Shortly Karen will be off on one of those big birds for China. She is an invited exhibitor in China 13th International Photographic Art Exhibition in Lishui. Here is a link to her on the show’s website. The only English-based information on the website is here.
Karen will be showing mostly color and some black and white photos from her “Close to Home” series
Lishui is a city of 2.5 million about 250 miles south south west of Shanghai.
G. Caillebotte's "Oarsmen Rowing on the Yerres" - Brooklyn Museum
Last weekend we spent one very busy Saturday in New York City museuming. We started in Brooklyn at the Brooklyn Museum. This time we took the 2 train from 125th St in Harlem. After 45 minutes and a bit of subway back and forth caused by track work, we emerged from the subway walking up to look straight at the new glass entrance hall of the Brooklyn Museum of Art.
We visited a number of galleries. I found the exhibition, “Gustave Caillebotte: Impressionist Paintings From Paris to the Sea” very interesting. Unlike the New York Time’s reviewer Holland Cotter,1 I am not too bothered with issues of exactly where any particular artist fits into the taxonomy that art critics and historians use.
G. Caillebotte-"Factories in Argenteuil"
Unlike most taxonomies of the physical world, art taxonomy seems to obscure more than enlighten. At any rate I really enjoyed the industrial and street scenes. His perspectives are frequently novel.((pictures of Caillebotte’s work shown here borrowed without permission from the Brooklyn Museum website))
Judy Chicago’s “The Dinner Party” is now on permanent display. I must admit that very few of the 1038 women honored in this piece were familiar to me. The “Heritage Panels” that are part of this work offer a timeline and some hints about why the women included at the dinner are there. The Brooklyn Museum has wonderful web pages on the Dinner Party, including a 3600 virtual tour here. Continue reading
Today we visited the Fitchburg Art Museum in Fitchburg, MA. The exhibition of 18 large C prints by DiRado was a delight and should be on your list of art stops. The topic is dinner with family and friends. Though working with a huge camera, DiRado, a Worcester,MA, photographer, has the participation of a regular cast of characters in these posed pictures. The setups and striking lighting are quite commanding. He exploits depth of field wittily at times.
Go see them.
Don’t miss the Italian themed exhibition with lots of good phots, many by Italian photographers unknown to me. I particularl liked the many works by Mario Giacomelli (1925 – 2000).