Showing posts with label Art. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Art. Show all posts
Picasso in Paris, Van Gogh Museum
This was an exhibition on Picasso as an artist moving to Paris in 1900 when he was 19. He lived on top of a laundry shop in Montmartre, le bateau lavoir. From the paintings of that period that I saw at the Van Gogh museum in Amsterdam I felt like being transported to Paris. I could see he had a really broad eye for what was happening around him, from the upper class party goers of the Exposition universelle crowd type to subjects of despair. He was then so emotionally touched from the suicide death of his fellow Spaniard Casagemas, and you can see that in his blue period paintings. They guy, a writer, broke up with his French girlfriend apparently. You can just imagine the mixing of people and a stool of chancers observing life. There he saw the work of Gaugain, Toulouse-Lautrec, Swiss painters and what the critics will tell you.
The cosmopolitanism of Europe was there already as the art world always anticipates trends. If you had to choose now where to go it would be much harder. That's because artists embark on global tours, people can follow developments on twitter as revolution unfolds in whatever part of the world and the feeling of satisfaction to be in one place is often transient, as something else more interesting could be happening somewhere else, literally as we speak.
The cosmopolitanism of Europe was there already as the art world always anticipates trends. If you had to choose now where to go it would be much harder. That's because artists embark on global tours, people can follow developments on twitter as revolution unfolds in whatever part of the world and the feeling of satisfaction to be in one place is often transient, as something else more interesting could be happening somewhere else, literally as we speak.
Your Paintings on the BBC
Quite an amazing project this one. It's a very professional way to deal with art and I wish it will extend to other European countries as well. My thought goes to Italy and its rich collection. It's great that the BBC is doing this, that's what I call public service. Here is the link to start exploring all the paintings the UK has to offer.
Animal Collective live @ Paradiso, Amsterdam 17/5/2011
Spectacural visual fields were constructed, jointly progressing with sound, vocals used as an instrument and light guiding the intake of this empowering experience.
We were left begging for more: watching another band will never be the same again, as the visual part is so strong you wonder why it has played a relatively minor role in the presentation of music so far.
Having sound and music presented in such a way really helps to focus your attention on trying to decode such an abstract body of work. This isn't just music, it's art.
I really enjoyed it.
P.S. I made some videos but the quality of the sound it's so bad I feel a bit sorry to upload it, but it's just to give you an idea.
If you are new to Animal Collective maybe start with My Girls (2009)
Illusions of Reality at Van Gogh Museum
This exhibition is about to start. An interesting development is the way the Van Gogh Museum is using Flickr to give an exclusive insight into the preparation process.
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