The Modern Myth
dal 9/3/2010 al 5/9/2010
Segnalato da
Mark Rothko
Matthew Barney
Joseph Beuys
Paul Cezanne
Enrique Chagoya
Salvador Dali'
Marcel Duchamp
Willem de Kooning
Juan Downey
Marlene Dumas
Max Ernst
Adolph Gottlieb
Arshile Gorky
Wifredo Lam
Matta
Ana Mendieta
Robert Motherwell
Pablo Picasso
Richard Prince
Jackson Pollock
Odilon Redon
Mark Rothko
Jim Shaw
Andy Warhol
Geaninne Gutierrez Guimaraes
Luis Perez Oramas
9/3/2010
The Modern Myth
The Museum of Modern Art - MoMA, New York
Throughout history, mythologies have provided explanations for humankind's existential surroundings through collective beliefs and shared verbal and visual narratives. This exhibition addresses the artistic traces of these motifs in modern art, as well as the practice of modern myth-making, through a nonlinear, thematic representation of works, following a rough chronology from 1797 to 2008.
Throughout history, mythologies have provided explanations for humankind’s existential surroundings through collective beliefs and shared verbal and visual narratives. Representational visual artists have long looked to ancient mythologies as a thematic repertoire, a tradition both preserved and evolved by modern and contemporary artists who continue to address and reinterpret mythological references in their works.
This exhibition addresses the artistic traces of these motifs in modern art, as well as the practice of modern myth-making, through a nonlinear, thematic representation of works, following a rough chronology from 1797 to 2008. Among the artists represented are Matthew Barney, Joseph Beuys, Paul Cézanne, Enrique Chagoya, Salvador Dalí, Marcel Duchamp, Willem de Kooning, Juan Downey, Marlene Dumas, Max Ernst, Adolph Gottlieb, Arshile Gorky, Wifredo Lam, Matta, Ana Mendieta, Robert Motherwell, Pablo Picasso, Richard Prince, Jackson Pollock, Odilon Redon, Mark Rothko, Jim Shaw, and Andy Warhol.
Organized by Geaninne Gutiérrez-Guimarães, Curatorial Assistant, Department of Drawings, with Luis Pérez-Oramas, The Estrellita Brodsky Curator of Latin American Art.
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Wednesday, March 24, 2010, 1:30 p.m.
The Modern Myth: Drawing Mythologies in Modern Times
Image: Mark Rothko, Archaic Idol, 1945. Ink and gouache on paper, 21 7/8 x 30" (55.6 x 76.2 cm). The Museum of Modern Art, New York. The Joan and Lester Avnet Collection, 1978. © 2000 Kate Rothko Prizel & Christopher Rothko/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
Opening March 10, 2010
The Museum of Modern Art
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Sunday- Monday 10:30 a.m.–5:30 p.m.
Wednesday - Thursday 10:30 a.m.–5:30 p.m.
(Open until 8:45 p.m. on the first Thursday of each month and every Thursday in July and August)
Friday 10:30 a.m.–8:00 p.m.
Saturday 10:30 a.m.–5:30 p.m.