Yayoi Kusama and Alice Neel
dal 7/6/2011 al 28/7/2011
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7/6/2011
Yayoi Kusama and Alice Neel
Victoria Miro Gallery, London
Encapsulating the surreal and the instinctual within the pop and the decorative these new works present an extension of Kusama's practice that is as fresh and thought-provoking as ever. The eleven portraits in Men Only show a variety of attitudes, from the erotic to the ironic, in an exhibition that looks at Alice Neel's particular relationship to her male subjects.
YAYOI KUSAMA New Paintings & Sculptures
8 June - 29 July 2011
Curated by Francis Morris
Giant sculptures of tulips, dogs and a doll will be located in the gallery's canal-side garden and ground floor exhibition space, along with new paintings, creating a surreal inside-out landscape of nature and artifice. Kusama's preoccupation with the infinite and the sublime - to be found in pattern and repetition that date back to her earliest works from the 1950s - are continued in her new paintings which include self portraits, flowers, still lifes and her signature yellow pumpkins. Encapsulating the surreal and the instinctual within the pop and the decorative these new works present an extension of Kusama's practice that is as fresh and thought-provoking as ever.
Yayoi Kusama | Retrospective International Tour
Curated by Francis Morris and organised by Tate Modern in collaboration with the participating venues
Museo Reina Sofia, Madrid | May - September 2011
Centre Pompidou, París | October 2011- January 2012
Tate Modern, London | February - June 2012
Whitney Museum, New York | July - September 2012
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ALICE NEEL Men Only
8 June - 29 July 2011
The eleven portraits in Men Only show a variety of attitudes, from the erotic to the ironic, in an exhibition that looks at Neel's particular relationship to her male subjects. Amongst the works included are Neel's third and final portrait of her friend the author Max White as well as two powerful portraits of her sons Hartley and Richard as young men. Born near Philadelphia in 1900, Alice Neel was the foremost American portraitist and one of the most engaging painters of her times.
The exhibition is accompanied by a catalogue with text by poet, fiction writer and art critic Sue Hubbard.
Image: © Yayoi Kusama
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Opening: June 8th
Victoria Miro Gallery
16 Wharf Road, London N1 7RW
Tuesday - Saturday 10.00am - 6.00pm
Closed Bank Holiday Weekends and Public Holidays
free entry