I
thought Chagal (1887-1985) was French, but it turns out I was wrong - he was a
Russian artist who spent many years in France. I think the exhibit did a very
good job of covering the many things he accomplished over his life time, with
great variety – framed pictures and sketches, video, slides, tapestries, ceramic
pieces, stained glass, and ballet costumes. Like most museum exhibits,
photography was not allowed.
Ted’s
favorite part of the exhibit was a multi-screen slide show depicting the
paintings of the ceiling of the Paris Opera House, which took a year to
complete. Chagal was 77 years old at the
time. The Aleko ballet part of the
exhibit was my favorite. It consisted of
the sketches for the costumes and sets, a video showing parts of the ballet and
about ten costumes from the ballet. We feel fortunate to live so close to a
museum with so many great exhibits.
The start of the cattails and a few more stitches completed --------
The start of the cattails and a few more stitches completed --------
2 comments:
The kingfisher is beautiful. Small hints of colour really bring this to life don't they.
How lovely to enjoy the exhibition. I remember going to so many exhibitions and concerts while in Japan - New Zealand is too far away for us to get such treasures very often:-(
The Japanese are great at creating shows of their 'art on loan'. Recently I went to see the 'Lady and the Unicorn' tapestries in Tokyo. They were FANTASTIC, and FANTASTICALLY displayed! Unfortunately the thick tome like catalogue was written in Japanese and French, languages I don't read too well. If I had I would have enjoyed the exhibition even more.
Your blackwork piece is coming along nicely. Do you ever sleep?
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