We only scurried through the “Extreme Materials” show at the Memorial Art Gallery when we played the opening so we needed to go back and take in the show. Of course there are no rules as to what materials an artist can use but you shouldn’t have to read the tags to appreciate a work. That’s sort of backwards.
We wandered upstairs where a woman was practicing on the pipe organ in the antiquities section and reacquainted ourselves with some of the minor works by big name artists. I have some real favorites up here and this “oil paint over intaglio print on paper mounted on masonite” by Georges Rouault pronounced as “Zhorzh Roo-oh” is one. Rouault was an original Expressionist and a devout Catholic. He painted clowns, prostitutes, corrupt judges and gorgeous religious works. This is extreme painting.
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