Picasso
Tête de Femme
1909
Paris
41.3 x 24.7 x 26.6
sculpture / rond de bosse / bronze
The Museum of Modern Art, New York
03/31/2005
03/30/2005
Gerrit van HONTHORST
Saint Sebastian, about 1623
Sebastian
was a Roman centurion, who was discovered to be a Christian and was
sentenced to death by Emperor Diocletian. He was bound to a stake and
shot with arrows. He was left for dead, although the arrows had not
killed him and he was eventually stoned to death.
see also:
http://www.nationalgallery.org.uk
AMELIE VON WULFFEN
Sans titre (Ein Grossvater), 2004
Amelie von Wulffen, an artist from Berlin, is one of the most remarkable figures on the young German art scene. She explores the collective memory through her vast works on paper, in which she combines photography, painting and drawing. The exhibition includes a selection of her recent works, some of which have been specially created for Paris.
Untitled (Geranium, chair, couple), 2003.
Photo and acrylic on paper,
58.7" x 92.4"
Untitled (Interior and seltzer bottles with rainbow colors), 2003.
Photo and acrylic on paper,
39" x 91.6
Untitled (John Travolta), 2003.
Photo,
32" x 12"
Jean-Luc Mouléne
ONGLES, Paris, 5 novembre 1999
03/07/2005
12/14/2004
Jeff Koons : Louis XIV
Louis XIV, 1986
Stainless steel, 46 x 27 x 15 in. (116.8 x 68.6 x 38.1 cm.)
RDN and PRN Foundation, Dallas
Alberto Giacometti : Bust of Diego
Bust of Diego (Buste de Diego), 1954
Painted bronze, 15 1/2 x 13 1/4 x 8 1/4 in. (39.4 x 33.7 x 21 cm.)
Raymond and Patsy Nasher Collection, Dallas, Texas
Giacometti's brother Diego was one of his most frequent models, appearing in drawings, paintings, and sculptures throughout Alberto's career. A particularly prolific and searching series of portrait busts dates from the early 1950s, as Giacometti worked diligently to capture the essence of Diego's character and appearance with a "realism" that he felt constantly eluded him. During this period he often painted his plasters and bronzes as a means of approaching more closely his fleeting perceptions. The three bronze portrait busts of Diego in the Nasher collection are extensively and beautifully painted in muted gray and gray-green tones. The distinctive variations in the portraits underline how differently Giacometti saw his brother on various occasions, and illustrate the artist's frequent statements about the limitations of sight.
Auguste Rodin : The Age of Bronze
The Age of Bronze (L'Age d'airain), ca. 1876
Plaster, 71 1/2 x 25 1/2 x 21 1/4 in. (181.6 x 64.8 x 54 cm.)
Raymond and Patsy Nasher Collection, Dallas, Texas
This is one of only a few known life-size plaster casts of The Age of Bronze, Rodin's first true masterpiece. Rodin had originally entitled this work The Vanquished as a tribute to casualties in the recent Franco-Prussian war. His model was a soldier, and Rodin first showed him holding an upright spear in his left hand. By removing the spear, Rodin created an ambiguity of meaning that puzzled critics, some of whom also found the supple modeling of anatomy so life-like that they accused Rodin of making molds directly from the human body. To defend himself, Rodin produced photographs of his model in the same pose for comparison. He also changed the work's title, playing upon the sense of awakening created by the figure's upraised arms and closed eyes to suggest the dawning of ancient man's self-consciousness.
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