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14/1/2000

1900: Art at the crossroads main galleries

Royal Academy of Arts, London


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One of the most daring and adventurous times in art history will be explored in 1900. Art at the Crossroads. This exhibition of 250 paintings and sculptures will take a radical look at the art created in the years immediately before and after the Exposition Universelle, the biggest international event of the year 1900, which opened in Paris on April 14. Taking a slice through the artistic and cultural cross-currents of the time, the exhibition will highlight the vitality of the period, the many options open to artists, and the direction these took in the twentieth century.

A century on, and at the very beginning of a new millennium, the exhibition will bring together works by the 'modern masters', Degas, Cézanne, Gauguin, Renoir, Whistler, Munch, Klimt, Monet, Rodin, Mondrian and works by artists only beginning to emerge as revolutionary figures - Kandinsky, Nolde, Balla, Matisse, Picasso - in 1900. All of these will be presented alongside the so-called 'official' artists who were shown at the 1900 World Fair. Many in this category, such as Hodler, Homer, and Rouault, are well known but there are others whose contemporary achievements we will now be reassessing. Aside from Europe, artists from the world over will be featured including those from the United States, Japan, and Australia, reflecting the astonishing range of countries represented at the original World Fair.

The exhibition will be organised into sections - portraits, artists' self-portraits, nudes and bathers, men and women, interiors and still-lifes, landscapes, rural and urban scenes, and religion. Each will provide a framework for exploring the broad, underlying themes of the period such as: nationalism, arcadian nostalgia, fairytale and dream, the impact of technology, and new research into psychology.
Established ideas are both confirmed and reinvented: religious paintings sum up a long-standing European tradition alongside others cast in a startlingly modern idiom; images of women embrace both the femme fatale and the idealised mother; domestic subjects contrast conventional scenes with introspectively charged interiors; the city is celebrated as an image of sparkling modernity whilst the underside of urban misery is probed; high society portraits extol the urban style of the belle-epoque while a gallery of self-portraits reveal the unsettling, soul-searching tenor of the age. Within each theme, the juxtaposition of works by 'official' and 'avant-garde' artists brings about unexpected relationships and challenging confrontations which will expand the debate about the beginnings of twentieth-century art.

ORGANISATION
The exhibition has been organised by the Royal Academy of Arts and the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York. The exhibition has been curated by MaryAnne Stevens, Collections Secretary and Senior Curator, Norman Rosenthal, Exhibitions Secretary and Ann Dumas, from the Royal Academy of Arts; Robert Rosenblum, Stephen and Nan Swid Curator of Twentieth Century Art, and Vivien Greene, Curator, from Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum; and Henry Ittleson, Jr., Professor of Modern European Art at the Institute of Fine Arts, New York University.

LOANS
Loans from 200 public and private collections from 26 countries will be shown.

SPONSORSHIP
Cantor Fitzgerald has long been dedicated to supporting the arts. Cantor chose to sponsor '1900: Art at the Crossroads' not only because of the extraordinary work it features, but also because of its striking symbolism with respect to Cantor's role in the financial markets. The artists of 1900 forever changed the course of art history.
Now, at the turn of the 21st century, technology is dramatically changing the financial world - moving it forward with great speed. Cantor is proud to be at the forefront of this technological revolution, and to salute the innovators - artists and business leaders alike - who, when at the crossroads, set new courses of history.

CATALOGUE
A fully illustrated catalogue published jointly by the Royal Academy of Arts and the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum will accompany the exhibition. It will feature scholarly essays by the Senior Curators. Robert Rosenblum will provide a substantial introductory essay explaining the overall concept of the exhibition and addressing the greater cultural activity circa 1900. MaryAnne Stevens will contribute an essay documenting the critical reception of the art in the Exposition Universelle, based on extensive primary research. The catalogue also includes full captions on the works in the exhibitions, over 190 artists' biographies with bibliographical references and numerous fascinating period photographs.

TOUR DATES
Royal Academy of Arts, London 15 January - 3 April 2000
Solomon R.Guggenheim Museum, New York 11 May - 4 September 2000

EDUCATION
Adult Education will be running a series of Evening Lectures, Free Lunchtime Lectures, and Public Gallery Talks. There will also be a course on the artistic capitals of Europe and the USA, and four Student Seminars exploring different approaches to the material in the exhibition. Introductory slide talks for adult groups are also available on Fridays.

DATES AND OPENING TIMES
Press View: Tuesday 11 January, 10am - 3pm
Open to the public: Saturday 15 January - Monday 3 April 2000
10am - 6pm daily (last admission 5.30pm)
Late night opening: Fridays until 8.30 (last admission 8pm)

ADMISSION
£8 full charge; £6.50 concessions; £5.50 full-time students; £3 12-18 years; £1.50

For further press information, please contact Katharine Jones, Rosalind Arratoon, or Caroline Birchall on tel: 0171 300 5610, or fax: 0171 300 5886. For photographs please contact Sarah Davies on tel: 0171 300 5615.
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For further press information, please contact Katharine Jones or Caroline Birchall on tel: 0171-300 5615, or fax: 0171-439 4998.

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