2004-05-30
LIFE AS A VISUAL ARTIST
pix credit -1- Museum for Moderne Liv -2- Canada Travel
Cocteau at Musee des beaux arts-de Montreal | he was famous for being famous, spurned by the surrealists for being too much of an artistic "jack of all trades" | But his work has been influential far beyond that of many of his critics |
I was most taken by his images from World War I [The Great War] | While I'd known of his erotic work, and of his avant garde films (performance art really), his war correspondence was both dramatic and captivating |
Co-curated by the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts and George Pompiedeau Centre in Paris, the exhibition's display in Montreal will be the only North American presentation. Those interested in seeing the complete exhibition while there ought to find a way to see it if at all possible | For more info: 6 may through 29 august 2004 | ¶ 10:20
pix credit -1- Museum for Moderne Liv -2- Canada Travel
Cocteau at Musee des beaux arts-de Montreal | he was famous for being famous, spurned by the surrealists for being too much of an artistic "jack of all trades" | But his work has been influential far beyond that of many of his critics |
I was most taken by his images from World War I [The Great War] | While I'd known of his erotic work, and of his avant garde films (performance art really), his war correspondence was both dramatic and captivating |
Co-curated by the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts and George Pompiedeau Centre in Paris, the exhibition's display in Montreal will be the only North American presentation. Those interested in seeing the complete exhibition while there ought to find a way to see it if at all possible | For more info: 6 may through 29 august 2004 | ¶ 10:20
