Word: exhibit
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...idea of a "complete" Rowlandson retrospective is therefore unthinkable. But the Frick Collection in New York City last week mounted a more modest exhibit: some 80 drawings and watercolors, curated by art historian John Hayes, that will be seen through April 8 and in Pittsburgh and Baltimore later this year. The show samples without fatigue the best of Rowlandson's work and includes several of his real masterpieces, notably Vauxhall Gardens, 1784, that charivari of Georgian London in pursuit of pleasure: fops, soldiers, beggars, rowdies, beauties, literary celebrities, the high and the low jostling and quizzing one another, each fresh...
...sixty drawings, prints and collages that comprise the exhibit are organized around four themes: "The Wild West," "The Metropolis," "Social and Political Critique," and "Popular Culture: Jazz, Dance, and Film." The images depicted run the gamut from reverence to condemnation of an American culture viewed with ambivalence...
...exhibit is in four rooms, one for each grouping, and the artists' works are well interspersed between the rooms. This lay out emphasizes the four major subjects common to the artists. At least in the first three rooms. The last collection, "Popular Culture," lacks the analytical qualities that make the rest of the exhibit evocative...
...prints and drawings of Charlie Chaplin, jazz musicians and dancers, because of their lack of message or commentary, fall flat when contrasted to the powerful images and criticism that make the rest of the exhibit interesting. The "Popular Culture" pieces only detract from the otherwise cohesive display...
...exhibit is thoughtful in presenting its strong criticism of American culture, even in its bold, artistic style. There is much to be gleaned from the social and political commentaries represented in the works, especially for those interested in the history of German-American relations or foreign perceptions of America. The art in the exhibit, if weak in spots, is an undeniably powerful vehicle...