Artist: Francis Picabia (France) Title: Otaïti Year: 1930 Installation view at: Tate Modern, London Photo Credits: Barbara Picci “Picabia’s so-called ‘transparency’ paintings – of which Otaïti is a prime example – have not been the subject of much technical analysis, until now. Otaïti appears to be unique in […]
Artist: Leonardo Drew (USA) Title: Number 185 Year: 2016 Installation view at: Tate Modern, London Photo Credits: Barbara Picci “Wood, acrylic paint and pastel. Presented by the Joyner/Giuffrida Collection (Tate Americas Foundation) 2021 On long term loan…” Keep on reading USEFUL LINKS: Reinoud Oudshoorn in this blog | […]
Artist: Nairy Baghramian (Iran/Germany) Title: Scruff of the Neck (LL 23/24b & LR 26/27/28) Year: 2016 Installation view at: Tate Modern, London Photo Credits: Barbara Picci “Aluminum, plaster, beeswax and rubber. Purchased with funds provided by The Joe and Marie Donnelly Acquisition Fund 2017…” Keep on reading USEFUL […]
Artist: Wilhelm Sasnal (Poland) Title: “Gaddafi 2” (left, 2011), “Gaddafi 3” (right, 2011) Year: 2011 Installation view at: Tate Modern, London Photo Credits: Barbara Picci “Gaddafi 2 depicts a group of rebel fighters looking at, and taking images of, the body of the Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi, who […]
Artist: Marisa Merz (Italy) Title: Untitled (Little shoe) Year: 1968 Installation view at: Tate Modern, London Photo Credits: Barbara Picci “Nylon and paraffin (60 × 195 × 135 mm)…” Keep on reading USEFUL LINKS: Marisa Merz in this blog | Wikipedia SPECIALE LONDRA 2022
Artist: Šejla Kamerić (Bosnia) Title: Bosnian Girl Year: 2003 Installation view at: Tate Modern, London Photo Credits: Barbara Picci “In Bosnian Girl artist Šejla Kamerić stares directly at the camera, holding our gaze. The overlaid text quotes graffiti by an unknown Dutch UN soldier found at an army […]
Artist: Salvador Dalí (Spain) Title: Autumnal Cannibalism Year: 1936 Installation view at: Tate Modern, London Photo Credits: Barbara Picci “Two faceless figures are devouring each other. As their heads and bodies merge, they dig knives and spoons into each other’s flesh. The surrounding landscape is Empordà, in Catalonia, […]
Artist: Nicolás García Uriburu (Argentina) Title: Portfolio (Manifesto) Year: 1973 Installation view at: Tate Modern, London Photo Credits: Barbara Picci “6 screenprints on paper (Image, each: 762 × 565 mm)…” Keep on reading USEFUL LINKS: Nicolás García Uriburu in this blog | Wikipedia SPECIALE LONDRA 2022
Artist: Paul Delvaux (Belgium) Title: Sleeping Venus Year: 1944 Installation view at: Tate Modern, London Photo Credits: Barbara Picci “Delvaux’s painting combines classical elements with a troubling atmosphere. Set against a night sky, the town, with its temples lined with horses’ heads, is populated with female nudes, a […]
Artist: Joseph Beuys (Germany) Title: Lightning with Stag in its Glare Year: 1958–85 Installation view at: Tate Modern, London Photo Credits: Barbara Picci “Lightning with Stag in its Glare is a large-scale installation that occupies an entire room, created by the German artist Joseph Beuys. The work comprises […]
Artist: Alberto Giacometti (Switzerland) Title: Hour of the Traces Year: 1932 Installation view at: Tate Modern, London Photo Credits: Barbara Picci “The fragile construction of this sculpture suggests the mysteries of the unconscious mind. The cage-like structure supports delicate organic forms. The upper shapes have been seen as skeletal […]
Artist: Jackson Pollock (USA) Title: Birth Year: 1963-4 Installation view at: Tate Modern, London Photo Credits: Barbara Picci “Pollock explored mythic themes in his early paintings, having undergone Jungian analysis. He was among a group of New York artists open to the Surrealist ideas of repressed unconscious impulses. […]
Artist: Enrico Baj (Italy) Title: Fire! Fire! Year: 1963–4 Installation view at: Tate Modern, London Photo Credits: Barbara Picci “Baj’s works were influenced by the absurd humour and unconventional techniques of surrealism and dada. He was also associated with CoBrA, a group of European artists who adopted a […]
Artist: Francis Picabia (France) Title: The Handsome Pork-Butcher Year: c.1924–6, c.1929–35 Installation view at: Tate Modern, London Photo Credits: Barbara Picci “This sardonic collage portrait of Raymond Poincaré, President and Prime Minister of the French Republic, was made with everyday objects such as combs, needles, curtain rings and […]
Artist: Keith Arnatt (UK) Title: Self-Burial (Television Interference Project) Year: 2012 Installation view at: Tate Modern, London Photo Credits: Barbara Picci “Arnatt was fascinated with works of art that are created in the natural landscape but leave no trace of their presence behind. ‘The continual reference to the […]
Artist: Barbara Kruger (USA) Title: Who owns what? Year: 2012 Installation view at: Tate Modern, London Photo Credits: Barbara Picci “Who Owns What? is a large photographic screenprint on vinyl measuring nearly three metres square. It depicts a hand holding a small box between thumb and forefinger against […]
Artist: Jimmie Durham (UK) Title: Alpine Ibex Year: 2017 Installation view at: Tate Modern, London Photo Credits: Barbara Picci “The sculpture Alpine Ibex 2017 presents an assemblage of found objects in a form that resembles the shape of an ibex (a species of mountain goat) the head of […]
Artist: Roy Lichtenstein (USA) Title: Whaam! Year: 1963 Installation view at: Tate Modern, London Photo Credits: Barbara Picci “Whaam! 1963 is a large, two-canvas painting by the American pop artist Roy Lichtenstein that takes its composition from a comic book strip. The left-hand canvas features an American fighter […]
Artist: Giorgio Morandi (Italy) Title: Still Life Year: 1946 Installation view at: Tate Modern, London Photo Credits: Barbara Picci “Still Life is an oil painting on canvas by the Italian painter Giorgio MorandiIn this work, Morandi uses a muted colour palette that ranges from light and medium grey […]
Artist: Henry Moore (UK) Title: Three Points Year: 1939–40, cast before 1949 Installation view at: Tate Modern, London Photo Credits: Barbara Picci “Moore kept up with the activities of the Surrealist’s in Paris. He also contributed to the International Surrealist Exhibition in London. Several of his works explore […]
Artist: André Fougeron (France) Title: Atlantic Civilisation Year: 1953 Installation view at: Tate Modern, London Photo Credits: Barbara Picci “Atlantic Civilisation is Fougeron’s key work of social criticism and an extraordinary example of Cold War rhetoric. Fougeron caricatures the Americanisation of Europe, then a major target of Communist […]
Artist: Jenny Holzer (USA) Title: BLUE PURPLE TILT Year: 2007 Installation view at: Tate Modern, London Video Credits: Barbara Picci “BLUE PURPLE TILT consists of seven tall and narrow LED (light-emitting diode) signs leaning against the gallery wall at an equal distance from one another. The top and […]
Artist: Carol Rama (Italy) Title: Fase del Nero (Black Phase) Year: 1974 Installation view at: Tate Modern, London Photo Credits: Barbara Picci “Fase del Nero (Black Phase) 1974 is a work on black fabric made by the Italian artist Carol Rama using several rubber inner tubes that have […]
Artist: Haegue Yang (South Korea) Title: Sol LeWitt Upside Down – Structure with Three Towers, Expanded 23 Times, Split in Three Year: 2015 Installation view at: Tate Modern, London Photo Credits: Barbara Picci “Powder-coated aluminium, steel, plastic, LED lights and nylon. Purchased with funds provided by the Asia-Pacific […]
Artist: Michael Buthe (Germany) Title: White Painting Year: 1969 Installation view at: Tate Modern, London Photo Credits: Barbara Picci “It might look like the artist has randomly slashed this canvas. In fact, Buthe carefully composed it. He wanted to create a powerful relationship between the grid of the […]
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