Travels in the 2nd half

The Prisoners by Käthe Kollwitz   In New York City, the Museum of Modern Art (MOMA) is the home for art created from the 1880’s through today. Its permanent collection and the temporary exhibits cover a wide range of genres and styles. Currently, there are three special exhibitions, all featuring female artists. They span over 100 years of art history, yet all offer a view of the world through a woman’s struggles. Joan Jonas - Good Night Good Morning Joan Jonas (b. 1936) has been a pioneer of performance and video art for close to sixty years. She originally trained as a sculptor, but living on the lower East Side of New York City brought her into the avant-garde art movement in the 1960’s. Her first foray into performance art was a series of dance exhibitions titled Mirror Pieces. Dancers performed in spaces while holding large mirrors. The mirrors were moved so that they shifted between reflections of the dancers and the audience. Mirror Pieces by Joan Jonas   Shortly afte...

  The Museum of Modern Art , in New York City, has a wonderful permanent collection, and I visit that collection at least once a year. But the things that brings me back to MOMA every month or two are the special exhibitions, and they certainly know how to put on a show. There are two exhibits on display at the time of this writing that are perfect examples of what MOMA can do. Picasso in Fontainebleau   The first is Picasso in Fontainebleau (until Feb 17, 2024). This is a  collection of works executed by Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) during a four month vacation in the town of Fontainebleau, near Paris. During the summer os 1921, Picasso, his wife, Olga Khokhlova, and their infant son Paolo rented a house away from hustle and bustle of Paris. It was a chance to relax, and for Olga to recover from child birth. Throughout his life, Picasso was extremely prolific, and during his short time in Fontainebleau he produced four major pieces, and dozens of studies and smaller paint...