Word: painter
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Smith, Bill James, Velazquez, Durer, Max Brod, Satchel Paige and, of course, Kafka; while The Sensualist, 1973-84, was prefaced by quotes from Picasso ("My one and only master!") and Matisse ("It is undoubtedly to Matisse that I owe the most"). Then Kitaj: "Cazanne is my favourite painter too ... Maybe that's why he draws so many of us to him." Us: oh, come on. William Lieberman, who curated this show for the Met (and has hung it beautifully), banished these ruminations from the wall. They are in the catalog...
Emile Noide: The Painter's Prints...
...German artist Emile Nolde accentuated a woman's hair, lips and eyebrows in color lithographs to produce a very different effect. Nolde's prints of a "Young Danish Woman" (1913) appear aged, as the Shroud of Turin. Like most of the works in the dazzling show Emile Nolde: The Painter's Prints and its satisfying counterpart Nolde Watercolors in America, the woman is a delicate relic rather than amass-market commodity. By changing his colors Nolde creates different women and reveals their different personalities...
Nolde illustrated tales from Asian, Oceanic and European folklore. His early "Fairy-Tale" series borrows from these cultures to create realms of magic in everyday life. The first room in Nolde: The Painter's Prints has the feel of a haunted house, whereas the final room of the two conjoined shows, containing his watercolors, exhibits flowers and landscapes in gumdrop colors to a more soothing effect...
Through June 4. "Dennis Miller Bunker: American Impressionist." Featuring 50 of the artist's finest works, this exhibition will be the first comprehensive exhibition accompanied by an extensive catalogue. Through May 7. "Emil Nolde: The Painter'sPrints." Nolde, known for his vibrantly coloredoil paintings and water-colors, will be the focusof the first major U.S. exhibition of one of thegreatest modern German artists. The exhibitionwill include 40 watercolors from American publicand private collections...