Marlene Dumas
dal 22/2/2002 al 2/6/2002
Segnalato da
New Museum of Contemporary Art
22/2/2002
Marlene Dumas
New Museum, New York
Marlene Dumas' vibrant, infectious and sexy works on paper are inspired by imagery ranging from film stars such as Brigitte Bardot to art historical icons like Manet's Olympia. Often rewriting art history from the perspective of the model, Dumas' startling, frank and subtle figurative works explore love and desire and the dynamics between artist, image and spectator. Her expressive paintings and series of ink-wash drawings depicting human figures and faces have established her as one of the most prominent European artists today.
Name No Names
Marlene Dumas' vibrant, infectious and sexy works on paper are inspired by
imagery ranging from film stars such as Brigitte Bardot to art historical icons
like Manet's Olympia. Often rewriting art history from the perspective of the
model, Dumas' startling, frank and subtle figurative works explore love and
desire and the dynamics between artist, image and spectator. Her
expressive paintings and series of ink-wash drawings depicting human
figures and faces have established her as one of the most prominent
European artists today. The first US museum presentation of work by this
acclaimed Amsterdam-based artist, Name No Names features over 80 of
Dumas' works on paper from 1970 to today.
Second floor gallery.
Name No Names opens to the public on Saturday, February 23, 2002
Saturday, February 23, 2002, 4.00-6.00pm,
Conversation with Marlene Dumas
As part of the New Museum's Conversations with Artists series, Senior
Curator Dan Cameron talks with Marlene Dumas about her relationship with
popular culture and her position within the history of portraiture.
Zenith
Media Lounge, free.
Name No Names is organized by Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris and is
accompanied by an exhibition catalogue (Centre Pompidou, 2001) ($29.50).
The presentation of Marlene Dumas is made possible through the generous
support of the Mondriaan Foundation, the Netherland-America Foundation,
and the Consulate General of the Netherlands.
Photo credit: Marlene Dumas Mixed Blood (detail) (1996).
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Francesco Vezzoli, The Films of Francesco Vezzoli
February 12, 2002 - April 21, 2002
Zenith Media Lounge
Follow the red velvet corridor to a screening room: this is the 1950s-styled
art cinema as conceived by Italian artist Francesco Vezzoli for the first US
screening of his films. Over the past five years, Vezzoli has created a
series of short films based loosely on landmark works in modern cinema by
Kubrick, Truffaut, Visconti, and others. Vezzoli re-stages an extended scene
from the original film, altering it so that his personal obsession with
needlepoint becomes a cinematic motif as well. Glamorous, satirical, and
deeply melancholic, Vezzoli's short films are private fantasies played out
by personalities from the film and fashion worlds.
Organized by Dan Cameron.
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Wim Delvoye: Cloaca on view through April 28, 2002
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