 The second in a series of Tower exhibitions focusing on contemporary art and its roots offers a rare look at the black-on-black paintings that Rothko made in 1964 in connection with his work on a chapel for the Menil Collection in Houston. A recording of Morton Feldman's Rothko Chapel (1971), the haunting music originally composed for that space, accompanies the exhibition in the spacious East Building Tower Gallery.
A new 10-minute film examines the career of Rothko and his development of a style that fused abstract painting with emotional significance. Produced by the National Gallery of Art, the film will be shown continuously in the Tower Gallery.
www.nga.gov/exhibitions/2010/rothkotowerinfo.htm(Exhibition Information)
www.nga.gov/exhibitions/2010/rothkotower/slideshow /index.htm (Exhibition Highlights)
www.nga.gov/exhibitions/2010/rothkotower/rothko-brochure.pdf (Exhibition Brochure, PDF 248k) |
| | |  |  Sixteen examples of the fantastic composite heads painted by Giuseppe Arcimboldo will be featured in this exhibition, their first appearance in the United States. Bizarre yet scientifically accurate, the unusual heads are composed of plants, animals, and objects. Additional works, including drawings by Leonardo da Vinci and Albrecht Dürer, small bronzes, illustrated books and manuscripts, and ceramics, will provide a context for Arcimboldo's inventions, revealing his debt to established traditions of physiognomic and nature studies.
www.nga.gov/exhibitions/arcimboldoinfo.htm (Exhibition Information)
www.nga.gov/exhibitions/2010/arcimboldo/arcimboldo_brochure.pdf (Exhibition Brochure)
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