Cezanne & Pissarro @ MoMA
Review
Pioneering Modern Painting: Cezanne and Pissarro 1865-1885
Museum of Modern Art
thru 9/12/05
Pioneering Modern Painting: Cezanne and Pissarro 1865-1885
Museum of Modern Art
thru 9/12/05
- Both artists are shown hovering somewhere between students and masters for a 20 year period. If we recognize that Cezanne and Pissarro began their relationship at 26 and 34 respectively, they don’t come into their own style fully for at least 20 MORE YEARS (46 and 54)! Today there is a rush for an art student to graduate from college, find a style, MAYBE attend a couple years of grad school (post style-finding), and hit the market fully mature within a few years. Has art really gotten that much easier? Are we dealing with faster-learning super-artists? Or are we just accepting less? The overwhelming majority of what I see in contemporary art galleries today is a 13 year old child yelling at his parents that they don’t understand how mature he is. But if the kid is confident, and his friends back him up, he must be right. Right? (see full review)
posted by david behringer at 11:34 PM
1 Comments:
What an eloquent interpretation of the relationship between Cezanne and Pissarro. I like the analogy you gave with Pissarro not passing spell check(which of course is a literal statement in its context). I have seen many relationships similar to this between "famous" artists and their once mentor/teacher. Most people would never realize that behind most great artists are fundamental influences and masters who have fallen through the cracks of art history. Leonardo DaVinci is a good example of this as he spent many years studying under an incredible, yet very under-appreciated master. Any major piece he ever touched with a paint brush, he never completed. Yet, we consider him one of the paramount artists and inventors of his time.
Cheers,
Mandy
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