R.B. Kitaj
dal 27/2/2014 al 10/5/2014
Segnalato da
27/2/2014
R.B. Kitaj
Astrup Fearnley Museet - New museum building, Oslo
Diaspora. An exhibition of figurative painting that reviews his contribution as a historical artist
Diaspora. The decade following R.B. Kitaj's death (1932-2007) has reinforced his art as a significant contribution to the history of figurative painting. Kitaj was American, but lived almost 40 years in England. His art developed in the London art scene beginning in the 1960s, when a dynamic generation of young artists took painting into a new direction by exploring impulses from both the figurative tradition and popular culture. Their vision sparked off the considerable international interest in painting that flourished in the 1970s and 80s. Kitaj has been associated with the 'School of London' generation, a label that never referred to a specific group or style, but was used in connection with a number of painters preoccupied with the figurative aspect of painting at a time when abstract art had dominated the art scene for a long time. Curators: Gunnar B. Kvaran and Therese Moellenhoff. (Image: Juan de la Cruz, 1967)