Armando Reveron
dal 5/2/2007 al 15/4/2007
Segnalato da
5/2/2007
Armando Reveron
The Museum of Modern Art - MoMA, New York
Retrospective. Beginning in the early 1920s, the Venezuelan artist painted coastal landscapes with monochromatic palettes imitative of the bright white light of the seashore. These highly tactile paintings seem to anticipate later monochromatic abstract art. Comprising some 100 works, the exhibition is divided into sections of figurative and landscape painting.
Retrospective
This first U.S. retrospective exhibition of the groundbreaking Venezuelan
artist Armando Reverón (1889–1954) introduces his work to international
audiences. Beginning in the early 1920s, Reverón painted coastal
landscapes with monochromatic palettes imitative of the bright white
light of the seashore. These highly tactile paintings are unique in early
modernism, and seem to anticipate later monochromatic abstract art.
Later, Reverón began to paint depictions of industrial activity in a nearby
port. By the mid-1930s, Reverón turned to large-format figural compositions
based on life-sized dolls. Rendered in blurry sepia monochrome,
his figurative works seem to replicate the perceptual experience of
puzzling out forms in shadowy interiors. By 1947, Reverón’s work became
entirely figurative; his doll-models served as the subjects of an extraordinary
group of late drawings. Comprising some one hundred works, the
exhibition is divided into sections of figurative and landscape painting
and also includes the life-sized dolls and many of the imitation practical
objects that Reverón and his partner Juanita Ríos created to fill their
secluded home in the small Caribbean village of Macuto. The exhibition
will be accompanied by an illustrated catalogue, the first major publication
on Reverón in English.
The exhibition is organized by John Elderfield,The Marie-Josée and Henry Kravis Chief Curator of Painting and Sculpture, The Museum of Modern Art, in consultation with Luis Pérez-Oramas,
The Estrellita Brodsky Curator of Latin American Art, The Museum of
Modern Art.
Press Preview: February 6, 2007, 10:00 a.m.–1:00 p.m.
The International Council of The Museum of Modern Art Gallery, sixth floor
11 West 53 Street - New York