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Van Gogh
and the Colors
of the Night
Through January 5 ■ The Museum of Modern Art New York, New York ■ 212/708-9400 ■ www.moma.org
Twilight scenes and nocturnal landscapes recur throughout Vincent van Gogh’s work, giving evidence to his love of the calm, poetic mood that he felt pervaded the evening hours. In keeping with practices set by the Impressionists, van Gogh explored the ability of color to produce light effects, even in his representation of darkness. The Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam collaborated with the Museum of Modern Art to bring together this collection of approximately 40 works that span van Gogh’s career and include indoor and outdoor scenes with both gas and natural lighting effects.
The Starry Night over the Rhône (1888; oil, 28½x36¼) by Vincent van Gogh
Messages & Magic: Collage and Assemblage in American Art Through January 11 John Michael Kohler Arts Center Sheboygan, Wisconsin 920/458-6144 www.jmkac.org
From cigar bands to small mementos to paper currency, the materials for collage are often familiar and accessible, but assembled into a work of art, they take on new meaning and power. This exhibition presents a sampling of collage and assemblage works created during the last 100 years by folk, self-taught and academically trained artists. Some artists use their materials nostalgically to hold onto bits of the past; some intrigue viewers with the incongruity of their materials and the message of their overall work; others convey a melding of fractured bits into a whole. Whatever the intentions or backgrounds of the individual artists, the common thread running through their work is the incorporation and transformation of familiar imagery into art.
A Light Touch: Exploring
Humor in Drawing
Through December 7
The Getty Center
Los Angeles, California
310/440-7300
www.getty.edu
www.artistsmagazine.com ■ November 2008
Musée d’Orsay, Paris; Gift of M. and Mme. Robert Kahn-Sriber, in memory of M. and Mme. Fernand Moch, ;
(c) Réunion des Musées Nationaux/Art Resource, N Y; Photo: Hervé Lewandowski
This exhibition explores the role of art across the centuries as a means of exposing the amusing, farcical and facetious aspects of human character, behavior and physical attributes. Included are works created for private enjoyment among individuals and groups as well as works put into print for a wider audience. Artists represented include Leonardo da Vinci, Urs Graf, Giambattista Tiepolo, Francisco de Goya, Thomas Rowlandson and Pierre Bonnard.
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