A list of works of art that I saw in a museum or gallery (rather than on the internet or in a book) that drew me towards art or transformed my ideas about art:
‘Pieta’ (1499), by Michelangelo
‘The Execution of the Emperor Maximilian’ (1867-69) by Manet
‘La Romeria de San Isidro’ (1819-23) by Goya
‘Man with a Guitar’ (1911) by Braque
‘Les Demoiselles d’Avignon’ (1907) by Picasso
‘Deutschlands Geisteshelden’ (1973), by Anselm Kiefer
‘The Three Crosses’ (1653), etching by Rembrandt
‘Australia’ (1951), by David Smith
‘Limehouse Basin’ (1990), by Jock McFadyen
‘Altar to the Chases High School’ (1987), by Christian Boltanski
What pictures changed your life in some way?
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I'll name exhibitions:
ReplyDeleteDonald Sultan at the old MCA
Anselm Keifer at the AIC
Francis Bacon, Maillol Museum , Paris
Christian Boltanski at the old MCA
William Kentridge at the Hirshhorn, DC
Art and Napoleon, JACQUEMART-ANDRE Museum, Paris
Rembrandt, 400th Anniversary, Rijksmuseum Amsterdam
Gustave Moureau at the Art Institute (w/ a follow up at the Moureau studio/museum, Paris)
Ross Bleckner, Mary Boone, NYC
...and te one that started it all, Jim Dine retrospective, Walker Art Center, Minneapolis
That's quite a list, Dan. Speaking of Jim Dine, I've been thinking a lot about his prints recently, particularly his etchings of farm implements and brushes. Something about the single minded focus on the mundane, in order to see if any symbolic forms emerge.
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