5h-u92orpsa6x40tpvPGJSqxFppU-G4tPR60L-VE/s1600/ankori-9.jpg"></a></div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9wPRMvvwhhWTaYzy1aytMuyIbGxO4vVOKOsBveFXIS8SbosEzyO7-PTrjPGXKZuZX-lLeD_RTLZCUryT527FhimTLK0xi2Kl-oyJ5h-u92orpsa6x40tpvPGJSqxFppU-G4tPR60L-VE/s1600/ankori-9.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9wPRMvvwhhWTaYzy1aytMuyIbGxO4vVOKOsBveFXIS8SbosEzyO7-PTrjPGXKZuZX-lLeD_RTLZCUryT527FhimTLK0xi2Kl-oyJ5h-u92orpsa6x40tpvPGJSqxFppU-G4tPR60L-VE/s320/ankori-9.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5465285844851799234" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">21. <i>Fantasy,</i> 1944</div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6Pkg74Na-UEA4G_N_Y9A2Am43wsGaPsgr0Gkre1h84QTGrPZHYPAMkSyR89wdgA0LRpEjiEiox90qE65NXYspTptoFf-hQqdYkCpKzXiW6rquD1TX8QcbyTFyHhgZ7gbX93X-I2yN5Gg/s1600/Frida+Kahlo-798885.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 235px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6Pkg74Na-UEA4G_N_Y9A2Am43wsGaPsgr0Gkre1h84QTGrPZHYPAMkSyR89wdgA0LRpEjiEiox90qE65NXYspTptoFf-hQqdYkCpKzXiW6rquD1TX8QcbyTFyHhgZ7gbX93X-I2yN5Gg/s320/Frida+Kahlo-798885.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5465285842729133634" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">24. <i>La mascara (de la locura) (The Mask of Madness),</i> 1945</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8GFy5gOa-SP2gyo0r_yR33FFCmYXRooDstQBzGWNvbaTslr1ApGIeeGnJoBdTGpHsQRJG3NPixXtzZCH7JH4r2uDn1Ug2aXZl6CG-nzSU1eel-Zmd8mG4rJuQB7TE1Mh3J6wEFjd7rqw/s1600/Frida+Kahlo-972255.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 232px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8GFy5gOa-SP2gyo0r_yR33FFCmYXRooDstQBzGWNvbaTslr1ApGIeeGnJoBdTGpHsQRJG3NPixXtzZCH7JH4r2uDn1Ug2aXZl6CG-nzSU1eel-Zmd8mG4rJuQB7TE1Mh3J6wEFjd7rqw/s320/Frida+Kahlo-972255.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5465285375488214306" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">25. <i>Retrato del ingeniero Eduardo Morillo Safa, </i>1944</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZnIW9Y6EvDQkQtH1Iizn1mMnlXhoZtuNIBeavftgPeijUq3oWKMYqEuXQG5e9rQi4GBHIAkjFTJoF_HiNpVZHyhMVeRE-3yw2UWhhN2D4uP0R7mcCgZpSxA13w_D_W-q6r4RjTKKI050/s1600/kahlo5.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 262px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZnIW9Y6EvDQkQtH1Iizn1mMnlXhoZtuNIBeavftgPeijUq3oWKMYqEuXQG5e9rQi4GBHIAkjFTJoF_HiNpVZHyhMVeRE-3yw2UWhhN2D4uP0R7mcCgZpSxA13w_D_W-q6r4RjTKKI050/s320/kahlo5.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5465285365175429650" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">26. <i>Retrato de dona Rosita Morillo,</i> 1944</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqvZZ_V2mLlJT6DwiLcgWunS8vc8QP7Gj7XfPYEg0SrBY3rcQqtBCRIWi064xKnPiJRlLFCivZVahMY50R9YHTAoFlJi7An2AalGZiNKKYReJBEazBXMvl7JSijlCSMfl_4N4SnZUkqDk/s1600/kahlo41.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 216px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqvZZ_V2mLlJT6DwiLcgWunS8vc8QP7Gj7XfPYEg0SrBY3rcQqtBCRIWi064xKnPiJRlLFCivZVahMY50R9YHTAoFlJi7An2AalGZiNKKYReJBEazBXMvl7JSijlCSMfl_4N4SnZUkqDk/s320/kahlo41.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5465270058301034098" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7vVLdmi3nibp9C7tvVe-pqw3NIhyphenhyphenETubpucHh8kxLJqnseZcdmcQazoG3kDG-tIsuF3BRZyTkUQrGbF129aq1AESxA9CZbUWLhtQCxNpeA-70L3tUdSvF9Ty4C0K3c061gGgnCUewxdM/s1600/kahlo40.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 226px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7vVLdmi3nibp9C7tvVe-pqw3NIhyphenhyphenETubpucHh8kxLJqnseZcdmcQazoG3kDG-tIsuF3BRZyTkUQrGbF129aq1AESxA9CZbUWLhtQCxNpeA-70L3tUdSvF9Ty4C0K3c061gGgnCUewxdM/s320/kahlo40.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5465270050466797634" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwwwYIr37wMIrFp3WnomlF6qhauf0Af-mRTc49BWhIqTuD7aNEZJefKktuIWU6qFeIrg_m4RTqMlFVdNH9D3IgO3dghSQxzWCfvAzB4yx886yN-YZ95wC89T_VrFX9dZvHgl_1PHqwREs/s1600/ankori-7.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 227px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwwwYIr37wMIrFp3WnomlF6qhauf0Af-mRTc49BWhIqTuD7aNEZJefKktuIWU6qFeIrg_m4RTqMlFVdNH9D3IgO3dghSQxzWCfvAzB4yx886yN-YZ95wC89T_VrFX9dZvHgl_1PHqwREs/s320/ankori-7.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5465270046835693826" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><i>El diario de Frida Kahlo (Frida Kahlo's Diary),</i> 1944-54</div><div style="text-align: center;">slideshow of sketchbook and photographs</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3GEApJdigzQE_HXA1BlA5XyYBqdJkRl_BtLhAL187Embyub3wdBPdRbUpNdcOqZeyJbeGf7_lsaK311FjzO1Zy_VcLg_jwR952M_5EbR_3OVXr9URS3_F62FZFDWdiy0rEkCzJzCf8RU/s1600/Untitled1.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 249px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3GEApJdigzQE_HXA1BlA5XyYBqdJkRl_BtLhAL187Embyub3wdBPdRbUpNdcOqZeyJbeGf7_lsaK311FjzO1Zy_VcLg_jwR952M_5EbR_3OVXr9URS3_F62FZFDWdiy0rEkCzJzCf8RU/s320/Untitled1.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5465270041845236002" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiot1B413oYJgJLM95WE6R67JOua8JoQanj7qLr-efHok0300vU9IxXuw5qv2CUp7x7PYRR2zErgi2GvOLyahLhJEkilUIQuJuer8XqslE_0pNx8dBHB5hL_1Qdkz_uj6J4WcLjY4TaqYg/s1600/prev_pfile88600_activity9429.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 258px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiot1B413oYJgJLM95WE6R67JOua8JoQanj7qLr-efHok0300vU9IxXuw5qv2CUp7x7PYRR2zErgi2GvOLyahLhJEkilUIQuJuer8XqslE_0pNx8dBHB5hL_1Qdkz_uj6J4WcLjY4TaqYg/s320/prev_pfile88600_activity9429.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5465270038870583570" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQ6Xco1vT_Yt7E7h6YbixG36_mpxukKC8JqcpGzGKWznU2SobkfHEpoLrtMsAoaI0cog4ytqaPkp2L71t59twdjQ49rKjD0WOoFE7d_bmrT-5sFQim9WvkjZd_vYo0N2kbcClkl4JOI3E/s1600/prev_pfile88599_activity9429.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 246px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQ6Xco1vT_Yt7E7h6YbixG36_mpxukKC8JqcpGzGKWznU2SobkfHEpoLrtMsAoaI0cog4ytqaPkp2L71t59twdjQ49rKjD0WOoFE7d_bmrT-5sFQim9WvkjZd_vYo0N2kbcClkl4JOI3E/s320/prev_pfile88599_activity9429.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5465269665394968994" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgj2P_ObFqKvh13Ie5wwjmiVYQYMkg3_R4tZloDDaekWXtbqmCchDoLPcGA6DNNH00QXVju1ohwgZB6etS1Y0shINmkHgHf9vtZgiuqjxV_AxYscGNsFQ1d0hs5sevxxgCSj7Z9LNJUq4U/s1600/kahlo_fawn_photograph.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 216px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgj2P_ObFqKvh13Ie5wwjmiVYQYMkg3_R4tZloDDaekWXtbqmCchDoLPcGA6DNNH00QXVju1ohwgZB6etS1Y0shINmkHgHf9vtZgiuqjxV_AxYscGNsFQ1d0hs5sevxxgCSj7Z9LNJUq4U/s320/kahlo_fawn_photograph.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5465269658299367810" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNRmeVkvDQT_54ZCxxySgnvdQOJ3N5Tu0vJsj74JEJRvtJxLQreW94BbwTKTF08O9qxIfQBO-UK-dB1uhVyauXvlMoVGYYP_7Jx3y-xpep-6VPJCOkOUlsKn7F7gAJiB4AM0xriGnyoOQ/s1600/gallery_frida_13.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 295px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNRmeVkvDQT_54ZCxxySgnvdQOJ3N5Tu0vJsj74JEJRvtJxLQreW94BbwTKTF08O9qxIfQBO-UK-dB1uhVyauXvlMoVGYYP_7Jx3y-xpep-6VPJCOkOUlsKn7F7gAJiB4AM0xriGnyoOQ/s320/gallery_frida_13.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5465269655029533154" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRBd55O6x_HAD3IYvlt90gWAAtxTlwKL2rbcUMu54GJeg22U2umX_a1uw_tr-WJ5YSQ6xwMQLpXo1YpPYSsLYhPOKznnv7LUmhCHCPPTbfsXK0F34jjmjwAAzZdXKCTCFvJDxOhV5Xiig/s1600/artwork_images_1050_506753_leo-matiz.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 232px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRBd55O6x_HAD3IYvlt90gWAAtxTlwKL2rbcUMu54GJeg22U2umX_a1uw_tr-WJ5YSQ6xwMQLpXo1YpPYSsLYhPOKznnv7LUmhCHCPPTbfsXK0F34jjmjwAAzZdXKCTCFvJDxOhV5Xiig/s320/artwork_images_1050_506753_leo-matiz.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5465269651378317778" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiACY4iwhOThAWjd1h5IOgSljF_6mFQ6Y4U5bXEhx2Dx4x5ItLlosYWWFC4Rx-a7mxIPxQMQXJ0z71a4OWCZd_Tgt2wquH4QkOBkmDhTjjvAqVKIl0KBDyRDhPfPGiDraLsH_TziGqFqwo/s1600/3258.jpg.png" style="text-decoration: none;"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 251px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiACY4iwhOThAWjd1h5IOgSljF_6mFQ6Y4U5bXEhx2Dx4x5ItLlosYWWFC4Rx-a7mxIPxQMQXJ0z71a4OWCZd_Tgt2wquH4QkOBkmDhTjjvAqVKIl0KBDyRDhPfPGiDraLsH_TziGqFqwo/s320/3258.jpg.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5465269647010956546" /></a><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div>I was fortunate enough to pay a second visit to this exhibition, in which I really got to experience the work itself, instead of feverishly writing and being shoved about in the throws of on-lookers. I was surprised at the size of some of her works; much smaller than what I imagined. But size aside, this was powerful retrospective. </div><div><br /></div><div>Until Next Time</div><div>-Laura</div><div><br /></div></div></div>Laura Spencerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11045233131404595596noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3112651400909826653.post-41507155819241865782010-04-26T11:32:00.000-07:002010-04-26T03:27:09.978-07:00Return to W139<div>There is something incredibly satisfying about witnessing glimpses into the process of art. The ambiguity you experience; the skepticism that comes with ambitious works; the vulnerability of a work exposed half finished; it all contributes to the magic and integrity of art itself. </div><div>Another trip to Amsterdam afforded me just this chance, while once again visiting Gallery W139. The exhibition I had previously seen, in-progress, was now in full swing.</div><div><br /></div><div>It was really a beautiful show in all; I could have easily spent hours with each piece. The overall impact of a floor to ceiling mural-sized exhibition was breath-taking.</div><div>Here are some pictures of <a href="http://thebelgianartexperience.blogspot.com/2010/03/amsterdam-part-3-alternative-spaces.html#comments">Doktor Faustus</a> in its entirety:</div><div><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh05f4lEARba6lEXqmfEhxbD7Tbx1IWQk6eVQCT0_E-Fuv22Be425piT8nsnPh7pdVCzcuhU1d4fNeO9zxbwsx2S87A-zppXLLuxD8gv8sod9yqRKd9R0D5eyKrW0ZRxo1zQlc_QxlyKTw/s1600/040510_0456.JPG" style="text-decoration: none;"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 180px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh05f4lEARba6lEXqmfEhxbD7Tbx1IWQk6eVQCT0_E-Fuv22Be425piT8nsnPh7pdVCzcuhU1d4fNeO9zxbwsx2S87A-zppXLLuxD8gv8sod9yqRKd9R0D5eyKrW0ZRxo1zQlc_QxlyKTw/s320/040510_0456.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5464241071281615762" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguWUfmWHL47HiA128D_Iz3vsSdxvLh7F1TULy99VResG79Gmup9WWCfimykS4PLqxAOX8CBg7KPedOFyTVFA4raszD5u_H5rdj8te2ypFPvADO4ORY2NDIFhC4N4JCElMghl4hhzcgtZE/s1600/040510_0457.JPG" style="text-decoration: none;"><img style="display:block; 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margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 180px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEja4XtszV1fDM3Xa_hNxGhN4mElfOOE8fGU_bSfELHDOAI1rkx1kv_D9DicJ811yfY357-LAafpa4WUEDgy_m51I1BPN8cP0SOfbHX0s-YLQCavLkUY9-PRJkvsywGX0wau-zvgNzb0bes/s320/040510_0476.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5464237456376954530" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtnu5LTtz9O69j_r5HNeAile0q3tAuTrlykw0QWyqF4Qtud1lHci1zU99s9hao_kWWA8qruj8Dy5TPCCDbQny_AScDn3XmqoTIZ_8_IXImvoCsGd8FMSA55zbmrEmj2u5XKhWmJhKfE8w/s1600/040510_0479.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtnu5LTtz9O69j_r5HNeAile0q3tAuTrlykw0QWyqF4Qtud1lHci1zU99s9hao_kWWA8qruj8Dy5TPCCDbQny_AScDn3XmqoTIZ_8_IXImvoCsGd8FMSA55zbmrEmj2u5XKhWmJhKfE8w/s320/040510_0479.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5464237455404953394" /></a><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div><div>-Laura</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div></div>Laura Spencerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11045233131404595596noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3112651400909826653.post-75920862226572403682010-04-21T20:17:00.000-07:002010-04-25T16:46:34.570-07:00Gustave Van De Woestyne - MSK Gent<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="text-decoration: underline;"><br /></span></span></div><div> </div><div><div>My latest adventures took me the Gustave Van De Woestyne Exhibition at the Museum voor Schone Kunsten in Citadelpark, Gent. I spent the most time with Gustave's work, but did I have time breeze through some of the other rooms of the museum.</div><div>De Woestyne is an artist I knew nothing about prior to this exhibition, and I was completely floored by this retrospective. Undoubtedly, Woestyne has become one of my favorite artists of all time.</div><div><br /></div><div>Gustave lived and worked in Belgium his entire life (1881 - 1947), save a few years spent in Great Britain during the First World War. He was a deeply introverted, and religiously inspired person which translates through his work, making it thoroughly distinct, and ladened with personality. His work falls into the Symbolism movement of the late 19th century. Originating out of France and Belgium, Symbolism (following the drama and glory of the Romanticists) was a very personal, intuitive, yet a broad geographic reach. Works, specifically those of De Woestyne, mesh the audacity and drama of Romanticism, with the austerity and ambiguity of the "decadent" and Pre-Raphaelites movement. </div><div><br /></div><div>Woestyne's work was heavily influenced by the previously stated movements, as well as Flemish and Italian Primitives and other iconographic work. </div><div>His works contain a subtle yet jarring tension; impeccable draughtsmanship and sheer ability met with knowledgeable and deliberate distortions of figures and other elements. Combined, these elements bring about haunting paintings with classical abilities and avant-garde compositions that are quite timeless.</div><div><br /></div><div>The exhibition was broken down like any typical retrospective; chronological, highlighting each period of his work. <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Not so surprising, it was a bit hard to find De Woestyne's work online. Though his work is really amazing, it is not so well known. Here are some of my particular favorites that I manage to capture.</span></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaVDvkQIdActUuTJzswJ_NDFV7ctF6W7bj38TQwb6QpW1Gf1VfbhVUIlDvJI9OQP4E3Qq_F8cdr_r0VhLlhwVx4PDqZ5I1O5pxNRsVXqycwUJdjUDMDf1f7Le4NCrSry1X3WgEvoRoT1I/s1600/44-156005c5baf40ff51a327f1c34f2975b.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaVDvkQIdActUuTJzswJ_NDFV7ctF6W7bj38TQwb6QpW1Gf1VfbhVUIlDvJI9OQP4E3Qq_F8cdr_r0VhLlhwVx4PDqZ5I1O5pxNRsVXqycwUJdjUDMDf1f7Le4NCrSry1X3WgEvoRoT1I/s320/44-156005c5baf40ff51a327f1c34f2975b.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5463786352585132210" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 233px; height: 320px; " /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Deeske</i> (1907-08)</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">watercolor, pastel, pencil on paper</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXJNl7m7Crm5sCQlNdSK7eH7acfg_NKcL1mgyY6C5_qjGZvlcoBCdcNyqKUWY3HnQkiAq8ucvhyKFgQ5JNYJ0APnGBlqiqWEkAjl5A5NmoUDTJWO1izKn_xH7W_k2UQfG1gUJuM27go1M/s1600/proxy-1.aspx.jpeg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXJNl7m7Crm5sCQlNdSK7eH7acfg_NKcL1mgyY6C5_qjGZvlcoBCdcNyqKUWY3HnQkiAq8ucvhyKFgQ5JNYJ0APnGBlqiqWEkAjl5A5NmoUDTJWO1izKn_xH7W_k2UQfG1gUJuM27go1M/s320/proxy-1.aspx.jpeg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5463789221429233586" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 207px; height: 320px; " /></a><div style="text-align: center; "><i>The Blind</i> (1910)</div><div style="text-align: center; "><br /></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMuMHmfwpbFcMNydSGg-0FpsNB-DMAETkKgRe9c1UHcQ5BfCDCgekTr4YwIUCmX7-LoR8_FwIQFY_i473CJq32ELv9ZdpQsCqaXxWGQBH3Es3JWKOhLQ-_3S6yYgC2YJcUYrIzP54aNWg/s1600/PortraitofKarelVanDeWoestijne.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMuMHmfwpbFcMNydSGg-0FpsNB-DMAETkKgRe9c1UHcQ5BfCDCgekTr4YwIUCmX7-LoR8_FwIQFY_i473CJq32ELv9ZdpQsCqaXxWGQBH3Es3JWKOhLQ-_3S6yYgC2YJcUYrIzP54aNWg/s320/PortraitofKarelVanDeWoestijne.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5463808915460443634" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 180px; height: 320px; " /></a><div style="text-align: center; "><i>Portrait of Karel Van De Woestijne</i> (1910)</div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:small;">graphite on paper</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:16px;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMS9CoKeATb-YrmRq045XrsY5kycUYfL8a8GsU7U5uHu5p81CFaUO9LuJbwtdi2wsMYtfVoJ7cXk4pXBDJzUdIud_4VmjesOBI2_aukUpGnNAlWLXt4FYJzN6GHXDgna_ynpkxtdnAc8M/s1600/proxy-4.aspx.jpeg" style="text-decoration: none; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMS9CoKeATb-YrmRq045XrsY5kycUYfL8a8GsU7U5uHu5p81CFaUO9LuJbwtdi2wsMYtfVoJ7cXk4pXBDJzUdIud_4VmjesOBI2_aukUpGnNAlWLXt4FYJzN6GHXDgna_ynpkxtdnAc8M/s320/proxy-4.aspx.jpeg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5463789237906486402" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 320px; " /><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;"><i>The Artist's Wife</i> (1910)</span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:small;">watercolor and oil over pencil</span></span></div></a></span></span></div></div><div><br /></div></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtKPWJfFmV4Tk83rRpxPBpoGVDXjHzojJVWSTlIPBrfQsULi4B2tAp8F9-B2NZ6qOUL_F7fVsdRpHzkAKzCNFE55Uf3UirLw0TlOUrZL0gcSPgzoR1q4YwnXOll638qIqAW1m3gpyCavA/s1600/SelfPortrait1912.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 180px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtKPWJfFmV4Tk83rRpxPBpoGVDXjHzojJVWSTlIPBrfQsULi4B2tAp8F9-B2NZ6qOUL_F7fVsdRpHzkAKzCNFE55Uf3UirLw0TlOUrZL0gcSPgzoR1q4YwnXOll638qIqAW1m3gpyCavA/s320/SelfPortrait1912.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5463808931837124978" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Self Portrait</i> (1912)</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">watercolor and oil</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:16px;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8jjj9SkR9rN_hyphenhyphenxce6aRNfLxUooDAeTxQuypeTtSPRENCDQ6atyZkB8AHJiGkP1t9FLPYYIUGGykiCwrisc3Nb-NBlp0bdsprq4uMlMvaS7btiFwqKmv5aVpBIaV32mELz5_JW2WAEDI/s1600/MSKBoerinnetje1913VanDeWoestyneGustave.gif"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8jjj9SkR9rN_hyphenhyphenxce6aRNfLxUooDAeTxQuypeTtSPRENCDQ6atyZkB8AHJiGkP1t9FLPYYIUGGykiCwrisc3Nb-NBlp0bdsprq4uMlMvaS7btiFwqKmv5aVpBIaV32mELz5_JW2WAEDI/s320/MSKBoerinnetje1913VanDeWoestyneGustave.gif" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5464216752063954386" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 293px; height: 320px; " /></a><div style="text-align: center; "><i>Country Girl</i> (1913)</div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:small;">oil on canvas</span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></div></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:16px;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7ofK6iCYn2l6H0izlabbPZRf1zr7UUui0d-qonEG8bcaURt4XF8VAU4BOHl5LIr1ylQOkif1wvEzBxJ3AiM4TAcCVBKet1CeldXMLfz602iWZ29OgW31RCZ86ojMMXnBT7ImVLAT5BnY/s1600/TheGrandmotherorPortraitofRoosVanWijnendaele.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7ofK6iCYn2l6H0izlabbPZRf1zr7UUui0d-qonEG8bcaURt4XF8VAU4BOHl5LIr1ylQOkif1wvEzBxJ3AiM4TAcCVBKet1CeldXMLfz602iWZ29OgW31RCZ86ojMMXnBT7ImVLAT5BnY/s320/TheGrandmotherorPortraitofRoosVanWijnendaele.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5463808912398163762" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 180px; height: 320px; " /></a><div style="text-align: center; "><i>The Grandmother or Portrait of Roos Van Wijnendaelen</i> (1914)</div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:small;">oil on canvas</span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:16px;"><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="text-decoration: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; "><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIS-zP331nDsxTXxTJPwPeKqLKiOgCdQTmEWUhgW3I7wCztGjASBrdZ2cK9k00EQuZ_KGHhTWjvqyoBmm5QcayPdvrxhX0_jDKbFv3AR0WnoFOMYDIAWpp-yLAZJ-h391l5PIPSSHjl9Q/s1600/vdWoestyne.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIS-zP331nDsxTXxTJPwPeKqLKiOgCdQTmEWUhgW3I7wCztGjASBrdZ2cK9k00EQuZ_KGHhTWjvqyoBmm5QcayPdvrxhX0_jDKbFv3AR0WnoFOMYDIAWpp-yLAZJ-h391l5PIPSSHjl9Q/s320/vdWoestyne.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5464216759605938658" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 289px; " /></a></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><i>The Children's Table</i> (1919)</div><div style="text-align: center; "><br /></div></span></span></div></span></span></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQrG3_2YcbSlOPjMNq6jNaLFWNKw6shxYgBSYDehQV-EAvSUKnqNydeAzThh6vhkiedmQnMMpyLIYKWxg6kk34p685Wq3Bk-3xhW7QomrWh5Bp3V27YOvgeMEe02bqEqAofeEXXB_LPKI/s1600/PortraitofProfFabricePolderman1919.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 180px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQrG3_2YcbSlOPjMNq6jNaLFWNKw6shxYgBSYDehQV-EAvSUKnqNydeAzThh6vhkiedmQnMMpyLIYKWxg6kk34p685Wq3Bk-3xhW7QomrWh5Bp3V27YOvgeMEe02bqEqAofeEXXB_LPKI/s320/PortraitofProfFabricePolderman1919.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5463808919131815186" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Portrait of Professor Fabrice Polderman</i> (1919)</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">oil on canvas</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgg9VUeYJL5P66AJmqhV_NcbEMLmxt0LiY-QxyMAk4asHA4tP8mZ249rydmrDq3NeTkw8KyM6pj0mvbXa74JqbCKkN1ayBX31KojTQxa9nJnVA0tAQUpzhhNPSzR2GNdHp0f0QQXXDq1-4/s1600/proxy-2.aspx.jpeg" style="text-decoration: none; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgg9VUeYJL5P66AJmqhV_NcbEMLmxt0LiY-QxyMAk4asHA4tP8mZ249rydmrDq3NeTkw8KyM6pj0mvbXa74JqbCKkN1ayBX31KojTQxa9nJnVA0tAQUpzhhNPSzR2GNdHp0f0QQXXDq1-4/s320/proxy-2.aspx.jpeg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5463789225599071010" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 286px; height: 320px; " /></a><div style="text-align: center; "><i>Portrait of Adrienne with a Little Dog</i> (1919)</div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:small;">oils</span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></div></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoMpggLUn4NWgjqJ_JJsUk2bVieXdE6LuQjhU2jLVkT5LQcUdW628543wCG5aovJSxhwu2vP9g7U2OJQIeOvGpPv7__CZM6eaL94boEbjokcRC28m1kj1l6js2cooaUEa2NsCqKh9PseU/s1600/proxy.aspx.jpeg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 271px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoMpggLUn4NWgjqJ_JJsUk2bVieXdE6LuQjhU2jLVkT5LQcUdW628543wCG5aovJSxhwu2vP9g7U2OJQIeOvGpPv7__CZM6eaL94boEbjokcRC28m1kj1l6js2cooaUEa2NsCqKh9PseU/s320/proxy.aspx.jpeg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5463790039716717266" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Christ Shows His Wounds (1921)</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">oil on canvas</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="text-decoration: underline;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; "><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihPyRyy4piAqS9uLkDC69eUUWnTovLCVDx3j34fDwekTuwQ-14tzc_BWOUBO0YjB9GbYaA6LCvSOzOlZDGmKO_J-jnLF5qu80349vaQqOOIL-r2laJaJnqNExVvesv2u5uDwu6ujBM4yI/s1600/akt276.jpg" style="text-decoration: underline;text-decoration: none; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihPyRyy4piAqS9uLkDC69eUUWnTovLCVDx3j34fDwekTuwQ-14tzc_BWOUBO0YjB9GbYaA6LCvSOzOlZDGmKO_J-jnLF5qu80349vaQqOOIL-r2laJaJnqNExVvesv2u5uDwu6ujBM4yI/s320/akt276.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5464216748605322610" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 153px; height: 217px; " /></a></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>The Liqueur Drinkers</i> (c. 1922)</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">charcoal and oil on paper</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9DPNW_SMwCOUxt6VgYorvsRklolCcv-GWjS5cfktLqaNbuWAGHNC-dJlB-oanUgUPgfBhq7f0WBDMKVkkxHilv4q_tbLZkdu9EA2gEWn3ke9UqbNRTWd8WOxAJoA8Jxyz6oQC_lszQkk/s1600/proxy-8.aspx.jpeg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9DPNW_SMwCOUxt6VgYorvsRklolCcv-GWjS5cfktLqaNbuWAGHNC-dJlB-oanUgUPgfBhq7f0WBDMKVkkxHilv4q_tbLZkdu9EA2gEWn3ke9UqbNRTWd8WOxAJoA8Jxyz6oQC_lszQkk/s320/proxy-8.aspx.jpeg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5463790031597905730" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Gaston and His Sister</i> (1923)</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">oils</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6hiOAFkiQl0xmU0ek1yeVN0rlFRhuIXUW7nLGfE2ra48D9O8m0pRbMYH-eoMKQdlpXCVCkCrOxbQdCta_3Tk4vV2Oo8uMRbpiMPMsaKt3UJ5mHdPhD4ADEVWbGlG9ZzPLbs53KL8ezTk/s1600/Picture+3.png"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6hiOAFkiQl0xmU0ek1yeVN0rlFRhuIXUW7nLGfE2ra48D9O8m0pRbMYH-eoMKQdlpXCVCkCrOxbQdCta_3Tk4vV2Oo8uMRbpiMPMsaKt3UJ5mHdPhD4ADEVWbGlG9ZzPLbs53KL8ezTk/s320/Picture+3.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5463786361326512002" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 275px; height: 320px; " /></a><div style="text-align: center; "><i>Christ Sacrifices His Blood</i> (1925)</div><div style="text-align: center; "><br /></div></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinJ-ZmWJHACR2eqd-gGrAjBB_T751XVmD8Om1YoTsxfQmL2Qdyvx8YgTgVRdjVH1qDjArddj_cr25hGwXI7NiW638vxC9knfAQ5sW6qWTbRtcPcGrwQZr2PhLpFfhFeIhXUEYuzFiGaTo/s1600/proxy-7.aspx.jpeg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 282px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinJ-ZmWJHACR2eqd-gGrAjBB_T751XVmD8Om1YoTsxfQmL2Qdyvx8YgTgVRdjVH1qDjArddj_cr25hGwXI7NiW638vxC9knfAQ5sW6qWTbRtcPcGrwQZr2PhLpFfhFeIhXUEYuzFiGaTo/s320/proxy-7.aspx.jpeg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5463790026755627602" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Fragments (above and below) of</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Christ & His Apostles from the Last Supper </i>(1927)</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">casein, charcoal, chalk on canvas</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlC6cXifalU1VxxQnntRjc2oh6xqjNbW8hnbVhxjXL5fyQIMFPylZjdYInRGpwNt8wdgb2tboL46Tb0R_lkGyToPgu9d_dbhzkAIgsblPscw9RYBUYh8OUGEPPpHw2ex9qQ7SMfnPfmZk/s1600/proxy-6.aspx.jpeg" style="text-decoration: none;"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 276px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlC6cXifalU1VxxQnntRjc2oh6xqjNbW8hnbVhxjXL5fyQIMFPylZjdYInRGpwNt8wdgb2tboL46Tb0R_lkGyToPgu9d_dbhzkAIgsblPscw9RYBUYh8OUGEPPpHw2ex9qQ7SMfnPfmZk/s320/proxy-6.aspx.jpeg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5463790022192503378" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"></div></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">His work inspires me in so many ways, I am at a loss for words. The stylization, experimentation, the subtle somewhat dark sense of humor and overall sensibility of the artist really shines through his work. His technique and sheer drawing ability are so in line with my aesthetic It is truly timeless pieces, and I feel as if my art will never be the same after experiencing this show. </div><div style="text-align: left;">Until next time</div><div style="text-align: left;">-Laura</div></div><br /></div>Laura Spencerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11045233131404595596noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3112651400909826653.post-79468427648653742442010-04-11T20:01:00.000-07:002010-04-21T19:33:59.210-07:00Musee Magritte Museum - Brussels, BE<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="text-decoration: underline;"><br /></span></span></div>I recently made a trip to <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">Brussels </span>to visit several exhibitions/museums, one of which being the new<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-large;"> <i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Magritte Museum</span></i></span> (in conjunction with the Royal Museum of Fine Arts of Belgium).<div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-large;"><i>Musee Magritte Museum</i></span> if fortified with a vast collection of his works, representing all periods for a versatile and complete <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">retrospective</span>. The museum is merely a branch of the vast of the <b>Royal Museum of Fine Arts of Belgium,</b> which has slowly been acquiring Magritte's life's work via purchases and donations. <i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">40 years</span></i> after the artist's life, he museum opened its doors in <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">May 2009</span>. The exhibition also includes many works of Magritte's comrades and contemporaries, as well as magazine clippings, publications, posters, photographs, etc. documenting the artist's life.</div><div><br /></div><div>Magritte is without stating, one of the most <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">influential surrealists</span> and <b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-large;">Belgian </span></b>artist of all time. His work is one so commonly known by people from all walks of life; a name as <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">recognizabl</span>e (or works, rather) as the likes of <i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">Picasso, Dali, Kahlo</span></i>. It was a pleasure bearing witness to some of his works. His works have always been those that I have known and admired, but my interest has been fully renewed and I have found great inspiration. Magritte was an artist with a <i>voracious appetite</i> for creating works, absorbing thoughts ideas, and <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">experimenting</span> with some of the most <b>controversial art movements</b> in <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-large;">Modernism .</span></div><div><br /></div><div>The collection is divided into 3 sections</div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-large;">1898::1929</span></div><div>Following Magritte's work through his <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">earliest encounters with art</span> (impressionistic in style), studies at the <i>Academie Royale des Beaux-Arts</i> (1916-1918), his <b>constructivist</b> period, encounters with the '7 Arts' group, <b>futurism</b>, <b>cubism</b>, and his first encounter with <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-large;">surrealism</span> (works of de Chirico), Antwerps avant-garde, his <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><i>marriage to Georgette</i></span>, <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-large;">moving to Paris</span> and his friendships with the likes of Andre Breton, Louise Aragon, E.L.T. Mensens, Paul Nouge, Camille Goemans, etc.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCfgeMvby0LRsVEUcQNgR95N8iuN_T2pfGTkpyklJWXiNLYtkX-cARxyca0wnmA3VSOBfnck3hIKMEJGBOFAcg1T_8TN2t_psm1FUpQQxqR_Anq0yu1ajk9iLsFJFw9Hq0KhXGvSPCBhI/s1600/magritte+-+pierre+bourgeois+1920.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCfgeMvby0LRsVEUcQNgR95N8iuN_T2pfGTkpyklJWXiNLYtkX-cARxyca0wnmA3VSOBfnck3hIKMEJGBOFAcg1T_8TN2t_psm1FUpQQxqR_Anq0yu1ajk9iLsFJFw9Hq0KhXGvSPCBhI/s320/magritte+-+pierre+bourgeois+1920.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5462758908673715330" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 209px; height: 320px; " /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>*Portrait of Pierre Bourgeois</i></div><div style="text-align: center;">1920</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihR-NT8tF1kJPP9iBBs-jzGgVfoZgL9nXefOng_BLNH4i3u2FX3PQSL89IUvTrW49R7H1tQTkt_XRaRrwkg-canxCAvO96Zd0fZSAnb_rEHIF1Qq65ZuTVbWsc3o5IHeawlKjKaIJNw4M/s1600/Drawing+of+Georgette+1924.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihR-NT8tF1kJPP9iBBs-jzGgVfoZgL9nXefOng_BLNH4i3u2FX3PQSL89IUvTrW49R7H1tQTkt_XRaRrwkg-canxCAvO96Zd0fZSAnb_rEHIF1Qq65ZuTVbWsc3o5IHeawlKjKaIJNw4M/s320/Drawing+of+Georgette+1924.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5462758893070016546" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 220px; height: 320px; " /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>*Drawing of Georgette</i></div><div style="text-align: center;">1924</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiApuo3h-M4u4zlC3o6YHH7ePPTjAEb2CyEBm5Hl8-LqlSqrGRWvLIF1PusB-dsxq2OCUgaBqOggdx448F3UDhA4HTmYpuoDc-fmviV_Kn6-eEamoBE7hbnOPj6QjjH0NUcktqOpPC_Ao4/s1600/untitled+collage+1926.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiApuo3h-M4u4zlC3o6YHH7ePPTjAEb2CyEBm5Hl8-LqlSqrGRWvLIF1PusB-dsxq2OCUgaBqOggdx448F3UDhA4HTmYpuoDc-fmviV_Kn6-eEamoBE7hbnOPj6QjjH0NUcktqOpPC_Ao4/s320/untitled+collage+1926.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5462765043483150370" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 234px; height: 320px; " /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Untitled Collage</i></div><div style="text-align: center;">1926</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkC4HtZ0tYY1J7P3-Wdb60AcLTj2Gs5XujPaHrcJw0tGTuKcWSEKXPXFnl12GP7f6ouMhebFtR9PsML2sT4tRQkhTpjNn-pA-0qLvJno82lw7G7GiQFQfyFQgqUvDRNBC5iDD_atxbeSI/s1600/Panorama+populaire+1926..jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkC4HtZ0tYY1J7P3-Wdb60AcLTj2Gs5XujPaHrcJw0tGTuKcWSEKXPXFnl12GP7f6ouMhebFtR9PsML2sT4tRQkhTpjNn-pA-0qLvJno82lw7G7GiQFQfyFQgqUvDRNBC5iDD_atxbeSI/s320/Panorama+populaire+1926..jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5462761683166364530" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 212px; height: 320px; " /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Panorama Populaire</i></div><div style="text-align: center;">1926</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">[a personal favorite]</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0ThuopJC9hIaTw1SK4BF1mxj1kXbfMRuVLcdOBmexJLaCvsmYeEEP28224lDZvXCRCPu_aYqlnrwtVMc0rhnTkTyQFIroX7zxcARE8llv0XPZA6d_-_-w1Gk9-mp12IoVC705ba4SY6E/s1600/Le+Prince+des+Objets,+1927.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0ThuopJC9hIaTw1SK4BF1mxj1kXbfMRuVLcdOBmexJLaCvsmYeEEP28224lDZvXCRCPu_aYqlnrwtVMc0rhnTkTyQFIroX7zxcARE8llv0XPZA6d_-_-w1Gk9-mp12IoVC705ba4SY6E/s320/Le+Prince+des+Objets,+1927.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5462758902552902898" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 286px; " /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>*Les Prince de Objects</i></div><div style="text-align: center;">1927</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigZ_SWoU8w3iAghU1v5osRmhNjOIx_6h3x2YPCjimPgo0WQWa3yZ7-E-Cdk73PVDEtdxxG0KL4tWAV7I7ME7Jr5FOt3Eg-7IVEHsmnMTYrJLdmBI8nsARYcctMSTtngfTbdqD4E_iCDAQ/s1600/L'Usage+DeLaParole+1927.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigZ_SWoU8w3iAghU1v5osRmhNjOIx_6h3x2YPCjimPgo0WQWa3yZ7-E-Cdk73PVDEtdxxG0KL4tWAV7I7ME7Jr5FOt3Eg-7IVEHsmnMTYrJLdmBI8nsARYcctMSTtngfTbdqD4E_iCDAQ/s320/L'Usage+DeLaParole+1927.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5462758907349195778" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 188px; " /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>L'Usage de La Parole</i></div><div style="text-align: center;">1927 </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">[an example of his Words and Images]</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:16px;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbH4FSDDfuoScgiR-X2rMbt4QskGnqlk_tNtyt_v5-3IkGVca-oKmQcRjvvZrLRSFaYPkmjlosXbi6UDcLS699CLwnIQSQ0gpa7I6pseMstcZbGLoOZew_JMTF-Z9NKiLq1PhgDcgOwoQ/s1600/muscles+of+the+sky+1927.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbH4FSDDfuoScgiR-X2rMbt4QskGnqlk_tNtyt_v5-3IkGVca-oKmQcRjvvZrLRSFaYPkmjlosXbi6UDcLS699CLwnIQSQ0gpa7I6pseMstcZbGLoOZew_JMTF-Z9NKiLq1PhgDcgOwoQ/s320/muscles+of+the+sky+1927.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5462758915528537698" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 235px; " /></a></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>*Muscles of the Sky</i></div><div style="text-align: center;">1927</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOPmUa53KVOwOrONU_B0w6ABinuM_iVqvX9nk1nctoPnoG-5Zd0cHNs6W95vSDNEzrBaGmOaQc4h9TLYxOU1MnvIA60uTzoWa1BmR0SOiXytNQ8LZzDLF1hHZb9Zga0UcizIhCHHpKYwY/s1600/Samuels+Catalogue+1927-1927.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOPmUa53KVOwOrONU_B0w6ABinuM_iVqvX9nk1nctoPnoG-5Zd0cHNs6W95vSDNEzrBaGmOaQc4h9TLYxOU1MnvIA60uTzoWa1BmR0SOiXytNQ8LZzDLF1hHZb9Zga0UcizIhCHHpKYwY/s320/Samuels+Catalogue+1927-1927.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5462761704743501394" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 221px; height: 320px; " /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Samuels Catalogue</i></div><div style="text-align: center;">1927</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">[prime example of Magritte drawing; applied to advertisement and illustration]</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPYH33AAmuJe-EUujog_tSgVu_vRBPnIirps6ZmeW1JlsfZd3eNaKYN6xJWHRhVwS83IT7c79_obsxmx88LHL2GHiCEI88cFtbvBX8A9GVYZZwEsyxUKXv6EXBy6WN2q70RRTxfu30y54/s1600/portrait+of+paul+nouge+1927.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPYH33AAmuJe-EUujog_tSgVu_vRBPnIirps6ZmeW1JlsfZd3eNaKYN6xJWHRhVwS83IT7c79_obsxmx88LHL2GHiCEI88cFtbvBX8A9GVYZZwEsyxUKXv6EXBy6WN2q70RRTxfu30y54/s320/portrait+of+paul+nouge+1927.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5462761684211853714" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 219px; height: 320px; " /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>*Portrait of Paul Nouge</i></div><div style="text-align: center;">1927</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgitwg922b_wdUyMyuSZaDDugpWP5IMILi2NrhBMZgGGlYDfLjLyvp62MIjZNhAAjzcDcC9L8Tg8WEb9NW3A359BOh7tdYgxX4GnpAydDDdnwniY_1klvdflJmGRP8G6OVk2SCX3y8r2SI/s1600/False+Mirror-1928.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgitwg922b_wdUyMyuSZaDDugpWP5IMILi2NrhBMZgGGlYDfLjLyvp62MIjZNhAAjzcDcC9L8Tg8WEb9NW3A359BOh7tdYgxX4GnpAydDDdnwniY_1klvdflJmGRP8G6OVk2SCX3y8r2SI/s320/False+Mirror-1928.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5462761694263855618" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>False Mirror</i></div><div style="text-align: center;">1928</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhN12dPsJmNhUz6EtEsSLwlZc55XYCm_51LwmZBoU7jxWn7cG3e8zEWTs2b7p4oTO6sZLfj8G6U85RwthvPRLRJ9zDUkzsy5E9x0GzhNxHHHmNrz6Kv921hD_qu-HkY3M0_yTh9KEPTstA/s1600/La+Trahison+des+Images,+1928-29.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhN12dPsJmNhUz6EtEsSLwlZc55XYCm_51LwmZBoU7jxWn7cG3e8zEWTs2b7p4oTO6sZLfj8G6U85RwthvPRLRJ9zDUkzsy5E9x0GzhNxHHHmNrz6Kv921hD_qu-HkY3M0_yTh9KEPTstA/s320/La+Trahison+des+Images,+1928-29.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5462761698702947426" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 223px; " /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>La Trahison des Images</i></div><div style="text-align: center;">1928-29</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZUxQFdJlh_L-Re74MysgxtACvtR6zBRGTpQ7ZlQpKsNlua1X_aKlsuwQlPw3qab-OhwJRMkiLcquNLpEeHEHlX6pjTv2OQ6TAJnJybVqgipZzgBQwYlUzoXtpFmfGp_DOo4La_uBXWpI/s1600/the+treason+of+images+La+Trahison+des+Images,+1952.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZUxQFdJlh_L-Re74MysgxtACvtR6zBRGTpQ7ZlQpKsNlua1X_aKlsuwQlPw3qab-OhwJRMkiLcquNLpEeHEHlX6pjTv2OQ6TAJnJybVqgipZzgBQwYlUzoXtpFmfGp_DOo4La_uBXWpI/s320/the+treason+of+images+La+Trahison+des+Images,+1952.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5462765053783321122" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px; " /></a></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>*The Treachery of Images (This Continues to Not Be a Pipe)</i></div><div style="text-align: center;">1952</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-large;">1930::1950</span></div><div style="text-align: left;">Magritte's <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">return</span> to <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><b>Brussels</b></span>, "<i>Idiotic Works</i>" (advertising), Concept of image and its repetition, Communist Party in Belgium, Laying low during WW2; '<i>sunlight</i>' surrealism, '<i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">Vache</span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">' period</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">, etc.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilaobrOBGOfz567gKvYyr21rBZcMjDTJAn6_R13ycPjBqEd9PK41pvHaNMtPY-sOyBieCbmu3jb-1Hg1d-PZqHRpLNKT3ovzSZ29o-eDzQeSpbBcS9VY32n1_gZ8tFyImEVA0chvBuI-o/s1600/spring+1926.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilaobrOBGOfz567gKvYyr21rBZcMjDTJAn6_R13ycPjBqEd9PK41pvHaNMtPY-sOyBieCbmu3jb-1Hg1d-PZqHRpLNKT3ovzSZ29o-eDzQeSpbBcS9VY32n1_gZ8tFyImEVA0chvBuI-o/s320/spring+1926.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5462779459035173346" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 208px; height: 320px; " /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>*Primevere</i></div><div style="text-align: center;">1929</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">[Idiot Works]</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQJ5TAW1NdO4H2Oz2lbJibaFDTU5_bvgfckSyvH61kdpZ03Rfc8CfkUnhxmaHsHFwPaBvq7tpjdCjhpcxKcVIk7NJUjHfaNhRdAktd9JN4lDAptHBwNiLmtRp7s5Vlp6jtwP695mR523U/s1600/eluard+portraitd_eluard+1936.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQJ5TAW1NdO4H2Oz2lbJibaFDTU5_bvgfckSyvH61kdpZ03Rfc8CfkUnhxmaHsHFwPaBvq7tpjdCjhpcxKcVIk7NJUjHfaNhRdAktd9JN4lDAptHBwNiLmtRp7s5Vlp6jtwP695mR523U/s320/eluard+portraitd_eluard+1936.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5462774207750159026" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 278px; " /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Portrait of Eluard; White Magic</i></div><div style="text-align: center;">1936</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzK7Q7i4iFVwQsP7O4S32IQIeEozCasDXjTuu6riUAT8VeJ-cKp0DLckv0Xt3a_h_X2_-M_6yMZZ-bpW5Z-J0pBmVIOHdGpF2-7lV9L9ZdNYZGDd0M9elIOE-IrjOiE5680hUAr6V7Vcw/s1600/Georgette-+1937.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzK7Q7i4iFVwQsP7O4S32IQIeEozCasDXjTuu6riUAT8VeJ-cKp0DLckv0Xt3a_h_X2_-M_6yMZZ-bpW5Z-J0pBmVIOHdGpF2-7lV9L9ZdNYZGDd0M9elIOE-IrjOiE5680hUAr6V7Vcw/s320/Georgette-+1937.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5462774220502198450" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 271px; height: 320px; " /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>*Georgette</i></div><div style="text-align: center;">1937</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center; "><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizsozMGX02c1pdq69HF3Uh0DmsNxYva5WB1VDeOQuARJUPZ4kGfkWkDL1PAdNL3KBxc8tzh_8sQMk8_g_DOsexi0eayD_FiSAVUV9GsO4RUvGN4MMxaEo-Wz6DYaDnHr2b1gRuBSfQ-Gs/s1600/Companions+of+Fear+Les+Compagnons+de+la+Peur,+1942.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizsozMGX02c1pdq69HF3Uh0DmsNxYva5WB1VDeOQuARJUPZ4kGfkWkDL1PAdNL3KBxc8tzh_8sQMk8_g_DOsexi0eayD_FiSAVUV9GsO4RUvGN4MMxaEo-Wz6DYaDnHr2b1gRuBSfQ-Gs/s320/Companions+of+Fear+Les+Compagnons+de+la+Peur,+1942.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5462770886242249298" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 249px; " /></a></div><div style="text-align: center; "><i>*Companions of Fear</i></div><div style="text-align: center; ">1942</div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">[Animal/leaves are a common image repeated in many of Magritte's works; I so happen to like owls better than doves]</span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><br /></span></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgg_O-wgUf2vicPCAkDAZUVwRxjoP8TcmK3G6Jr7WLAHDJumnmNz4AnoaQU48JXUIr9L01I2Lw48ciuSNxstINBW0T0uAKzgusfbiRxKR-Z93fh1v5sr5T8ppWYpLsy__p0WVSJLz76l7Y/s1600/Elseneur+1944.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgg_O-wgUf2vicPCAkDAZUVwRxjoP8TcmK3G6Jr7WLAHDJumnmNz4AnoaQU48JXUIr9L01I2Lw48ciuSNxstINBW0T0uAKzgusfbiRxKR-Z93fh1v5sr5T8ppWYpLsy__p0WVSJLz76l7Y/s320/Elseneur+1944.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5462770909081142194" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 263px; height: 320px; " /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Elsinore</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">1944</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">[part of his Sunlit period; again one of my favorites, and reminds me alot of Clive Barker's Illustrations in the book </span><a href="http://www.thebooksofabarat.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">Abarat</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">]</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1hF0cy3OoAHLnPZHbeOOVG8b3pBkWb84GG1AGqio5O2GxWEcvfFQh3bJTJid64GYM6fcqjKcIgWC4KFr5mcFCtOMRriUd3ZslSgbGsMla9RToyd6aS0BsStaq2Ib-Jtp5n3jr2Hhbce8/s1600/Black+Magic+1933-34.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1hF0cy3OoAHLnPZHbeOOVG8b3pBkWb84GG1AGqio5O2GxWEcvfFQh3bJTJid64GYM6fcqjKcIgWC4KFr5mcFCtOMRriUd3ZslSgbGsMla9RToyd6aS0BsStaq2Ib-Jtp5n3jr2Hhbce8/s320/Black+Magic+1933-34.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5462767517087604994" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 232px; height: 320px; " /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>*Black Magic</i></div><div style="text-align: center;">1945</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5EuTIZU1pyLOLcsTgdG_fSvdNV6SpzMZDTcjP22sh9mRnFiGDWc8VxIhyphenhyphenehNLtrZw0LIDkvJaiFEdcXI63H-VX6s1Yw8uHTZ86AMpuiLe0Oxe9z8CIGmxBTjNel3eN2kLkkvDyoK7YDo/s1600/Cover+of+View+Magazine+1946.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5EuTIZU1pyLOLcsTgdG_fSvdNV6SpzMZDTcjP22sh9mRnFiGDWc8VxIhyphenhyphenehNLtrZw0LIDkvJaiFEdcXI63H-VX6s1Yw8uHTZ86AMpuiLe0Oxe9z8CIGmxBTjNel3eN2kLkkvDyoK7YDo/s320/Cover+of+View+Magazine+1946.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5462770892766979922" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 232px; height: 320px; " /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>*Cover of View Magazine</i></div><div style="text-align: center;">1946</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyFRL4Icu79ItmIDc_kanzaQKG9ivvKbi4tMZjoYfGo_I7ZMOEonJhhXu8Vxa0DuYfBS3kmJSAuSwohSfbMyWVVxWPmoiFG5VL33XQeU7pyf9_LV5KMPXjiYkGXMSsoImLI8KMfmpkz88/s1600/Poster+for+the+festival+Mondial+du+Film+et+des+Beaux-Arts+1947.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyFRL4Icu79ItmIDc_kanzaQKG9ivvKbi4tMZjoYfGo_I7ZMOEonJhhXu8Vxa0DuYfBS3kmJSAuSwohSfbMyWVVxWPmoiFG5VL33XQeU7pyf9_LV5KMPXjiYkGXMSsoImLI8KMfmpkz88/s320/Poster+for+the+festival+Mondial+du+Film+et+des+Beaux-Arts+1947.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5462779449076752162" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 244px; height: 320px; " /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>*Poster for the Festival Mondial du Film et des Beaux-Arts</i></div><div style="text-align: center;">1947</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjstTklx-vjpIpgbl377qpMXG6dnk4Mvk1XbR_oBV4CryzUQ3VI0Tcm0ETKsrXRcb1A2SKKXnweRDcgHIqt6GheudBw5iIT4yhcys_j6UsODnWJA1LnDSEcks2t3YoWNMhNFzqh8y_23_o/s1600/Lola+de+Valence+1948.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjstTklx-vjpIpgbl377qpMXG6dnk4Mvk1XbR_oBV4CryzUQ3VI0Tcm0ETKsrXRcb1A2SKKXnweRDcgHIqt6GheudBw5iIT4yhcys_j6UsODnWJA1LnDSEcks2t3YoWNMhNFzqh8y_23_o/s320/Lola+de+Valence+1948.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5462777032470082738" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 258px; height: 320px; " /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>*Lola de Valence</i></div><div style="text-align: center;">1948</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">[Vache Period]</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:16px;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvpt4exH8B9On1o4YqCWhziEkyhh4wEyt9Yh-sNykFnoUDt8QvYyTSkabRG-sFxMfiU3-Igr_-HZlXN2EwETikXJ8nMNxQyMNCD8dANXaLbYaI2IUXCFKqhgLo2BPh2pUpxby_d66MGwA/s1600/Le+galet+the+pebble.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvpt4exH8B9On1o4YqCWhziEkyhh4wEyt9Yh-sNykFnoUDt8QvYyTSkabRG-sFxMfiU3-Igr_-HZlXN2EwETikXJ8nMNxQyMNCD8dANXaLbYaI2IUXCFKqhgLo2BPh2pUpxby_d66MGwA/s320/Le+galet+the+pebble.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5462777020448660098" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 251px; height: 320px; " /></a></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>*The Pebble</i></div><div style="text-align: center;">1948</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">[Vache Period]</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCy-pGlvagmK2gVfM6aiG1zpHfolhR5TYDHsLGZ-LMAvUQ7IC0F4QtCb93q5gEeAL9lzqVyG4l0dlXu9L3xYpB5kEXWjGj9faOeWbxLihEGYISR2tp32rI7E4PErAYBupMhVWhAXAvHvU/s1600/Delusions+of+Grandeur+II+1948.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCy-pGlvagmK2gVfM6aiG1zpHfolhR5TYDHsLGZ-LMAvUQ7IC0F4QtCb93q5gEeAL9lzqVyG4l0dlXu9L3xYpB5kEXWjGj9faOeWbxLihEGYISR2tp32rI7E4PErAYBupMhVWhAXAvHvU/s320/Delusions+of+Grandeur+II+1948.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5462770900472446626" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 260px; height: 320px; " /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Delusions of Grandeur II</i></div><div style="text-align: center;">1948</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiv8xRmdqknGZBCBiVNsUSw5eZHPunCl-1l2z1rBu3Sf2UtqdJ3PZJINA16sQZftHA8yevbdR-y0mHoKkwSo9N25aPmnxp5ura997EOyvciG9X35Q7B80S9xwS2sk3sOehRcyNea_0QwAE/s1600/Giaconda+1953.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiv8xRmdqknGZBCBiVNsUSw5eZHPunCl-1l2z1rBu3Sf2UtqdJ3PZJINA16sQZftHA8yevbdR-y0mHoKkwSo9N25aPmnxp5ura997EOyvciG9X35Q7B80S9xwS2sk3sOehRcyNea_0QwAE/s320/Giaconda+1953.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5462774222734098770" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 254px; " /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>*Giaconda</i></div><div style="text-align: center;">1953</div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-large;">1951::1967</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">'The Enchanted Domain'</span></i>, later works, large "Magrittian" images, value of repetition, and my personal favorite section.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTJVBqaW_wU91H4KUFAmEgjDelaNZuhzAlZQ1hNlScowbxxLtOTJvHlVTL_mg6RtsgwrZiwF7LYWnohj0VpjzBYwmUzLp4A84qnAmaKTMOuDTXnLaMjiiOfpaOpewXyY4h1kiY4CnPq6o/s1600/Les+Grandes+Esp%C3%A9rances,+1940.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTJVBqaW_wU91H4KUFAmEgjDelaNZuhzAlZQ1hNlScowbxxLtOTJvHlVTL_mg6RtsgwrZiwF7LYWnohj0VpjzBYwmUzLp4A84qnAmaKTMOuDTXnLaMjiiOfpaOpewXyY4h1kiY4CnPq6o/s320/Les+Grandes+Esp%C3%A9rances,+1940.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5462777024523654210" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 245px; height: 320px; " /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>*Les Grandes Esperances</i></div><div style="text-align: center;">???</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">[exhibited in Enchanted Domain section]</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center; "><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbd5oP-q15W8p9e0tsM6LAA0Rq6uievEaGr6MHgOxyTsZdZvx0zDBP-CQr-w-ApfvVTUe4viMpqPyADh5CtHn5HI2Q2lWhmf1bvol6ZwDJUQ9xbORoxg1D8DLlkdbbP4LfEBAL4xp3hGU/s1600/balcony+manet(1).jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbd5oP-q15W8p9e0tsM6LAA0Rq6uievEaGr6MHgOxyTsZdZvx0zDBP-CQr-w-ApfvVTUe4viMpqPyADh5CtHn5HI2Q2lWhmf1bvol6ZwDJUQ9xbORoxg1D8DLlkdbbP4LfEBAL4xp3hGU/s320/balcony+manet(1).jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5462767518837510450" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 236px; height: 320px; " /></a></div><div style="text-align: center; "><i>Perspective II: Manet's Balcony</i></div><div style="text-align: center; ">1950</div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">[a whole series of works by famous French Artists, in which the figures are replaced with coffins]</span></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMLIVnp7QN_HYvIBIj3c_k9a-KjKmftJhbGnTyGZBLyt7q_TUvLk1VkIoxnXhfnnBi6cAUCzFs4rrg_8lUWFvZn4-3c2l47DmrPO76Us55MUo2hLahC4ErVzJMAPRA_uj4eVux6YNKMrk/s1600/art+of+conversation+1950.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMLIVnp7QN_HYvIBIj3c_k9a-KjKmftJhbGnTyGZBLyt7q_TUvLk1VkIoxnXhfnnBi6cAUCzFs4rrg_8lUWFvZn4-3c2l47DmrPO76Us55MUo2hLahC4ErVzJMAPRA_uj4eVux6YNKMrk/s320/art+of+conversation+1950.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5462767515188830034" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 254px; " /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>*Art of Conversation</i></div><div style="text-align: center;">1951</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBdkS6rbe12nLE4bvEJKBWaECpXoqOGi3TSgryQQtX-AgQVtACez4v4FiDWFV5TO3fYGMOLLotzYGvnufGJ-WwrLvA_Ae7qoJ50p7utH1AFFvhpyiF7ZnXghuZ4OdMR0_FQEhKrKJOcCE/s1600/Listening+room+1953+also+1958.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBdkS6rbe12nLE4bvEJKBWaECpXoqOGi3TSgryQQtX-AgQVtACez4v4FiDWFV5TO3fYGMOLLotzYGvnufGJ-WwrLvA_Ae7qoJ50p7utH1AFFvhpyiF7ZnXghuZ4OdMR0_FQEhKrKJOcCE/s320/Listening+room+1953+also+1958.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5462777029020509090" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 270px; " /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>*Listening Room</i></div><div style="text-align: center;">1953</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeg0tO1_TX7DwBbidrQXFmsMLQLVc3SfmQLSqkJ8aAPMhw9le6wZ70ZwISOpMxKa5AkKoXjmBhFi6HZC_HuaLZl_WHWW8ySXeyWJB5UFTbyDFesf-7QRaQf8-MiqAY3Sj5rXAD0jC8LXU/s1600/Empire+1949.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeg0tO1_TX7DwBbidrQXFmsMLQLVc3SfmQLSqkJ8aAPMhw9le6wZ70ZwISOpMxKa5AkKoXjmBhFi6HZC_HuaLZl_WHWW8ySXeyWJB5UFTbyDFesf-7QRaQf8-MiqAY3Sj5rXAD0jC8LXU/s320/Empire+1949.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5462774214298928194" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 246px; height: 320px; " /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>*The Dominion of Light</i></div><div style="text-align: center;">1954</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiImOVbuxablgF1H10tONkbP6fvcE8u5HYDzGpzt8USCATqZi_qG5djJOCJftkjCGmjB6sKQvxs-EiYlH-cTr4x5hDm5Nueks157MEiNo4jJyD8n6e8RL1jiikxlbCjqv_sBLt-ZOlVcsE/s1600/The+Sixteenth+of++September.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiImOVbuxablgF1H10tONkbP6fvcE8u5HYDzGpzt8USCATqZi_qG5djJOCJftkjCGmjB6sKQvxs-EiYlH-cTr4x5hDm5Nueks157MEiNo4jJyD8n6e8RL1jiikxlbCjqv_sBLt-ZOlVcsE/s320/The+Sixteenth+of++September.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5462779464697978546" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 266px; height: 320px; " /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>*The Sixteenth of September</i></div><div style="text-align: center;">1956</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDt2H_-uIpQIWI0f4cPQqpchdpMj57-ZfZr72bNvUISfRBUIxBWge4epltv8-K_ZSXxEgH3G38t0KbCtlYC5zUKWNHbtmfkGO7qbXUBJjsUXke5VLQrtSpvbC8P9yZWhxUB2OFQdvs4Qg/s1600/Hommage+%C3%A0+Eric+von+Stroheim+1957.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDt2H_-uIpQIWI0f4cPQqpchdpMj57-ZfZr72bNvUISfRBUIxBWge4epltv8-K_ZSXxEgH3G38t0KbCtlYC5zUKWNHbtmfkGO7qbXUBJjsUXke5VLQrtSpvbC8P9yZWhxUB2OFQdvs4Qg/s320/Hommage+%C3%A0+Eric+von+Stroheim+1957.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5462777011641463538" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 246px; height: 320px; " /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>*Hommage a Eric von Stroheim</i></div><div style="text-align: center;">1957</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjr99XNCBs8dnLhYmQVRn51ShjXhDbJaUKafVpelycZdqTBw6QVEY0xRjEcGahRAaR7blXTMyPGvUQ5T5Mdt80kbBRK-_kvz39LoECZDKN0XzuofCSjRcJCIowfGQ7d08EaJxu7TZNfhXA/s1600/The+Battle+of+Argonne+La+Bataille+de+l%27Argonne,+1959.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjr99XNCBs8dnLhYmQVRn51ShjXhDbJaUKafVpelycZdqTBw6QVEY0xRjEcGahRAaR7blXTMyPGvUQ5T5Mdt80kbBRK-_kvz39LoECZDKN0XzuofCSjRcJCIowfGQ7d08EaJxu7TZNfhXA/s320/The+Battle+of+Argonne+La+Bataille+de+l%27Argonne,+1959.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5462779454738122754" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 259px; " /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>*The Battle of Argonne</i></div><div style="text-align: center;">1959</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:16px;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZn-uA6sO4QKOpGETDBKwy_Oj3cLoN1s_aYWbb8pGRaRY-jF_KVvpmIlHbU9J2TTqYi-9a8IDXp7TwckYWx2GbozSpvK0y23_xqx1B6fLddG8An1XXrl5WhJvLDfcjHA4KA21xj1ElDI8/s1600/Castle_in_The+Pyrenees+Le+Chateau+des+Pyrenees,+1959.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZn-uA6sO4QKOpGETDBKwy_Oj3cLoN1s_aYWbb8pGRaRY-jF_KVvpmIlHbU9J2TTqYi-9a8IDXp7TwckYWx2GbozSpvK0y23_xqx1B6fLddG8An1XXrl5WhJvLDfcjHA4KA21xj1ElDI8/s320/Castle_in_The+Pyrenees+Le+Chateau+des+Pyrenees,+1959.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5462767521591249714" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 209px; height: 320px; " /></a></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>*Castle in The Pyrenees</i></div><div style="text-align: center;">1959 (1963?)</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">[I wrote in my notebook, "I can't believe I am standing in front of this painting right now"]</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgl2JlFPMqAt53S3icv6y9fY-F067ToNgYPHQsaTuBVWFr4HhGzsZ15omdeDc9h-h4egWXyJu81GustsI1wMbtNtJmN5faNtHybWBG8fsEdVSY44L-pM_7ySkXnnfRPhchyrG-6RlnKSzg/s1600/Domain+of+Dorhaim+II+better.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgl2JlFPMqAt53S3icv6y9fY-F067ToNgYPHQsaTuBVWFr4HhGzsZ15omdeDc9h-h4egWXyJu81GustsI1wMbtNtJmN5faNtHybWBG8fsEdVSY44L-pM_7ySkXnnfRPhchyrG-6RlnKSzg/s320/Domain+of+Dorhaim+II+better.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5462770902972754018" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 210px; height: 320px; " /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>*Domain of Arnhaim II</i></div><div style="text-align: center;">1962</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgmXWXx83tzSDmio3d5dsBH3Qw5azzKYmkdKMaP8tl-6ErLzFSbvRCUZocMy1ImlovFa1fbGjQ9y9OeVCQybKYbML1TyZLDGgSlgY_NaDtMOCm5WCPpwUAfqGrmexinGc3zDp8TQQIlEA/s1600/Clairvoyance++2+La+Clairvoyance,+1962.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgmXWXx83tzSDmio3d5dsBH3Qw5azzKYmkdKMaP8tl-6ErLzFSbvRCUZocMy1ImlovFa1fbGjQ9y9OeVCQybKYbML1TyZLDGgSlgY_NaDtMOCm5WCPpwUAfqGrmexinGc3zDp8TQQIlEA/s320/Clairvoyance++2+La+Clairvoyance,+1962.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5462767525618931922" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 233px; height: 320px; " /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>*Clairvoyance</i></div><div style="text-align: center;">1962</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">[incredibly smooth and graphic, lack of brushstrokes, and strong presence; a personal favorite]</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjD52MEpI7busbXVldSA6UKU1EzVPNn8TxTTIJRj4rCsDk3z4lNCp2U9FWmWhMpfErHgsC9TuXIZJRmstESp753RjFdpPph9FmenmBXruADg-wPC2iV0FItFF1tFZB-f4nwGJI8Yi0-KJs/s1600/Good+Faith+La+Bonne+Foi,+1964-65.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjD52MEpI7busbXVldSA6UKU1EzVPNn8TxTTIJRj4rCsDk3z4lNCp2U9FWmWhMpfErHgsC9TuXIZJRmstESp753RjFdpPph9FmenmBXruADg-wPC2iV0FItFF1tFZB-f4nwGJI8Yi0-KJs/s320/Good+Faith+La+Bonne+Foi,+1964-65.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5462774227241000658" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 248px; height: 320px; " /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>*Good Faith</i></div><div style="text-align: center;">1964</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizsozMGX02c1pdq69HF3Uh0DmsNxYva5WB1VDeOQuARJUPZ4kGfkWkDL1PAdNL3KBxc8tzh_8sQMk8_g_DOsexi0eayD_FiSAVUV9GsO4RUvGN4MMxaEo-Wz6DYaDnHr2b1gRuBSfQ-Gs/s1600/Companions+of+Fear+Les+Compagnons+de+la+Peur,+1942.jpg"><br /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="text-decoration: underline;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: right;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="text-decoration: underline;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: right;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="text-decoration: underline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">*Seen at Musee Magritte Museum</span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: right;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="text-decoration: underline;"><br /></span></div><object width="640" height="385"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/SyhccqYewAE&hl=en_US&fs=1&"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/SyhccqYewAE&hl=en_US&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="640" height="385"></embed></object><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">A cute video on the Museum</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">More Information on Magritte:</span></div><div><ul><li><a href="http://www.musee-magritte-museum.be/">Musee Magritte Museum</a></li><li><a href="http://www.mattesonart.com/rene-magritte.aspx">All things Magritte</a> (a great biography and retrospection)</li></ul><div>Until Next Time,</div><div>Laura</div></div>Laura Spencerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11045233131404595596noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3112651400909826653.post-24900789789691680112010-04-11T15:48:00.001-07:002010-04-14T08:24:12.446-07:00M HKA<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="text-decoration: underline;"><br /></span></span></div>Sorry for lack of posts, everyone. Its been one heck of a week, with midterm reviews, school closing for Easter Vacation (Passavacantie - 2 weeks) and having friends and relatives come in and out of town all week, and doing a bit of traveling myself. I will be backtracking a bit in my art explorations, as to catch up on all the exhibitions I have seen.<div><br /><div><div>On the 3rd Thursday of every month in Antwerp, all of the local galleries and museums hold openings for all of the new exhibitions. With drinks and hors d'oeuvres, ambling through the streets of Antwerp; you could say it is the authentic European experience. On this particular Thursday, I made it just to the <b>Museum of Contemporary Art</b> (Museum van Hedendaagse Kunst Antwerpen - <span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(121, 119, 102); font-weight: bold; font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: normal; font-family:Georgia, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">M HKA) to see their current exhibition:</span></span></span></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-large;">Animism</span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">(1/22/2010 - 5/2/2010)</span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Part One</span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><i>A Collaboration between </i><a href="http://www.extracity.org/"><i>Extra City</i></a><i> and </i><i><a href="http://www.muhka.be/">M HKA</a> @ M HKA Antwerpen, BE</i></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">(5/2010 - 7/2010)</span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Part Two</span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:medium;"><i>@ Kunsthalle Bern</i></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>The exhibition/publication project that is <i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">Animism</span></i> showcases the reemergence of animism as a <b>concept</b> vital to <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">contemporary</span> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-large;">times.</span> The concept outlined by <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">1</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">9th century Anthropologists</span>, such as Sir Edward Tylor <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">(1871 book </span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Primitive Cultures</span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">),</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> suggest that animism is the </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><i>"the theory of the universal animation of nature"</i></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">. Furthermore, Tylor reduced animism to an idea of simplistic concept and perspective on the world at large, that only "primitive" societies would believe in such an archaic and basic evaluation of nature. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">This philosophical perspective provides the generalized belief that </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><i>all animals</i></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> <b>possess</b> an </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-large;">immaterial soul</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">, hence placing </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">humans and animals</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> within a complex relation to one another. Although it can be assumed that </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">humans have souls</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">, and that humans are a distinct and sophisticated species of animal, we are inevitably just that; <b>animals.</b> Human beings, by nature, have a level of arrogance and a superiority complex that enables us to </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">(primitively speaking)</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> see all objects and subjects possessing human-like qualities and characteristics </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">(i.e. souls, feelings, personalities, etc.)</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">. Similar to <i>personification</i>, man's perception of himself in nature can be seen from a child's </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">imaginary friend </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">to </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">idol worship</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">, the concept of <i>"god making man in his image"</i>, to a <i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">"tribal-like" <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;">religion</span></span></i>. This <b>arrogance</b> is what also stems the </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-large;">paradox of humans v.s. animals</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">; the idea that somehow we are the superior, dominant species yet we long for the simplicity of existence that animals possess </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">(after all what more could any being want more than to roll in mud and bake in the sun such as a pig? However we may front our disdain and faux supremacy, we still posses the envy and innate desire to be a contented animal). </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Comprised of such ideals and philosophies as stated above, as well as each artists individual interpretation and conception; we have the exhibition <i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">Animism</span></i>. The show consisted of installation works, photography, sculpture, performances, and video/film; every visual art form equally represented. Contemporary works meld with historical artworks to fully represent a century's worth of Animism in visual thought. The following images are stills and pieces from the exhibition:</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkE4RkiXe21hjFwt-wVWqXdrEK1USqDiZOeOV9k6Es7tovpYdGWZA9EJkHCDSQAdgs3GDUNG1PFjIuyfHCeRr-t9H1mAiR7x3XhEjO3WSPb1g0DgTyONzSnQQVRwOI50Yrq-W-1MP5IA0/s1600/image_3728.jpg" style="text-decoration: none;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkE4RkiXe21hjFwt-wVWqXdrEK1USqDiZOeOV9k6Es7tovpYdGWZA9EJkHCDSQAdgs3GDUNG1PFjIuyfHCeRr-t9H1mAiR7x3XhEjO3WSPb1g0DgTyONzSnQQVRwOI50Yrq-W-1MP5IA0/s320/image_3728.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5459042296765758754" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 280px; height: 103px; " /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6g_9o8fSRY787hHRUCjB8_VYn0AXluAM2NVHXJLSKpOOYTL9qzLydUmihn8HEaCHF_JydlHqodEUx-Ae0fCGA69-a7GqxMW-CAcbwTs-gpNtwgAAgz8U4mPoiUu0hp4BvFvbSunbco34/s1600/Len+Lye,+Tusalava,+1929,+coutesy+Len+Lye+Foundation,+Govett-Brewster+Art+Gallery,+New+Zealand+Film+Archive.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6g_9o8fSRY787hHRUCjB8_VYn0AXluAM2NVHXJLSKpOOYTL9qzLydUmihn8HEaCHF_JydlHqodEUx-Ae0fCGA69-a7GqxMW-CAcbwTs-gpNtwgAAgz8U4mPoiUu0hp4BvFvbSunbco34/s320/Len+Lye,+Tusalava,+1929,+coutesy+Len+Lye+Foundation,+Govett-Brewster+Art+Gallery,+New+Zealand+Film+Archive.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5459073094846198306" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 245px; " /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Len Lye</div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Tusalava</i>, 1929</div><div style="text-align: center;">16mm reduction from 35mm film, 10'</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdlkXIvkA7rUT_4bTP8jhyphenhyphenGIu9nDST6n6n7UcDSvsmPuJen0lmdKvnC3nIG1NjJ5L0QJW44SBwPISisI0gEKYYeNGc-bt9HFVGuvAisMu7IJGZMfVRuo4pn6kCmlqgSwmHfhVkBIR-6jo/s1600/Daria+Martin,+Soft+Materials,+2004.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdlkXIvkA7rUT_4bTP8jhyphenhyphenGIu9nDST6n6n7UcDSvsmPuJen0lmdKvnC3nIG1NjJ5L0QJW44SBwPISisI0gEKYYeNGc-bt9HFVGuvAisMu7IJGZMfVRuo4pn6kCmlqgSwmHfhVkBIR-6jo/s320/Daria+Martin,+Soft+Materials,+2004.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5459056397169427954" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a></div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5lYr131JKN4VE0UqhOrWit60K235yCJ0UkTHF0slMTU3o4EIj81VeIKHraZoISs_-KxOm6Yh-pGdJYatTMe814916w0WT9H4BJM8lJJ0PQ625PMQKpjFaJ2gVxzfaSUoMRJ6oilb95Pw/s1600/image_3730.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5lYr131JKN4VE0UqhOrWit60K235yCJ0UkTHF0slMTU3o4EIj81VeIKHraZoISs_-KxOm6Yh-pGdJYatTMe814916w0WT9H4BJM8lJJ0PQ625PMQKpjFaJ2gVxzfaSUoMRJ6oilb95Pw/s320/image_3730.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5459042459986697906" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 280px; height: 186px; " /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">Daria Martin</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Soft Materials</span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">, 2004</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">16mm film, 10'30"</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhm7YULTuP4IjKBkDpzijPFsGWUio3w_k3kAx2izTeHrPAk6O4UrAIjLDXupZRU0-i8kiGbgyxwKB838RXKEqCdl5f-xZOV6DV7N1SwPxP41gty486IUqzeOhaOAWttA3ZaoezeFHY3PvM/s1600/image_3751.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhm7YULTuP4IjKBkDpzijPFsGWUio3w_k3kAx2izTeHrPAk6O4UrAIjLDXupZRU0-i8kiGbgyxwKB838RXKEqCdl5f-xZOV6DV7N1SwPxP41gty486IUqzeOhaOAWttA3ZaoezeFHY3PvM/s320/image_3751.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5459055276055462962" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 111px; height: 320px; " /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Felix Regnault</div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Hommes negres - marche</i>, c.a. 1870</div><div style="text-align: center;">Chronophotography</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-ppB9tootJSw7PK51MLMU1jwahdt-1SjllxjHQLAe7tuTtInzaYt7TUqWGN2cV828EwC-RNFQAFqc8wBuzkXpljNpujN4MW62s7a97ycVJPTv66HCLDxRB1_nCXpFJkT0XFM9h-s0k7Y/s1600/image_3760.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-ppB9tootJSw7PK51MLMU1jwahdt-1SjllxjHQLAe7tuTtInzaYt7TUqWGN2cV828EwC-RNFQAFqc8wBuzkXpljNpujN4MW62s7a97ycVJPTv66HCLDxRB1_nCXpFJkT0XFM9h-s0k7Y/s320/image_3760.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5459055489617107234" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 280px; height: 202px; " /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Etiennes-Jules Marey</div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Le vol du pelican</i>, c.a. 1800</div><div style="text-align: center;">Chronophotography</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjo2nEb1WdMbKBQYXYO62Ww8k2LiEFrlgpRp9UHOihEsV7Qml7uf3Ohqddq4hK5dCPMeyfqgB4U3D1eVrK7lBhsZpqwtbwuxIt8LzhAM5FSzCzcN_gsM2CeOu0jC7t4teZCvNTI-LMyAps/s1600/image_3762.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjo2nEb1WdMbKBQYXYO62Ww8k2LiEFrlgpRp9UHOihEsV7Qml7uf3Ohqddq4hK5dCPMeyfqgB4U3D1eVrK7lBhsZpqwtbwuxIt8LzhAM5FSzCzcN_gsM2CeOu0jC7t4teZCvNTI-LMyAps/s320/image_3762.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5459055874548011490" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 280px; height: 224px; " /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">Joachim Koester</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Bialowieza Forest</i>, 2001</div><div style="text-align: center;">Photography</div><div style="text-align: center;">Extra City</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhL7pl0AN6WvTn6hGxx6q3ocOfoXt6Z4xh-nuNCViuiRUVLviHQLg9kNNS6ll3Ng6EL4_33_bG_kHYpxIQKKJBPt7bUJ0GxeTZEfiYIyDUNwQt6a9ydewlMKbrC8orngr72sh93Ye0kzV4/s1600/image_3765.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhL7pl0AN6WvTn6hGxx6q3ocOfoXt6Z4xh-nuNCViuiRUVLviHQLg9kNNS6ll3Ng6EL4_33_bG_kHYpxIQKKJBPt7bUJ0GxeTZEfiYIyDUNwQt6a9ydewlMKbrC8orngr72sh93Ye0kzV4/s320/image_3765.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5459069036756795554" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 280px; height: 186px; " /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Agency</div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Assembly</i>, 2010</div><div style="text-align: center;">Mixed Media/Installation</div><div style="text-align: left;">Other Artists from the show:</div><div style="text-align: left;"><ul><li>ART & LANGUAGE</li><li>Christian W. Braune & Otto Fischer</li><li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcel_Broodthaers">Marcel Broodthaers</a></li><li>Paul Chan</li><li>Didier Demorcy</li><li>Walt Disney</li><li>Lili Dujourie</li><li>Jimmie Durham</li><li>Eric Duvivier</li><li>Thomas A. Edision</li><li>Harun Farocki</li><li>Leon Ferrari</li><li>Victor Grippo</li><li>Brion Gysin</li><li>Igloolik Isuma Productions</li><li>Luis Jacobs</li><li>Louise Lawler</li><li>Angela Melitopoulos Maurizio Lazzarato</li><li>Wesley Meuris</li><li>Henri Michaux</li><li>Santu Mofokeng</li><li>Wincent Monnikendam</li><li>Tom Nicholson</li><li>Retro Pulfer</li><li>Jozeph Robakowski</li><li>Natascha Sadr Haghighian</li><li>Paul Sharits</li><li>Jan Svankmajer</li><li>David G. Tretiakoff</li><li>Rosemarie Trockel</li><li>Anne-Mie Van Kerckhoven</li><li>Dziga Vertov</li><li>Klaus Weber</li><li>Apichatpong Weeraesethakul</li></ul><div>Until Next Time,</div><div>-Laura</div></div></div>Laura Spencerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11045233131404595596noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3112651400909826653.post-17028499334649537912010-03-15T06:32:00.000-07:002010-03-19T18:05:23.104-07:00Amsterdam Part 3 - Alternative Spaces<div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Though the historical art of the Rijks and Van Gogh Museums house some of the most prolific works the Netherlands has to offer, what makes Amsterdam's art scene thrive is its new galleries and alternative spaces, housing works by international contemporary artists.</div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>One of the most interesting places I visited was an "Alternative Space" called <a href="http://w139.nl/">W139</a>. Its a large warehouse-like room, with incredibly tall ceilings and plenty of bare walls; a space devoted to the production and presentation of Contemporary Art since 1979. On an annual basis, this alternative spaces hold 8-9 exhibitions each year, always opening on Friday nights at 9pm. or in truth, whatever the artists and directors will. The space is open for all forms of interpretation and all art forms to participate.</div><div>The in-process exhibition <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">Doktor Faustus </span>(February 1 - April 2 [opening night]) was large murals by various artists based on the novel of the same name, <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doctor_Faustus_(Thomas_Mann_novel)">"Doktor Faustus"</a></i> by Thomas Mann. This rather complex book, written in 1947, encapsulates the Life of the German Composer Adrian<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">Leverkühn as told from a friend. It is, in essence, a retelling of the classic German tale of Faust (Faustus), a man who makes a deal with the devil for his soul in exchange for knowledge. </span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 19px;font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 19px;font-size:medium;"><i>"The hero of the novel, <span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:georgia, serif;">Leverkühn, is an usually prideful, distant and gifted individual, far too clever for the arts, but who nonetheless fulfills a creative urge and with this, requires unrestraint which, in the idealized framework of the book, can be delivered only by evil. From a more political perspective, his demise mirrors the intoxication of the people by Fascism"</span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 19px;font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>- Thomas Mann (in a letter to Albert Oppenheimer)</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 19px;font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 19px;font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>In truth, one could call the entire gallery a singular work of art; a giant floor to ceiling collaboration of artists "who transcend the obligatory reference to a shared theme and the endeavor to vanquish the wondrous fear of illustration that has held the visual arts captive for over a century". Being an Illustrator, naturally I slightly scoffed at this final remark, by curator Gijs Frieling. However, the works were quite powerful, intriguing and the overall impression of these tall, imposing walls was such that I could think of nothing but to give my full admiration to the works.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: normal; "><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4CPzlcn7mWuXuQ680E0XJtRRDipyvKqqfCvt04GlAVcLtRNOYHoulhioRq3BJRHo2x7fuy2ocHSrHKpJz7FYNCYZSTiFOB8rFcvDzWnSwDvzska4DfTVm1fAxte5hrZkUbMXMJWu7hJA/s1600-h/P2170296.JPG" style="text-decoration: none;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4CPzlcn7mWuXuQ680E0XJtRRDipyvKqqfCvt04GlAVcLtRNOYHoulhioRq3BJRHo2x7fuy2ocHSrHKpJz7FYNCYZSTiFOB8rFcvDzWnSwDvzska4DfTVm1fAxte5hrZkUbMXMJWu7hJA/s320/P2170296.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5450503299725348322" style="display: block; 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margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 180px; height: 320px; " /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">(promotional poster for Alternative Space)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Contributing Artists:</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><ul><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Axel Linderholm</span></li><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Charlotte Schleiffert</span></li><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Dick Tuinder</span></li><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Gijs Assmann</span></li><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Gijs Freiling</span></li><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Joris Lindhout</span></li><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Menso Groeneveld</span></li><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Natasja Kensmil</span></li><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Paul Klemann</span></li></ul><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>The exhibition and works were so interesting, that I will be ordering an english translation of the book to read. </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Until we meet again</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">-Laura</span></div></div>Laura Spencerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11045233131404595596noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3112651400909826653.post-43816997774538835872010-03-07T17:49:00.000-08:002010-03-19T17:37:16.220-07:00Amsterdam Part 2 - Van Gogh Museum<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="text-decoration: underline;"><br /></span></span></div>This is, quite possibly, my favorite museum. With its rather modern and austere architecture, it houses some of the best in the Impressionist and Post-Impressionist movement. This was quite a thrill to experience, though I am sad to report that "Starry Night" was not on display.<div>However, some classic Van Gogh's were present, as well as the small exhibition <i>Masters from the Museum Mesdag </i>and <i>Painting in the Open Air: Myth and Reality</i>. The Paul Gauguin exhibition was sadly, not open yet. </div><div><br /></div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtYDlFOwRquQEgUYBX7XEjv8VYt4p0RD_COnCgF25qXspcBGVkWGftHVojMtazdQyPVdfL6l5nIH9MIsv75Cvgv2BX6EGfJlYFso0kJwkSCo7QuSS_vuUcV5lZN8YS-24MinHLJBKCJws/s1600-h/P2170268.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtYDlFOwRquQEgUYBX7XEjv8VYt4p0RD_COnCgF25qXspcBGVkWGftHVojMtazdQyPVdfL6l5nIH9MIsv75Cvgv2BX6EGfJlYFso0kJwkSCo7QuSS_vuUcV5lZN8YS-24MinHLJBKCJws/s320/P2170268.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5446082490414470754" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 180px; height: 320px; " /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>Here are some selections from Van Gogh Museum that really connected with me:</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEie9qtheLBqwAO52umz0oEJbelzo6KpE6UtfaTeZFduU6sMew9j7Irx4pUHc-Of92WaxwjHTrA2rlg8vADOYwrbKpYZlBSjGOBmJ59MBPkcsnbUfeknO21caV06TSoYWp1mO-7r3-KSHto/s1600-h/sk-a-2443.z.jpeg" style="text-decoration: none;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEie9qtheLBqwAO52umz0oEJbelzo6KpE6UtfaTeZFduU6sMew9j7Irx4pUHc-Of92WaxwjHTrA2rlg8vADOYwrbKpYZlBSjGOBmJ59MBPkcsnbUfeknO21caV06TSoYWp1mO-7r3-KSHto/s320/sk-a-2443.z.jpeg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5446208726199928210" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 193px; height: 320px; " /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKwAgLxwY_ke5JPNfnXvZOU9IzF55IsYwH6PxkWMrdjRIsauA9ihcUpqZBZspq-4BGs8JhhVUCzZjVO2AP6ccW8-qKgDTpKb2xzHNcar3uWs-odR9j7BG57w2w_8TtQgaMZaaPuITiujM/s1600-h/A+Team+and+Pull-Cart+-+Anton+Mauve.jpg" style="text-decoration: none;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKwAgLxwY_ke5JPNfnXvZOU9IzF55IsYwH6PxkWMrdjRIsauA9ihcUpqZBZspq-4BGs8JhhVUCzZjVO2AP6ccW8-qKgDTpKb2xzHNcar3uWs-odR9j7BG57w2w_8TtQgaMZaaPuITiujM/s320/A+Team+and+Pull-Cart+-+Anton+Mauve.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5448561250417302370" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 236px; " /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Anton Mauve</i></div><div style="text-align: center;">(these paintings was not at the museum, but I could not find images of the pieces I saw in person)</div><div>While visiting the museum, I discovered a new favorite artist, who wields a great infuence on my work. Anton Mauve (1838-1888) was a Dutch realist painter and the prominent figure in the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hague_School">Hague School</a>. Vincent Van Gogh worked under his guidance for a short period of time until they had a falling out. In stark contrast to Van Gogh's style, it is no wonder that Mauve felt that Van Gogh should pursue more traditional and realistic drawings and painting techniques.</div><div><br /></div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbJm-vBZznCHLzECSsfZVwo7dYR-r2zWHWpbrJAsLUBxLAJ5GL1qZxQ2obMmXy6yVHDrl9IdvcvjskzVy9pd6uOPo5Yj6ETSgTx4RMquI3k2nqTiF2dOu8kCmJSilknlLKZswbntNRw1o/s1600-h/Achterkanten+van+huizen.jpeg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbJm-vBZznCHLzECSsfZVwo7dYR-r2zWHWpbrJAsLUBxLAJ5GL1qZxQ2obMmXy6yVHDrl9IdvcvjskzVy9pd6uOPo5Yj6ETSgTx4RMquI3k2nqTiF2dOu8kCmJSilknlLKZswbntNRw1o/s320/Achterkanten+van+huizen.jpeg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5448565026756122850" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 246px; height: 320px; " /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Vincent Van Gogh</i></div><div style="text-align: left;">And of course, the star of the museum is none other than Vincent Van Gogh. Upon seeing these works, my reaction was much like the one I had towards Rembrandt's at the Rijks; I don't think I ever really understood Van Gogh until this very moment. Van Gogh's work has always been a great inspiration to me. His work is so intriguing, and though the term "timeless" seems so cliche, it is truly fitting for his style. The pieces I saw truly stand the test of time; they could hang in any contemporary gallery, with the prominent artists of today and still look fresh, innovative and new.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">I was, however disappointed with his color, particularly in his earlier work. The colors are incredibly dull, muddied and impure. But this does, however, really give them a mood and atmosphere appropriate of the time and of Europe's cold, cloudy environment.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Particular pieces that really caught my eye:</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqdMWnbXulhTGIwvfO14wynGAEVFIZlrnaRHCT19IAJABZVCbi1S4nUGKvxjb22zRVhcbSymEkhRrPr-9fISfiMwm9J6BResBfivjMc_SF2SjfzZMkQgsThSAWe6XTGhGD3PN0rMdLxsc/s1600-h/Bloeiende+amandelboom.jpeg" style="text-decoration: none;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqdMWnbXulhTGIwvfO14wynGAEVFIZlrnaRHCT19IAJABZVCbi1S4nUGKvxjb22zRVhcbSymEkhRrPr-9fISfiMwm9J6BResBfivjMc_SF2SjfzZMkQgsThSAWe6XTGhGD3PN0rMdLxsc/s320/Bloeiende+amandelboom.jpeg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5449405597827918946" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 239px; height: 320px; " /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Vincent Van Gogh</i></div><div style="text-align: center;">"Almond Tree in Blossom" 1888 (Arles)</div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>This work really inspires me; in its quiet simplicity and elegance it stands out as being quite contemporary. Each mark feels deliberate and well orchestrated. Though the value is rathe shallow, Van Gogh (as always) utilizes color and texture to denote the subject's volume an spatial relativity. The composition is rather stark and the placement of the tree and cropping makes for an incredibly strong image. Of course, it reflects Van Gogh's infatuation for Japanese woodblock prints, a rather popular source of inspiration for artists of the time period.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEht7sd_KyVgJpZpC0oHj0nrb7wLMtC5272csW_o0F8X_NnuoXjNLJzWs1BXV7aBXib4IR-A00o18eLnIEurr-3Z5FxyLT4O_6eZWGMrQ27D6z8Zyg_NMY-5Ptjb_Jil5D5b-zR-veuCahU/s1600-h/De+brug+in+de+regen+(naar+Hiroshige).jpeg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEht7sd_KyVgJpZpC0oHj0nrb7wLMtC5272csW_o0F8X_NnuoXjNLJzWs1BXV7aBXib4IR-A00o18eLnIEurr-3Z5FxyLT4O_6eZWGMrQ27D6z8Zyg_NMY-5Ptjb_Jil5D5b-zR-veuCahU/s320/De+brug+in+de+regen+(naar+Hiroshige).jpeg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5449407215131111362" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 320px; " /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Van Gogh</i></div><div style="text-align: center;">"The Bridge in the Rain (after Hiroshige)" 1887 (Paris)</div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Naturally, this piece is a direct and deliberate attempt to capture the essence and style of Japanese woodblock prints, and specifically the prolific works of Hiroshige. Though this is oil on canvas, Van Gogh successfully created flat planes of color to mimic that of a wooblock, as well as incorporating line and border details. This piece really sticks out among the rest of Van Gogh's work. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjymP88K7IH4Z8l0yOH1cjSuWWF5yTfMqnrazVfz8fW9Kv39GQkYuo7tkhbkPGLRaDQJzN9Bt63GNk8zKBkyNnXmBM5NiPnzZ1a5rSiz7pSFhWNmVlcdbB-oTs13i5Q5cm34tVVmgY4zZo/s1600-h/hd-2082.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjymP88K7IH4Z8l0yOH1cjSuWWF5yTfMqnrazVfz8fW9Kv39GQkYuo7tkhbkPGLRaDQJzN9Bt63GNk8zKBkyNnXmBM5NiPnzZ1a5rSiz7pSFhWNmVlcdbB-oTs13i5Q5cm34tVVmgY4zZo/s320/hd-2082.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5449410936062656834" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 320px; " /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Hiroshige</i></div><div style="text-align: center;">"Bridge in the Rain" 1800's</div><div style="text-align: center;">(for comparison)</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXRDriuW9pC6TRov7TKpL1Fjvf2gCyK1E6x0dtQIFDzhMRplKM8nTclNmE9fV08i7__lY6ev4QSfX88c8vdyguyrx85YzWdha3Sm9UATp8gR-mAvIAaUbQCP2m-FOVlWJ5AwaJ3ES9WMA/s1600-h/De+Brug+van+Langlois.jpeg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXRDriuW9pC6TRov7TKpL1Fjvf2gCyK1E6x0dtQIFDzhMRplKM8nTclNmE9fV08i7__lY6ev4QSfX88c8vdyguyrx85YzWdha3Sm9UATp8gR-mAvIAaUbQCP2m-FOVlWJ5AwaJ3ES9WMA/s320/De+Brug+van+Langlois.jpeg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5449415835578117874" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 254px; " /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Vincent Van Gogh</i></div><div style="text-align: center;">"The Langlois Bridge" 1888</div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>The composition & use of outline is what struck me the strongest about this Van Gogh piece. The color is soft and muted (but not so much like his earlier muddied up works). This painting gives a feeling being a sketch; something so effortless it feels like a thought or a memory, as opposed to being a painting. The single most important part are the silhouetted figures on the bridge; the entire composition relies on these 3 dark points, balancing out the shadow below the small boat and bringing the eye down the path along to water to the focal point. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbVojwl0S8jdd412GjrtlAQyQI4ubqC6Je1za1cc_q3wBMOAGmgpOSDhsFvX3mSz4fEyJQUyWochszRuSHefPVMHwmQU7toC66atiQNXidQqU9JQUxc5-JH3ffAVG5C2x_udj7aNFXWbQ/s1600-h/Zelfportret.jpeg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbVojwl0S8jdd412GjrtlAQyQI4ubqC6Je1za1cc_q3wBMOAGmgpOSDhsFvX3mSz4fEyJQUyWochszRuSHefPVMHwmQU7toC66atiQNXidQqU9JQUxc5-JH3ffAVG5C2x_udj7aNFXWbQ/s320/Zelfportret.jpeg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5449429298424028978" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 262px; height: 320px; " /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Van Gogh</i></div><div style="text-align: center;">"Self Portrait" 1886 (Paris)</div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Though this is not the stereotypical Van Gogh portrait, I thoroughly enjoy is sensitivity and level of realism. It is very much a reflection of Van Gogh's training with the Hague School master, Anton Mauve. Though again, the color lacks a level of purity and richness that can be found in his earlier works.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Also on display was a exhibition called "Meesters Uit Museum Mesdag", showcasing works from the Hague School Masters. Artists showcased were:</div><div style="text-align: left;"><ul><li>Charles Rochussen (watercolors)</li><li>Mose de Giusseppe Bianchi</li><li>Jacob Morris</li><li>Johannes Bosboom</li><li>Anton Mauve</li><li>Hein Haverman</li><li>Giovanni Segantini</li><li>J.H. Weissenbruch</li><li>Charles Daubigny</li><li>Jean-Francois Millet</li><li>Antonio Mancini</li><li>Willem Vaarzonmorel</li><li>Marius Bauer</li><li>Emile breton</li><li>Gustave Courbet</li><li>Hendrik Willem Mesdag</li><li>Jan Veth</li><li>Barbara Van Houten</li><li>Pieter de Josselin de Jong</li><li>Emile Bernard</li><li>Odilon Redon</li></ul><div>Until Next Time,</div><div>-Laura</div></div>Laura Spencerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11045233131404595596noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3112651400909826653.post-75939095253825068292010-03-07T12:49:00.000-08:002010-03-19T18:02:23.553-07:00Amsterdam Part 1 - Rijks Museum<div style="text-align: left;">A trip so extensive, it cant be contained in one post. Dannielle, our friend Ines, and I spent 3 days in the city and had the best time. Staying at a small, and rather dreary hostel, naturally we spent the majority of our time out and about. We were able to visit the 2 main museums, the Rijks Museum and the Van Gogh Museum, as well as about 6-7 galleries throughout the Art District (as well as the Anne Frank House).</div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">The Rijks Museum was a really incredible experience. I got to see so much prolific work, only ever viewed in my art history textbook. Here are a few of my personal favorites:</div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdk-n7TVTw7oIaV4L9k7SqXQulLL9V1vgj2SKvVSrTVt7mWCAERN1XTmYdcXGCX7o5ypSROGc-cHqRD6M4-TEmuiqltW1bu77z9v2IUAd93mIenIcN55svGvLHoIMZot5LDTxnI__RF58/s320/sk-a-1364.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5446019583381860850" style="text-align: left;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 223px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;">Willem Van de Velde I (the elder)</div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Battle of Livorne </i>(1655)</div><div style="text-align: center;">Ink on Canvas 114 x 160 cm</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">This piece is completely overwhelming. A large canvas done only with ink, pen nib and washes, it is truly a masterpiece. The line work is so unbelievably thin, almost as it it were a large etching. The true mastery of this medium is thoroughly awe-inspiring and meticulous that I draw immense amounts of inspiration from such work. </div><div style="text-align: left;">A little history: Willem Van de Velde the Elder (1611-1693) was a Dutch artist, a marine draughtsman and painter. He worked for the official artist for the Dutch fleet for many years, making sketches of epic battles to be interpreted for newspapers, large scale work, and above all, posterity (truly, an early illustration pioneer). His son, Willem the Younger was also a prolific marine painter.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQVRU7ZmxHn1oqE62THqmK39cbklsj9PQgRI4hGArJJPriKATjPaOaFuYKD7iluST8DZPh_Mv50QUC4wDFNg8DYw9DpYD8xzxbV0TfufcmooPu1pr-XYnlf16AeXoMA_O76-nYLbqO7jw/s1600-h/sk-a-4177.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQVRU7ZmxHn1oqE62THqmK39cbklsj9PQgRI4hGArJJPriKATjPaOaFuYKD7iluST8DZPh_Mv50QUC4wDFNg8DYw9DpYD8xzxbV0TfufcmooPu1pr-XYnlf16AeXoMA_O76-nYLbqO7jw/s320/sk-a-4177.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5446047102422961938" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 177px; height: 320px; " /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Gerard de Lairesse</div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>"The Allegory of Sciences"</i> (1965-83)</div><div style="text-align: center;">oil on canvas 289 x 161cm</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">This painting struck me at the sheer mastery of the subject. Gerard de Lairesse was commissioned by Filips de Flines, a wealthy businessman who purchased a home in Amsterdam. Lairesse completed 5 imitation bas-relief sculpture paintings for the De Flines house, starting in 1675. This painting represents the Allegory of Sciences; the Liberal Arts are gathered around Pallas Athena's feet. Each one of the allegory paintings represent Charity, Wealth, Fame, The Arts, and Science; the epitome of high society in the Nederlands.</div><div style="text-align: left;">The rendering of statues is so remarkable, a truly challenging subject. I was really taken aback by the size and believability of the piece, that I felt it necessary to share. In terms of Art History, this is a classic example the return of Classical reverence and style. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOnmVNuP5441VxOP_JNXnLmi33AEKray1OhAR34pXneuLC_swPkdDctAWZOeNmyAODrxASeITXmkNulWsvwquf8EEcxcsu_7VCKDn2YnxPHd77JoC2x9111kE39pJivx423IC4Yq1MjTg/s1600-h/sk-a-135.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOnmVNuP5441VxOP_JNXnLmi33AEKray1OhAR34pXneuLC_swPkdDctAWZOeNmyAODrxASeITXmkNulWsvwquf8EEcxcsu_7VCKDn2YnxPHd77JoC2x9111kE39pJivx423IC4Yq1MjTg/s320/sk-a-135.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5446060289850152946" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 267px; height: 320px; " /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Frans Hals</div><div style="text-align: center;">"The Merry Drinker" (1628-30)</div><div style="text-align: center;">Oil on Canvas 81 x 66.5 cm</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Frans Hals, always a favorite. It was so wonderful to finally see this piece in person. His brushwork is his trademark; something so light and effortless about the strokes, but its the right hue, right value, and right mark in the right place, always. (though it took him many years to complete, and I am sure, upon close inspection many layers to try and find that "right mark")</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAzpwEHjVTrGnHHWsgyYAkJVvleiT_pM_9MRtw3QA9VvZlDAFyO5L95IRlMhyphenhyphenETqFtV0N73NCUGc-wV_5xeNgn2jgBEXNA3p37D1n-lJIg_V91WM2AuB2NkStKW7DrCba0uQh9YHKpeLg/s1600-h/sk-c-5.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAzpwEHjVTrGnHHWsgyYAkJVvleiT_pM_9MRtw3QA9VvZlDAFyO5L95IRlMhyphenhyphenETqFtV0N73NCUGc-wV_5xeNgn2jgBEXNA3p37D1n-lJIg_V91WM2AuB2NkStKW7DrCba0uQh9YHKpeLg/s320/sk-c-5.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5446064503608895314" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 266px; " /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Rembrandt Harmensz van Rijn</div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>"The Company of Frans Banning Cocq and Willem van Ruytenburch" </i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>"The Night Watch"</i> (1642)</div><div style="text-align: center;">Oil on Canvas 363 x 437cm</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Again, a prolific piece I feel so honored to have finally seen. It was interesting to note, and compare the final piece to the smaller study (hanging next to it) showing the composition in its original entirety, prior to 1715. In 1715, the painting was moved to the Amsterdam Town Hall, the painting was cropped down on all 4 sides, to fit between two columns. Its really a great loss to the painting, for it detracts from the movement Rembrandt was trying to evoke (from right to left). Also interesting to note, the painting was once covered in a dark varnish, giving the impression of a night scene, however in the 1940's the varnish was removed to reveal the true luminosity underneath. I had no real idea about Rembrandt's impasto technique either, until seeing the paintings in real life. This thick texture is just as important as the composition, and lighting of Rembrandt's pantings, and something only noted when breathing the air around it. Its like viewing a sacred relic for an artist, to be introduced to something you've talked about your whole life, and finally getting to see it in person. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">These were just a mere few highlights from the museum.</div><div style="text-align: left;">Other artists that caught my eye:</div><div style="text-align: left;"><ul><li>Bartholomeus van der Helst</li><li>Dirck van Delen</li><li>Jan de Baen</li><li>Adriaen Pietersz van de Venne</li><li>Adam Willarerts</li><li>Johannes Torrentius</li><li>Gerard van Honthorst</li><li>Caesar Boetius van Everdingen</li><li>Jan Asselijn</li><li>Johannes Vermeer</li><li>Pieter de Hooch</li><li>Willem van Aelst</li><li>Gerard der Borch</li><li>Cornelis Pietersz Bega</li><li>Jan de Visscher</li><li>Barent Gail</li><li>Cornelis Dusant</li><li>Jan van Somer</li></ul><div>All in all, a very epic journey. However this hardly scratches the surface on all of the art and culture we soaked up. Stay tuned for Part 2 of Amsterdam!</div><div>-L</div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></div>Laura Spencerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11045233131404595596noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3112651400909826653.post-49762666638217757662010-02-11T11:08:00.001-08:002010-02-13T15:45:55.484-08:00Paris Calling<div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiQh0PARgImWTaYaj4kch_nv70EO02sDycF1eaDcHZhNs0o7a11rkLzGCFvOoYNvoMwTWVDPU9Wa8t-vwMNcFJi2JuRSqfJ749dRf528PRnUjgY9SGGCXDAEF0TiTWT8A8BRXv3DxA1Nw/s1600-h/Day+28+002.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiQh0PARgImWTaYaj4kch_nv70EO02sDycF1eaDcHZhNs0o7a11rkLzGCFvOoYNvoMwTWVDPU9Wa8t-vwMNcFJi2JuRSqfJ749dRf528PRnUjgY9SGGCXDAEF0TiTWT8A8BRXv3DxA1Nw/s320/Day+28+002.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5437875774989092066" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcUnHe-SvrMT2Zi6WLuXtk9RdOPtV16B7idwLxjmHA9YyJJCDJsF9nLfYWRplySep-GOeIMuBjXYPheS3_C3_GYgN0726SCtJ64lMbJFW0nktlRjejMP6Erwlv6hd5VcPnPDooQBNeN50/s320/Day+28+003.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5437875776452088402" /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWHcng4NhOdt621bByw36C_dd3_oDXtZWZw13oJDOwrjSH_m0Da9kr7Iheo5fwtikTeWFJo-2M9K68F7DMz0vluJix4gZqUorNwCAf_p7uNxZOd4MLM9K8o6kshF6Wg-CI39Xs-yyxcd4/s320/Day+28+011.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5437875795272957682" /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhORuwIBju6GWFIXsOY2hy4A_dGTR1hfAJpbpSFhQgVQQQS-4kZox_4pDxSFwr5o6aD9cTbyqy1YbA-7nRF1OwUSQZoF4klk7Gj3C3f0koymfpcLqrJtfwkKxpeHb9WvaViUN5vw3DmYjE/s320/Day+28+004.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5437875782404922306" /><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAKClEDtue4Sra_eVxj_TIxOJGW8rTYnXYBrDOugtaJNvxsnNziUxp6irFKgmg1hXCx0vopKpj38TCn5QJz3ksZR3Bz3T9ZtOux-SZQozMjRCX_YtnqC7x5nODeYwm5yvkj0wXEHZTdkw/s320/Day+28+009.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5437876675847931442" /><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 180px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrUXslQ6Vo00fdiBXMus4f4f-rPfEbal-AJ4av6GlcTahfiu1kAwQ0KUKkxbBrcz4ti11m41AVFS0o-H4RPM_RfIDUW8olWHPWVjFsGwTpVxc61bNzPz9A7-K855VDeGQez8rerC0jTwc/s320/Day+28+006.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5437875790019316370" /><div>After Illustration, my class took a trip across town to a local comic book shop; <a href="http://mekanik-strip.be/">Mekanik Strip</a>. Mekanik Strip is one of the largest comic book shops in all of Europe, priding itself on carry every American and European comic book and graphic novel in print since 1981. When walking into the store, one is totally consumed in the vibrant colors of book bindings, filling shelves floor to ceiling with every artist book, comic and graphic novel; enough to make <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stan_Lee">Stan Lee</a> or <a href="http://pulphope.blogspot.com/">Paul Pope</a> blush. And though this shop is truly a candy store of any up and coming illustration student out there; this is not what brought us there that day. </div><div><br /></div><div>On the second floor of the shop, there is a large gallery space. </div><div>The show is called "Paris Calling", organized by Antwerp native and Sint Lucas alumni, <a href="http://www.ephameron.com/">Eva Cardon</a>. The show was comprised of artists form the Parisian art collective, <a href="http://www.artsfactory.net/">Arts Factory</a> (a list of all artist in the show is at the bottom of this post). </div><div>The show was really amazing, Eva was there to give us a small walk-about and explain some of the work. The overall style is very much within in the underground art scene; works and artists that could easily be found in Juxtapoz and other so-called underground art publications. </div><div>I was able to take some photos of the show, and a few "close up" of the pieces.</div><div> </div><div>In terms of its influences, I think that most of the work is a rather blatant rejection of "classical" or rather traditional thought and illustration. I find some of it to be rather compelling, cutting edge, and helping to shape the way we read our images; however it can come off as kitschy and fad-ish. Nevertheless, a fantastic show, and a great visual experience!</div><div><br /></div><div>(side note: I find it extremely irritating that well-known artists like the following do not have websites. This is truly a detriment to their careers. Whether they are actively seeking commission work or not, a website is essential in order to capture viewers and continually expand your audience. I tried to include as many as possible).</div><div><br /></div><div>Contributing Artists:</div><div><ul><li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Burns_(cartoonist)">Charles Burns</a> (ink drawings)</li><li><a href="http://www.artsfactory.net/vpc/index_killoffer.html">Killoffer</a> (silkscreen)</li><li><a href="http://www.artsfactory.net/galerienomade/blanquet/index.html">Blanquet</a> (acrylics)</li><li><a href="http://www.artsfactory.net/galerienomade/wintershow/index.html">Ciou</a></li><li>Veronique Dorey (amazing acrylic paintings)</li><li><a href="http://www.hihowareyou.com/">Daniel Johnston </a></li><li>Moolinex</li><li><a href="http://amandineurruty.free.fr/">Amandine Urruty</a></li><li><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/camillelavaud/">Camille Lavaud</a> (my personal favorite)</li><li><a href="http://www.atsuko-ishii.com/">Atsuko Ishii</a></li><li>Blexbolex</li><li>Rocco</li><li>Thierry Guittard</li><li>Dansla Marge</li><li>Jim Avignon</li></ul></div><div>(sorry for the lack of posts; it has been a bit of a hard time lately; trying to juggle several commissions with school work and still adjusting to European life. But this is not a valid excuse. This week coming up I will be taking a trip to Amsterdam to see the Van Gogh Museum as well as the Anne Frank House, so a very intensive set of posts to come)</div><div>Until next time...</div><div>-L</div>Laura Spencerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11045233131404595596noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3112651400909826653.post-59257316031574511342010-01-22T13:09:00.000-08:002010-01-22T14:40:33.676-08:00Koninklijk Museum Voor Schone Kunsten Antwerpen Part 1<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1gR04n4du8umd7uk4PAkIQo3LQknaUGuRj-LSpkzgWjoBf_b4Y7fgcvi7DjqXMWzvsg4vdRP0o04EMfPrkKsJ0Eo7oO2qoaj-mP_vTsRd2U3gwoE_lY6e3_4FGASj7zKg-Xw3pn2SWnA/s1600-h/Day+9+005.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1gR04n4du8umd7uk4PAkIQo3LQknaUGuRj-LSpkzgWjoBf_b4Y7fgcvi7DjqXMWzvsg4vdRP0o04EMfPrkKsJ0Eo7oO2qoaj-mP_vTsRd2U3gwoE_lY6e3_4FGASj7zKg-Xw3pn2SWnA/s320/Day+9+005.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5429643323099289618" border="0" /></a>Today, I had the opportunity to visit the Koninklijk Museum Voor Schone Kunsten (Royal Mseum of Fine Arts) in Antwerp, Belgium. I went in with the intention of beginning my analysis of Art History, but was taken aback by the most vast and impressive art collection I have ever seen (Ringling Museum, though you are near and dear to my heart, you have fallen to a very close second). Hardly making a dent in its expansive collection, I wandered through rooms filled with some of the most prolific works in all of Art History. Starting from the beginning, I made my way through rooms filled with works from the 14th - 16th century and capped off my visit with works from the dawn of the Modern Era (17th century).<br /><br />I took some notes as I went along, of pieces that stood out to me as being great sources of inspiration, as well as ones that I felt made visual and aesthetic statements far beyond their time.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Jean Fouquet<br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size:78%;">(1420 - 1481)</span><br />"Madonna omringd door serafijnen en cherubijnen"</span><br />"Madonna Surrounded by Seraphim and Cherubim"<br />1451 - 1452</div><div style="text-align: left;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1jdca0j37ofgFJC56roYafD_3TlwEMFkkNEA2v0A7mZQJ6QxostupTV0AGSSFlgGbZQn5oIiOi7daWBUb2gcoo6CxkHTB5iJ3R-3Y6N1eNAcuMMq9QLzKkIKMPIVSb0cUw3fr0fisWco/s1600-h/55323496.JeanFouquetMadonnaSerafinesandCherubines.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 298px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1jdca0j37ofgFJC56roYafD_3TlwEMFkkNEA2v0A7mZQJ6QxostupTV0AGSSFlgGbZQn5oIiOi7daWBUb2gcoo6CxkHTB5iJ3R-3Y6N1eNAcuMMq9QLzKkIKMPIVSb0cUw3fr0fisWco/s320/55323496.JeanFouquetMadonnaSerafinesandCherubines.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5429664712872095746" border="0" /></a>This piece is one that should be recognizable to anyone who has taken a Humanities course. So delicately and lovingly painted, its form and flawless volume quickly envelope the viewer within the iconic scene. However, what stands out to me the most are the bizarrely colored cherubs and seraphs that surround the Madonna. In bold primary color, these red and blue angels look like something that belongs in a far more contemporary setting. This piece is a fantastic example of the decadence of the late Middle Ages. Upon further inspection, the ornate and meticulous detail of the Virgin's jewels and gilded crown hint toward and influence from Flemish paintings of the era. This depiction of the Virgin and Child, typically a far more modest and dainty scene, commands the viewer attention with unabashed boldness. Truly overwhelming in person.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Maerten de Vos<br /><span style="font-size:78%;">(1537 - 1603)</span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">"De bekoring van de H. Antonius"</span><br />"The Temptation of Antony Abbot of Egypt"<br />1594<br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQihblDipnE3Dw65M50GlLBUAmnMg5CvaVq3DvxuOSe6IK0E5FL0S3Hn_dUtX68-NTj5ksxkDCMtul5O6bGIusNrMInmFqt2VnY5M_KT9QWn-Sr1cKMDZLwTGlgJA6lM6CW58hOl19-6A/s1600-h/s_antony+copy.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 243px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQihblDipnE3Dw65M50GlLBUAmnMg5CvaVq3DvxuOSe6IK0E5FL0S3Hn_dUtX68-NTj5ksxkDCMtul5O6bGIusNrMInmFqt2VnY5M_KT9QWn-Sr1cKMDZLwTGlgJA6lM6CW58hOl19-6A/s320/s_antony+copy.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5429669784236368146" border="0" /></a>This piece struck me, do to its fanciful and bizarre imagery. It is easy to see that many modern artist and illustrators today draw tremendous amount of inspiration from these visions of demons and spirits, as they torment the poor Saint. Compositionally, this piece intrigued me, due it its obvious use of dynamic shapes as well as eye path, moving the viewer on a whirlwind trip. The monumental figures dwarf the viewer, leaving one awe struck. This picture, does not do the rich and lavish color of the painting any justice whatsoever; heavily influenced by the Venetian color palette during his journey to Italy. Maerten de Vos was a prominent painter and draftsman in Antwerp throughout the 16th century. This is one of many examples of his work to be found at the Koninklijk.<br /><div style="text-align: center;">Frans Hals I<br /><span style="font-size:78%;">(1580 - 1666)</span><br />"Stephanus Geraerdts: Alderman of Haarlem"<br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgym0DNX-Gl35EQSTIzVSUBEzLioezhtB0ctc56iPxaU0-RcM0AKvI0n0ZjxpS5QmnWRS8q2-CwUEFU_X3xGk6_nUQVwZMEhfrA2lDS6b1j_4tALo_wXPstbLA1fnKxnUdCuL_N1D48kcs/s1600-h/proxy.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgym0DNX-Gl35EQSTIzVSUBEzLioezhtB0ctc56iPxaU0-RcM0AKvI0n0ZjxpS5QmnWRS8q2-CwUEFU_X3xGk6_nUQVwZMEhfrA2lDS6b1j_4tALo_wXPstbLA1fnKxnUdCuL_N1D48kcs/s320/proxy.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5429686171893262658" border="0" /></a>I was truly thrilled to see a Frans Hals painting in person. His work, especially in this painting, contains the most unique brushstrokes that can only be attributed to his hand. Its easy to see that painters such as John Singer Sargent and N.C. Wyeth could have drawn inspiration from these quick, yet selective an accurate strokes. Hals color, however, I feel pales in comparison to some of his contemporaries, such as Rembrant Van Rijn and Judith Leyster. Regardless, he is a timeless, captivating painter whose influence is undoubtedly far reaching.<br /><br />One of the most fascinating aspects of this museum was that they do extensive research and restoration to pieces within their collection. I was fortunate to see restoration artists working to repair 3 large panels from a large alterpiece from a church in Najera, Spain. The works are monumental in size, and some of the panels had to be transposed onto new canvas stretchers (a very delicate and intricate process.) It was amazing to watch as the special chemicals would lift away centuries worth of dust and grime, allowing the true color to flourish from underneath. The museum has a whole section called Conservation Street, dedicated to restoring their timeless and priceless works.<br /><br />(As I progress through this course, I think it will be interesting to not only do anaylsis of pieces I find intriguing and inspirational, as I have here, but to switch from Contemporary to Historical, every other post; as well as throwing in direct comparisons to modern and historical pieces every now and again)<br /><br />Stay tuned for more ramblings!<br />-Laura<br /><br /></div>Laura Spencerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11045233131404595596noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3112651400909826653.post-74018716315186075612010-01-21T17:37:00.001-08:002010-01-21T17:48:19.010-08:00IntroductionGreetings!<br />This blog is dedicated to an Independent Studies course via Ringling College of Art and Design, while studying abroad in Antwerp, Belgium.<br />For the next 5 months, I will be performing an extensive look into the many museums and galleries Euope has to offer, and discussing how the influences of the past directly contribute to the development of Contemporary Art as it stands today. Through photographs, as well as fliers and other promotional material from exhibitions, I will provide visual material to aid in the discussion everything from the specifics of a certain artist and certain pieces, to the historical context and region the work can be found. Through this in-depth study, I hope to gain a greater understanding of what art is, and has been, and how it contributes to my role in the art world.<br />Thanks for reading, and enjoy!<br />-LauraLaura Spencerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11045233131404595596noreply@blogger.com2