There is no better time to visit Rochester’s Memorial Art Gallery than right now. They are celebrating their centennial and have brought out over two hundred works from storage, many works on paper that are too fragile to stay out in the open. My favorites were a woodcut and beautiful lithograph entitled “Mothers” from Kathe Kollwitz. a cool Roy Lichtenstein offset print, an Ed Ruscha drawing named after his girlfriend “Ultra” Violet, two really nice Motherwalls and a fantastic little caricature by Tiepolo. And there is is this showstopper, an almost one hudred year old pastel from Georgia O’Keefe.
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“There is no better time to visit Rochester’s Memorial Art Gallery than right now.”
AMEN!
Went to see the exhibit last week. Almost overwhelming. Never made it to the second floor. Hope to go back to see the 2nd floor exhibit and revisit some of the things on the first, including the Becoming Modern exhibit.
Also saw your painting in the Creative Workshop. You mentioned getting expression in the faces in one of your blogs. You certainly did it in this one.
I’m not going. I’m still disgusted with that expensive pile of junk sitting at the corner of Goodman and University. They could have bought 100 pieces by new artists (like Albright Knox) with that money, and changed the face of their lame collection of second rate work. Instead…
Martin totally agree with your comment on the new additions, but want to see the show it is comprised of good art