Art travel
last update:25/11/09
I had the most interesting conference four days ago. conference on these individuals who decides to purchase support arts at their time following their direction. I won t speak about how they are getting the money.
It started with a nice overview of one pioneer in that quest, Louise Havenmeyer, fulfilling and motivating by her impulse some artists now well known but at the time struggling for air time: El greco, even Goya... Showing a way that taking risky bets is not the worst solution. After a visit of the Thyssen-Bornemisza, one very good advice: unlike museum where Paintings are displyaed by section through different currents, the gallery from personnal collection are revealing the psychology and driving force of the collector itself. And It is interesting not only to savour the painting for its own beauty and deepness but even more startling and interesting to put this latter within the whole collection and get a view from the back seat out of the box. Welcome to the time machine.
The collection of Albert Barnes was so opened in the suburbs of philadelphia and forbidden to the high class of the time, as they refuse his entry, but opened to the non exclusive public. A public museum displaying some modern arts, too modern to be appreciated at the time, as often. After a short travel through Peggy Guggenheimer world, an exit of the nice lady world she was meant to be picture in, displayed some interesting new artist like Jackson Pollack and enhance the Dada movement. On the public side, the work from Fransesc Gambo relates some nice stories about how luck can affect some beautiful paintings, from spain to argentina, in spanish war time, finishing with his preferred masterpiece displayed in the prado and the museum of Barcelona to whom he was dedicated.
A lot of stories on the road, a lot of stories I will have to go back and review, and definitely an interesting point of view.
Different goals, different objectives, different lives, how nice.
last update:25/11/09
I had the most interesting conference four days ago. conference on these individuals who decides to purchase support arts at their time following their direction. I won t speak about how they are getting the money.
It started with a nice overview of one pioneer in that quest, Louise Havenmeyer, fulfilling and motivating by her impulse some artists now well known but at the time struggling for air time: El greco, even Goya... Showing a way that taking risky bets is not the worst solution. After a visit of the Thyssen-Bornemisza, one very good advice: unlike museum where Paintings are displyaed by section through different currents, the gallery from personnal collection are revealing the psychology and driving force of the collector itself. And It is interesting not only to savour the painting for its own beauty and deepness but even more startling and interesting to put this latter within the whole collection and get a view from the back seat out of the box. Welcome to the time machine.
The collection of Albert Barnes was so opened in the suburbs of philadelphia and forbidden to the high class of the time, as they refuse his entry, but opened to the non exclusive public. A public museum displaying some modern arts, too modern to be appreciated at the time, as often. After a short travel through Peggy Guggenheimer world, an exit of the nice lady world she was meant to be picture in, displayed some interesting new artist like Jackson Pollack and enhance the Dada movement. On the public side, the work from Fransesc Gambo relates some nice stories about how luck can affect some beautiful paintings, from spain to argentina, in spanish war time, finishing with his preferred masterpiece displayed in the prado and the museum of Barcelona to whom he was dedicated.
A lot of stories on the road, a lot of stories I will have to go back and review, and definitely an interesting point of view.
Different goals, different objectives, different lives, how nice.
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