tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9057225441101183394.post7354680617343553298..comments2024-03-22T21:02:55.051+13:00Comments on Bat, Bean, Beam: European MonstersGiovanni Tisohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10618534731338616708noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9057225441101183394.post-31840254435831596022011-02-10T19:33:41.729+13:002011-02-10T19:33:41.729+13:00Correct, but they remained single artists and they...Correct, but they remained single artists and they didn't really give rise to collective groups or movements. That's what I meant and I think we can agree on that.<br /><br />No, unfortunately I didn't see the exhibition in Genova you mentioned.<br /><br />The Städel collection is rather interesting because it has nothing to do with other much better known European art museums. It francescahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13096867858651484894noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9057225441101183394.post-57846633038256246832011-02-10T06:42:23.770+13:002011-02-10T06:42:23.770+13:00"I am looking at a heavy past, and how it wei..."I am looking at a heavy past, and how it weighs on the range of available futures. "<br /><br />Marx: <br />"Men make their own history, but they do not make it as they please; they do not make it under self-selected circumstances, but under circumstances existing already, given and transmitted from the past. The tradition of all dead generations weighs like an Alp on the brains Douglas Kretzmannhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07594782071750975708noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9057225441101183394.post-90800047073794972762011-02-10T05:48:54.163+13:002011-02-10T05:48:54.163+13:00Brilliant reading of the exhibition. Thank you.Brilliant reading of the exhibition. Thank you.Stephanienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9057225441101183394.post-86042359269259501732011-02-09T14:06:32.227+13:002011-02-09T14:06:32.227+13:00We also had the De Chirico brothers – Giorgio was ...We also had the De Chirico brothers – Giorgio was an influence on some of the later painters in European Masters – Renato Guttuso, Fausto Pirandello and a few others. I don’t know if you saw it, but there was a great exhibition on ‘the art of freedom’ in Genova in the mid-nineties (the <a href="http://www.mazzotta.it/edizioni.php?t=5&cat=1&idprod=406&pag=2&ord=1" rel="nofollow">Giovanni Tisohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10618534731338616708noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9057225441101183394.post-60304138774777861182011-02-09T13:23:26.372+13:002011-02-09T13:23:26.372+13:00Without that heavy past, maybe you wouldn't ha...Without that heavy past, maybe you wouldn't have asked yourself all those tough questions. I'm still leaving in Europe, I'm still asking myself similar questions, but I haven't found any reasonable answer yet.<br />By the way, since I lived in Frankfurt for 4 years, I was particularly touched in reading your post.<br />I just note that the country where fascism was invented -as francescahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13096867858651484894noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9057225441101183394.post-77786017672243841022011-02-09T08:46:44.778+13:002011-02-09T08:46:44.778+13:00Yes you could say it's not terribly original. ...Yes you could say it's not terribly original. I note too that it's made in New Zealand - it wasn't the Städel's idea. Which would indicate that that's the extent of the museum's local input, outside of the <a href="http://www.tepapa.govt.nz/WhatsOn/exhibitions/Stadel/Pages/Events.aspx" rel="nofollow">events series</a>.Giovanni Tisohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10618534731338616708noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9057225441101183394.post-69951376613766391422011-02-08T22:41:46.582+13:002011-02-08T22:41:46.582+13:00I wonder if the tea towel is a reference to this:
...I wonder if the tea towel is a reference to this:<br /><br />http://www.experimentaljetset.nl/archive/john-paul-ringo-george.html<br /><br />Perhaps unwitting. But there are lots of similar things floating around out there in pop culture land.Daniellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03896817139131485525noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9057225441101183394.post-73631660949115284092011-02-08T15:26:29.314+13:002011-02-08T15:26:29.314+13:00Copyright.Copyright.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04424066726955708314noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9057225441101183394.post-1820178872993009522011-02-08T14:37:55.113+13:002011-02-08T14:37:55.113+13:00There is a hidden message in that tea towel.
I gi...<i>There is a hidden message in that tea towel.</i><br /><br />I give up. Tell us.Giovanni Tisohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10618534731338616708noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9057225441101183394.post-49227467495137111362011-02-08T14:30:52.814+13:002011-02-08T14:30:52.814+13:00Masterpieces from Paris the exibition spoken of.
...<i>Masterpieces from Paris the exibition spoken of.</i><br /><br />I can fully understand why people would line up for <i>that</i>.Giovanni Tisohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10618534731338616708noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9057225441101183394.post-75888449683882368732011-02-08T14:27:02.007+13:002011-02-08T14:27:02.007+13:00There is a hidden message in that tea towel.There is a hidden message in that tea towel.Matthew R. X. Dentithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12499867223966169985noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9057225441101183394.post-25712927021496935862011-02-08T14:25:03.067+13:002011-02-08T14:25:03.067+13:00Masterpieces from Paris the exibition spoken of.<a href="http://nga.gov.au/exhibition/masterpiecesfromparis/Default.cfm?MNUID=6" rel="nofollow">Masterpieces from Paris</a> the exibition spoken of.George Dnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9057225441101183394.post-59018206905414792412011-02-08T13:46:46.454+13:002011-02-08T13:46:46.454+13:00I found one of the most perplexing articles to be ...I found one of the most perplexing articles to be the <a href="http://www.tepapastore.co.nz/shop_info.asp?page=1&currency=NZD&language=english&category=Collectibles&productid=1015120&productname=European%20Masters%20tea%20towel" rel="nofollow">European Masters tea towel</a>, which has the names of the masters in block letters on it and no artwork at all. I’m not quite sure Giovanni Tisohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10618534731338616708noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9057225441101183394.post-60664860115338480162011-02-08T13:16:14.203+13:002011-02-08T13:16:14.203+13:00When I was in Singapore at about this time last ye...When I was in Singapore at about this time last year I spent some time in art galleries. Most of the art was local and the volunteer guides were superb at explaining the importance of said art in the development of Singaporean identity.<br /><br />Now, I'm not much of a fan of art (except when I'm travelling; I seem to only appreciate art when I'm in another country. I suspect it'Matthew R. X. Dentithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12499867223966169985noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9057225441101183394.post-29623406205356572062011-02-08T09:55:46.372+13:002011-02-08T09:55:46.372+13:00The hyped up gift shop prices apply to the exhibit...The hyped up gift shop prices apply to the exhibition's title as well. You might go along expecting to see masterpieces, not minor works by masters. The Exhibition of the Century was similarly misleading in name.jimhttp://jmcnort@gmail.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9057225441101183394.post-47648374030557807432011-02-08T09:35:09.912+13:002011-02-08T09:35:09.912+13:00There was a similar, huge one at the National Gall...<i>There was a similar, huge one at the National Gallery of Australia this year, </i><br /><br />You mean Canberra or Melbourne? Malbourne hosted European Masters before Wellington. The set up however was <a href="http://artblart.wordpress.com/2010/06/17/exhibition-european-masters-stadel-museum-19th-20th-century-winter-masterpieces-at-the-national-gallery-of-victoria-melbourne/" rel="nofollow">Giovanni Tisohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10618534731338616708noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9057225441101183394.post-10823815418337102902011-02-08T01:44:26.189+13:002011-02-08T01:44:26.189+13:00First reflections:
I see these exhibitions and th...First reflections:<br /><br />I see these exhibitions and think that there's a rush to hold on to a canonical and safely defined "Europe". There was a similar, huge one at the National Gallery of Australia this year, which broke all records. People lined for hours in their thousands outside the gallery door, and snaked through the building. As they shuffled, they went past a huge George Dnoreply@blogger.com