Kehinde Wiley at the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth
Over the holidays I visited three of the greater Art Museums in all of America. Fort Worth boasts three significant museums within a few block's radius in what's aptly called the Arts District. I will be presenting each in three upcoming posts including this, featuring the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth.
Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth
-Oldest Museum in Texas. Dedicated to collecting, presenting, and interpreting international developments in post–World War II art in all media.
-Chartered in 1892, going through several name changes until being name Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth in 1987
-Architect, Tadao Ando
The Exhibit, 'Kehinde Wiley: A New Republic'
I first saw the works of Kehinde Wiley when I entered Kendall College of Art and Design. Way back in 2007 I was in awe of his work but did little in researching or understanding the body of work or the man who created it.
photograph by Chad Batka for the New York Times
Shortly after earning an MFA from Yale, Kehinde stormed the art world with his signature imagery of black men and women set against the backgrounds of ornate tapestry or in place of the figure in an Old Master painting.
The paintings take on overt political and social overtones. Kehinde is open and unashamed of his championing of black people in painting. Where the Western world has consistently excluded black men and women from painting, Kehinde has flipped the script and drawn attention to the terribly obvious omission.
The Two Sisters, (2012)
Anthony of Padua, (2013)
Shantavia Beale II, (2012)
Leviathan Zodiac, (2011)
My intent here is not to give a complete synopsis of the artist or an in depth take on the Museum but to make an introduction, one that hopefully entreats you to discover more about this important artist and institution. Get a quick, but more in depth overview here- Kehinde Wiley, and here- Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth.
The Modern does not allow photography inside traveling exhibits but they do allow photography of their permanent collection. Franz Kline and Motherwell are two of my greatest inspirations, so standing in front of these masterpieces by Motherwell at the Modern was an opportunity I couldn't miss.
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Caillebotte at the Kimbell Art Museum
Over the holidays I visited three of the greater Art Museums in all of America. Fort Worth boasts three significant museums within a few block's radius in what's aptly called the Arts District. I will be presenting each in three upcoming posts including this, featuring the Kimbell Art Museum.
-Run by the Kimbell Art Foundation with the statute to 'acquire and retain works of “definitive excellence”—works that define an artist or type regardless of medium, period, or school of origin.'
-Opened 1972
-Architect, Louis Kahn
The Exhibit, 'Gustave Caillebotte: The Painter's Eye'
Gustave Caillebotte is the lesser known Impressionist. Contemporary with Monet, Pissarro and Renoir, Gustave was a major enabler of the Impressionist artist and the movement as a whole. He came from wealth and was able to focus his attentions on painting and supporting the Impressionist cause.
Caillebotte's body of work was new to me and I now I think that he is my favorite of all the Impressionists. See a key selection of works by Caillebotte, below.
Les raboteurs de parquet (1875), 'Floor Scrapers'
Le Pont de l'Europe (1876-1877), 'The Bridge of Europe'
Regatta at Argenteuil (1893), 'Sailboat on the Argenteuil'
The Kimbell does not allow photography inside the exhibit but they did have these huge and gorgeous prints of Caillebotte's paintings in the Renzo Piano Pavilion lobby.
It was a joy to play a part in these paintings that I have now come to love.
Paris, a Rainy Day (1877)
My intent here is not to give a complete synopsis of the artist or an in depth take on the Museum but to make an introduction, one that hopefully entreats you to discover more about this important artist and institution. Get a quick, but more in depth overview here- Gustave Caillebotte, and here- Kimbell Art Museum.
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