2014年10月13日 星期一

Matisse's cut-outs, MoMA. Go behind the scenes as Matisse's The Swimming Pool is restored

[Installation view of "Henri Matisse: The Cut-Outs" at The Museum of Modern Art, New York (October 12, 2014-February 8, 2015). Photo by Jonathan Muzikar. © 2014 The Museum of Modern Art]


[Installation view of "Henri Matisse: The Cut-Outs" at The Museum of Modern Art, New York (October 12, 2014-February 8, 2015). Photo by Jonathan Muzikar. © 2014 The Museum of Modern Art]

Installation view of "Henri Matisse: The Cut-Outs" at The Museum of Modern Art, New York (October 12, 2014-February 8, 2015). Photo by Jonathan Muzikar. © 2014 The Museum of Modern Art
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[Henri Matisse (French, 1869-1954). "Palmette (Feuille violet sur fond orange)." 1947. Gouache on paper, cut and pasted. 28 x 21” (71.1 x 53.3 cm). Mr. and Mrs. Donald B. Marron, New York. © 2014 Succession H. Matisse, Paris / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York]

"Nothing readied me for the visual thunder, physical profundity, and oceanic joy of 'Henri Matisse: The Cut-Outs' at MoMA." Jerry Saltz of New York magazine reviews "The Cut-Outs," now in member previews. The exhibition opens to the public on Sunday. Timed tickets are required for non-members. http://bit.ly/1yN3VnK

This week at MoMA: Matisse opens Sunday, but member previews begin Wednesday! Also opening this week is "Cut to Swipe," an exhibition of media art acquisitions. See what else is going on this week: http://bit.ly/1rSayyJ
[Henri Matisse. "Memory of Oceania (Souvenir d’Océanie)." Summer 1952–early 1953. Gouache on paper, cut and pasted, and charcoal on paper, mounted on canvas. 112 x 112 7/8” (284.4 x 286.4 cm). The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Mrs Simon Guggenheim Fund, 1968. © 2014 Succession H. Matisse / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York]

Make Matisse-inspired stained glass in a new fall workshop. Register now: http://bit.ly/1CJUkg2
[Henri Matisse. "White Alga on Orange and Red Background (Algue blanche sur fond orange et rouge)." 1947. Gouache on paper, cut and pasted. 20 11/16 x 15 15/16 (52.5 x 40.5 cm). Mr. and Mrs. Donald B. Marron, New York. © 2014 Succession H. Matisse / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York]
Matisse's cut-outs were first shown at MoMA in 1951. Next week, they'll be back! http://bit.ly/1vxVQP4
[Installation view of the exhibition "The Last Works of Matisse: Large Cut Gouaches." 1961. Photographic Archive. The Museum of Modern Art Archives, New York]










After a five-year conservation effort to restore its original colour balance, height, and spatial configuration, Henri Matisse’s The Swimming Pool returns to view at New York City’s Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) as the centerpiece of the exhibition Henri Matisse: The Cut-Outs. This video takes viewers behind the scenes of MoMA’s ambitious conservation effort and reveals the process behind bringing this iconic work back to life. 

Watch how a museum restores a masterpiece in this video fromGuardian US
Go behind the scenes of a five-year conservation effort to restore Henri...
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