“The exhibit, featuring the work of award-winning photographer Lena Stein, explores a highly visible and, of late, highly debated practice in many parts of the world: women’s head-coverings. The exhibition is sponsored by the University’s Maurice Greenberg Center for Judaic Studies, and will kick off the Greenberg Center’s spring semester focus on the Middle East.” The exhibit opened on February 13th at University of Hartford, if you’re in the area we urge you to go and check it out!
Rothko/Turner @ the Tate Modern
In a creative showing of curating, the Tate Modern in London has an excellent exhibit for the next few months that makes an insightful and entertaining comparison between two artists from different centuries. From their permanent collection, the Tate is showing Mark Rothko’s Seagram Murals and JMW Turner’s more experimental watercolors.
The two painters are both seen as highly influential artists. While Turner played a crucial role in bringing landscapes to prominence in the early 19th century, Rothko was an important abstract impressionist during the 1950s New York School movement. A contemporary of Jackson Pollock, Barnett Newman and Clyfford Still, Rothko’s work were monumental in showing the importance of color in creating the mood of a work of art.
This exhibit shows how both relied heavily on color to set the mood of their works with little (or no) emphasis on concrete depiction. It is an excellent example of both how Turner’s works influenced the art world years after his death and how abstract expressionsts found motivation in the representational artists of the past.
If you’re abroad or visiting London over summer break, make sure to check it out!
Below are a few images from the exhibit.
A Pink Sky by JMW Turner (1822)
Untitled by Mark Rothko (1958-59)
images from Tate Britain, via Art Observed and Art Daily
