Modern Art
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The Dawn of a New Architecture
Toyo Ito. Sendai Mediatheque, Miyagi, Japan. 1995–2001. © Naoya Hatakeyama The Museum of Modern Art announces A Japanese Constellation: Toyo Ito, SANAA, and Beyond, an exhibition focused on the work of architects and designers orbiting Pritzker Prize winners Toyo Ito and SANAA, on view from March 13 to July 4, 2016.
Providing an overview of Ito’s career and his influence as a mentor to a new generation of Japanese architects, the exhibition offers a retrospective of recent works by three generations of internationally acclaimed designers, including Kazuyo Sejima, Ryue Nishizawa, Sou Fujimoto, Akihisa Hirata, and Junya Ishigami. Displaying models, drawings, and images of more than 40 architectural designs, the exhibition highlights the renewed prominence and innovation of contemporary architecture from Japan since the 1990s.
As many of the featured architects have been involved in the reconstruction of Japan after the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake, the exhibition will also reflect how the architecture field is responding to current societal change with a combination of strong aesthetic positions and a commitment to users’ emotional needs.
Junya Ishigami. Kanagawa Institute of Technology Workshop, Kanagawa, Japan. 2005–08. © Junya.Ishigami + Associates 
Kazuyo Sejima. Nishinoyama House, Kyoto, Japan. 2010–14. © Kazuyo Sejima & Associates 
Ryue Nishizawa. Hiroshi Senju Museum, Nagano, Japan. 2007–10. © Daici Ano 
Ryue Nishizawa. Teshima Art Museum, Kagawa, Japan. 2004–10. © Office of Ryue Nishizawa 
Junya Ishigami. House with Plants, Japan. 2009–12. © Junya.Ishigami + Associates Given the experimental and avant-garde character of these architects’ work, the exhibition will confront the current role of architecture in a context in which mainstream practices are increasingly constrained by economic, legal, and functional considerations.
Toyo Ito. Sendai Mediatheque, Miyagi, Japan. 1995–2001. © Naoya Hatakeyama 
Ryue Nishizawa. Towada Art Center, Aomori, Japan. 2005–08. © Office of Ryue Nishizawa 
SANAA. 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa, Japan. 1999–2004. © SANAA 
Sou Fujimoto. House NA, Tokyo. 2007–11. © Iwan Baan -
Wild & Beautiful: Andy Warhol’s Endangered Species at Sotheby’s
Majestic: Andy Warhol – Endangered Species, Bighorn ramSotheby’s London
COMPLETE SET OF ANDY WARHOL’S ‘ENDANGERED SPECIES’ PRINTS SERIES AT SOTHEBY’S IN LONDON IN MARCH 19, 2013
Only Andy Warhol can paint a ram and managed to make it look handsome! But I am not surprised at all since his love and appreciation for color embodied just about all of his creations. But tell me, have you ever seen one of the above pictured screenprint before? When I first came across the ram (and Warhol’s other 9 artworks), I was utterly smitten! And I suspect you will be too, if you have a serious interest for Andy Warhol‘s rare prints.
The complete set of ten screenprints of his Endangered Species will take center stage at Sotheby’s London in an auction of Old Master, Modern and Contemporary Prints on 19 March 2013.The entire collection is estimated to bring between $370,000-450,000, the Endangered Species project was the result of a conversation between Warhol and Frayda and Ronald Feldman, his New York art dealers, concerning the ecological issue of beach erosion. With his interest and curiosity in animals, Warhol was keen to take on this project, proposed by the Feldmans. The vibrantly coloured screenprints, produced in 1983, were described as ‘animals in make-up’ by Warhol. They are all portrayed majestically yet betray a poignant resignation to their fate. Placed in isolation as individual prints, they are positioned on the same level of elevation as the artist’s illustrious screenprints of 20th-century luminaries, such as Marilyn Monroe, Liz Taylor and Muhammad Ali. Keep in mind that complete sets of Warhol prints are very rare to the market. To inquire about this sale, contact Sotheby’s directly.
Warhol – Endangered Species, Bald eagle
Warhol – Endangered Species, Giant panda
Warhol – Endangered Species, Black rhinoceros
Warhol – Endangered Species, Orangutan
Warhol – Endangered Species, African elephant
Warhol – Endangered Species, Pine barrens tree frogWarhol – Endangered Species, Grevy’s zebra
Warhol – Endangered Species, San Francisco silverspot
Warhol – Endangered Species, Siberian tigerImages courtesy Sotheby’s LondonAll rights reserved -
Not So Black & White
Fan Of The Hirshhorn (small)I’m A Fan
Adrienne Moumin’s Epic CollagesNew York-based artist Adrienne calls her handmade photo collages “Architextures”. They are fragments of what we see all around us – bigger than life skyscrapers that became synonymous for this city of steel. Her work is a combination of her lifelong involvement with both silver-based photography and collage, as discrete and separate practices. Architextures is also a combination of hand-printed B&W photographs with cut-and assembled handwork.While I was at her studio last month, I noticed that at first, her works appeared to be digital montages, but upon closer inspection they revealed a texture and layering inherent in the handmade pieces. While you’re looking at these images on the screen everything appeared 2-D, but seeing them up-close will bring these multiple buildings alive, and your eyes will most likely be drawn to follow their hypnotic forms. As a modernist, I admired her work a great deal. Partly because of their originality, but mostly because Adrienne Moumin is following the path of such contemporary artists like: Dinh Q. Le, Ray K. Metzker, John Stezaker, and Annette Messager.Kaleidoscope (Starrett-Lehigh), 37th dia. Hand-cut-and-assembled inkjet print photo collage, 2008SnippetreeFan Of The Hirshhorn (large)
Center Curves Squared 2012
Images courtesy Adrienne Moumin
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The New PAD
Pictured: A stunning wing chair designed by Frits Henningsen, Denmark, circa 1940s, ModernityThe Park Avenue Armory reopens its doors to another antique fair this past Thursday, November 8th. The show will end on Monday, November 12th. Salon Art + Design was created by veteran show producer Sanford Smith. It is the first American fair to collaborate with the Syndicat National des Antiquaires, Europe’s most prestigious association of dealers. Most of the dealers were in attendance at the renowned Biennael des Antiquaires in Paris, this past September. Altogether the mix of genres, periods and styles reflected the eclecticism of today’s collector.While this show highlighted 20th century and contemporary art and design, historic design were represented by the oldest decorative arts gallery in Paris, an Old Master dealer with multiple European locations, and a selection of dealers in ethnographic and Asian material. Collectors in attendance welcomed, once again, the opportunity to pair a Brueghel with a Jean Michel Frank table or a tribal mask with a Le Corbusier painting. The range and caliber of material at the Salon will attract discerning collectors, designers, and art enthusiasts around the world.
The venerable Tribal art dealer from Paris, Bernard DulonTop left: A Teke People Mask, congo, before 1920
Luba: Shankadi people, D.R. of Congo, 19th Century – wood, Galerie Bernard Dulon
Clean lines, overwhelming elegance: Top left – a Jean-Michel Frank’s wooden X lamp covered with tobacco-colored leather, L’arc en Seine
Galerie Valois
Victor Vasarely, Naissance-Pas, 1958, Painting on panel
Yayoi Kusama “Pollen” chair, circa 1984, Vivian Horan Fine Art
Left: A rare and unique Gaston Suisse, Wooden dark gray and black lacquer furniture (c. 1939) opening with three doors and eggshell on the handles, Galerie Felix Marcihac
Carpenters Workshop Gallery
An extremely rare large drawing of Le Corbusier
Galerie Downtown
Two door cabinet of welded aluminum, black enameled steel from Paul Evans, Bernd Goeckler Antiques
Wendell Castle
A masterful sculpture by Wendell Castle from “A New Environment”, Barry Friedman
The insightful and playful art dealer Jason Jacques
Horror Vacui from Morten Lobner Espersen, Jason Jacques Gallery
A very whimsical Jean-Marie Fiori bull-dog, lacquered bronze, and signed from Galerie Pierre Dumonteil
A series of stained pine Zig Zag chairs from Gerrit Rietveld, circa 1950s – early 1960s
A single Otto Wagner, post chair from Modernity
A favorite pair of Andre Sormay armchairs, circa 1925, Galerie Alain MarcepoilImages courtesy High End Weekly™All rights reservedYou May Also Like
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A Natural Gift for Art
Gondelor et ses petits
Jean Arp: A COLLECTION OF WOOD RELIEFS AND COLLAGESIn keeping with the art theme for this week, allow me to introduce to you the talented works of Jean Arp. His reliefs and collages are the subject of a major exhibit at Blain|Di Donna, a gallery located inside the Carlyle Hotel on Madison Avenue. Since its opening late last year, the gallery has been THE destination for serious art lovers and collectors. Jean Arp, A Collection of Wood Reliefs and Collages, will be on view starting today, November 1st until Tuesday, December 11th, 2012. The core of this whimsical and colorful exhibition is a collection of unique painted wood reliefs and collages coming on public view for the first time in America.This group of works by the artist, demonstrates the importance of the interplay between form and color, as well as the developmental nature of the works’ physicality–from the streamlined surfaces of his paper collages to the heightened sculptural dimensionality of the wood reliefs.
De continent qui auraitArp’s forms are amoebic, embryonic, and referential of natural organisms. The “moving oval,” (you simply have to see it in person, it’s gorgeous!) so evident in these works, was the basic form that the artist referred to throughout his oeuvre, and which he never relinquished. The colors are vivid and joyous. Arp’s ambition was to harmonize man and nature and he used his art as a vehicle to achieve this. He aimed to create art as nature creates life, and his collages and reliefs employed a fittingly biomorphic vocabulary.
Sans titre
All images courtesy Blain | Di Donna“The cycles of nature and of art—from collage to wooden form to print to painted form—are reconciled, as light and dark, sun and night are included in a redemptive circle of creative energy.”
Mary Ann Caws, Distinguished Professor of English, French and Comparative Literature
at the Graduate School of the City University of New YorkArp and the print publisher Louis Broder collaborated on many projects and publications, beginning in 1957. Their most ambitious was an album published in 1966 titled Le Soleil recerlé (The Re-circled or Re-ringed Sun). Arp created the paper collages in this exhibition as a prerequisite for this publication’s prints and then created the unique painted wooden reliefs on view. Therefore, each medium informs the other directly, forging their interdependence; spatial tensions result from their oscillating relationship between flatness and depth, light and dark. Early Friday morning, I will post more pictures of the press preview on our Facebook Page. Say tuned!BLAIN|DI DONNA is located at: 981 Madison Avenue, New York City. The opening reception for the show is today, Thursday, November 1st from 6:00 – 8:00 PM. -
Remembrance of Things Past
The hyperrealist movementWe can all safely agree that art is uniquely a personal choice which creates a lot of emotions. When I first came across the works of Brooklyn-based artist Victor Rodriquez, my emotions ran high. In a good way. Victor Rodriguez‘ credentials in the art world has been rising for a number of years, especially because he’s been highly regarded as a pioneering figure in the new hyperrealist movement.Vader Kiss by Victor Rodriguez
Major institutions such as Art San Diego, the Museum of Contemporary, Art Flint Institute of Contemporary Arts, and Museo de Monterrey have carried his work. And now, the 40 year old artist who was born in Mexico is set to debut his latest exhibition called Black Dodecahedron at Sebastian & Barquet tomorrow, Thursday, September 6, 2012. The show will run until Friday, October 5th. S+B is located at 601 West 26th Street #300, NYC.
Ulysses by Victor Rodriguez
12 Slice DodecahedronCourtesy Victor Rodriguez. All rights reservedIn his latest series Victor Rodriguez repaints his pieces multiple times exploring the way our perception of memories change over time. He does this by utilizing techniques of photorealism to evoke the transformation of the past and present. Black Dodecahendron, a collection of monumental-sized paintings, strays from his former work by demonstrating a scarcity of an intense color palette and dramatic pyrotechnics by employing black geometric figures. - Charles and Ray Eames, Decorative Arts, Design, Goerge Nelse, Herman Miller, Modern Art, Noguchi, Showrooms
The Herman Miller Pop Up Shop in Soho
The Collection’s final, vital elements are wholly new works from Herman Miller to be introduced this Summer and beyond. In the queue are designs by Ayse Birsel and Bibi Seck, Leon Ransmeier, Sam Hecht and Kim Collin, to enhance and extend The Collection’s reach and service to virtually every space in modern life.Right foreground: Eames lounge chair and stool upholstered in whiteNot simply an exercise in nostalgia, however, the collection also includes recent award-winning contemporary designs by some of today’s best known practitioners from Italian alliance partners Magis and Mattiazzi. These highly respected design houses represent the work of Konstantin Grcic, Jasper Morrison, the brothers Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec, Steffano Giovannoni, Nitzan Cohen, Naoto Fukasawa, Marcel Wanders, Sam Hecht and Kim Collin.
Eames Arm Chair
Mattiazzi ChairsThe Collection includes familiar and well-loved pieces from the company’s early collaborations with the giants of 20th design, many reintroduced after decades or freshly reinterpreted with new materials and manufacturing technologies.
Eames Dinning Room Chairs and TableNames like Eames, Nelson, Noguchi, Girard, Bennett, and Burdick are the foundation for this pop up shop. The shop marks the first public display of the renewed Herman Miller Collection, a comprehensive portfolio of products that offers the ability to create complete environments—from the backyard to the boardroom—with solutions that serve commercial, home, and hospitality spaces. Taking its cue directly from the 1952 writings of George Nelson, Herman Miller’s then director of design, the portfolio represents “the continuing creation of a permanent collection designed to meet fully the requirements for modern living.”
Eames Chairs and tableThe Herman Miller Pop Up Store which is now open in Soho until July 1st is one of the most ambitious pop up store around. During their opening party, over 800 guests gathered together in order to observe and absorb design at its finest. Every piece of furniture and accesory from Charles and Ray Eames, George Nelson, Isamu Neguchi, to Girard, have a story of its own. Herman Miller, the American furniture company have always been ahead of the pack by introducing their customers with nothing less but the finest modern furniture in commercial interiors and modern spaces since the 1930s. This particular exhibition officially introduced Herman Miller Collection to the largest metro market in North America. They even have a popular shop filled with design accessories – from Maharam pillows upholstered with George Nelson’s fabrics to my favorite Eames Black Birds. While the Pop Up Shop is intended to serve as a showroom for the commercial architectural and interior design community, it is also open to the public seven days a week. The carefully curated portfolio combined existing and newly reintroduced iconic modern furniture pieces, as well as the contemporary work of some of today’s best known designers, as well as a total of 200 product families, including several pieces previewed in advance of their retail availability this Fall. The flow of the shop’s vignettes made me want to explore the space even more, and I appreciated how these museum quality pieces represented both residential and commercial applications, which provide solutions for casual office environments, executive offices, meeting rooms, dining rooms, living rooms and even outdoor environments. The product display and the shop is located at 68 Wooster Street (between Spring and Broome) in the heart of SoHo. For more pictures of the exhibition, please visit our Facebook page at www.facebook.com/highendweekly. And don’t forget to Like US too! -
Annika Connor Revisited
Annika ConnorPhoto courtesy Devon BanksOn an early spring afternoon, I visited rising star Annika Connor* at her light and spacious studio located next to The London Hotel in New York City. I was taken by her joyful and charming personality, as she served up traditional English tea, while sharing her passion for the good life: fine gourmet food, fashion, entertainment, and her thought provoking, yet romantic watercolors.“I love food, and think it relates to painting. That is also one of the many reasons why I enjoy cooking. I think about cooking the same way that I think about color, the complimentary flavors, the unusual combinations… Red and Green are complimentary colors, So if I make pasta salad, it will be with chili and mints for an added surprise…” Annika ConnorHigh End Weekly™: Your watercolors look like actual oil on canvas. Did you start out painting with oil?
Annika Connor: I started painting with watercolor in 2003 when I was living in London but away from the studio for an extended period of time. Originally my watercolors were to be studies for larger oil paintings , however they eventually became so rich and worked I slowly recognized them as paintings in their own right. Because I never studied watercolor in college, I started painting them like oils which made for a very nontraditional approach to the medium. I approached it the same way that I did with my oil paintings: I built up layers and glazes and payed close attention to the details. From the very beginning, I’ve spent a lot of time working on all my paintings. I wanted give the viewers a haze of magic and leave them with a sense of rhythm and significant pattern.
Annika Connor, Blue RoomHEW: Your work has this real romantic feeling to it. Was that purposeful or did that just happen spontaneously?AC: It’s a combination of the two. I made a conscious decision to not overly conceptualize my work, and let my true voice speak for itself. I am naturally a day dreamer, a romantic, highly imaginative, and a very girly girl. I love dancing, art, great books, good food, and I adore fashion; this comes through in my paintings. In my art I embrace my romantic sensibilities. I push this so my paintings will spark my viewer’s imaginations. I want to encourage the world to day dream more, to seek beauty, and to feel the poetry in the day to day.
Annika Connor, Fan CoralHEW: Speaking of inspiration, I can see through your paintings that you are an admirer of great architecture. Did you ever think of going into design or architecture?
AC: Sometimes I can be jealous of architecture because it is an art form where you can literally exist in it. You cannot ignore it, architecture has such a strong impact. When I visit spaces that are beautifully designed, whether they are from the Rococo era, or modern interiors, I feel so moved and inspired by them. I would love to collaborate with an architect one day on a space. For now I am just starting to dip my toes in the design world. I recently had the opportunity to designing some wallpapers and textiles. I was approached by Cavern, who worked with me to develop a line of wallpaper and upholstery fabrics.For one of the Chandy wallpaper pattern we developed a design which comes in two color variations and which is inspired by my chandelier paintings. To create this, we literally took the chandeliers out of
my paintings, reduced them down to four colors, silk screened them, and created a cascading pattern of chandeliers. Go here to see. This was a really exciting project for me as it gave me the chance to bring my art into a space in a new way. In the past my paintings have been inspired by the patterns and spaces i see, now my paintings are decorating new spaces by making patterns for them. I loved the symmetry in this.
“Lottie” available in a light beige linen background in gold and silver colorwaysFabric, wallpaper and pillow, designed by Annika Connor for Cavern Home
HEW: All of the interior designers that I’ve shown your work prior to this interview absolutely loved it. The interiors that you paint lend themselves to art collectors as well. Now that I see your textile designs, I’m wondering if this is something you’d like to do regularly. Do you want to start licensing your own work to various textile companies?AC: Sure! Why not? I love the idea of one idea inspiring another. One day I would like to collaborate and do greeting cards, create patterns for fashion textiles, or design more home decor. I’m on the fashion committee of the National Art Club, and see a huge connection between my art and my love of fashion. The arts often divide themselves into separate categories: design, fashion, fine arts, dance, etc but I see them as very inter-connected. If licensing my work could help me link to other forms of art I would jump at that. I really admire the way Gustav Klimt made that connection with his paintings, decor, clothing, etc and would be happy to follow in his footsteps and do the same.
In my dream world, I could definitely see a painting like my King Angel Fish working as a gorgeous print for a Diane von Fusternberg dress, and I would gladly welcome the chance to collaborate more in this way. As a painter I am interested in visual communication. If opening the door to licensing my art in new ways, gives people a chance to be exposed to painting in a manner they can relate to then great! Honestly, one of the things that I don’t like about the art world is how exceedingly elitist it is. The gallery can seem so inaccessible to many people. Often times even affluent highly educated individuals can be intimidated by the art world if they are not well versed in art history and art theory. This is a shame. One should be able to look at art and on some level feel a connection regardless if you have studied art. I really want to make art which makes these connections, the goal is to one day make art that will move the audience to feel something wonderful. I want to make paintings which spark the imagination, which reach beyond the white walls to speak to a wider world.
Annika Connor, The Love Joy ApproachHEW: Are you still working on oil paintings? And is there a gallery in NYC who is currently showing your artwork?AC: I occasionally still do an oil painting when I want to work large, but i am primarily interested in watercolor these days. You can see my work at http://www.fordproject.com/artists/annika-connor.HEW: How do you view your overall work?AC: Collectively, my work is all about beauty, the feminine aesthetic, the celebration of the imagination, memories, and daydreams.HEW: Do you get inspired living in New York City?AC: Of course! How could one not be! I love this city and all it offers! My work is shaped so much by living in the city. It is like Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong sing in Autumn in New York.My studio is in the heart of Midtown and I am surrounded by offices, hotels, and these canyons of steel. New Yorkers are such hard workers. The drive and ambition in this city is an inspiration and helps to keep me motivated. However, I also love how this hard working city is when it relaxes and plays. New York is a city of celebration and champagne. When this town kicks back it does it in style, with a ball gown and a tuxedo. I love it! I think New Yorker’s love of glamour is wonderful. A night at the opera, the ballet, out dancing, or simply enjoy great art happens at least once a week for almost all young Manhattanites. New York City is so generous and supportive of the art and institutions they admire. It is the generosity of spirit that makes this city so special. More then any grants or government programs it is the citizens of this city who create and cultivate the culture. Perhaps it was Le Corbusier who summed it up best when he said “Vehement silhouettes of Manhattan-that vertical city with unimaginable diamonds”.* In addition to being a painter, Annika Connor is the Owner/President of Active Ideas Productions (AIP) which was launched in 2008. Active Ideas Productions is an innovative organization committed to the education, distribution, and development of emerging artists and the art community. AI Productions explores the intersection of art as a business and discovers innovative ways in which artists can collaborate to manufacture their creative endeavors while giving them a platform for artistic excellence.For more information on Annika Connor please visit www.annikaconnor.com, her Facebook Fan Page at www.facebook.com/AnnikaConnorArtist. Twitter: www.twitter.com/AnnikaConnor, and Active Ideas Productions: www.aiproductions.org. Active Ideas Productions is also on Facebook and Twitter at: https://www.facebook.com/ActiveIdeasProductions, www.twitter.com/ActiveIdea.
Annika Connor, LagoonImages courtesy Annika ConnorAll rights reserved -
Fernand Léger: The Original Granddaddy of Pop Art
3 of 3 on our series of the legendary paintings of Fernand LégerThis is the last installment of my three part series on the legendary paintings of an extraordinary artist. Although I am certain that this won’t be the last time that his name or work will come up on this blog. I thought it was interesting that Fernand Léger joined the Communist party once he returned to France in 1945 after living in the US. During that time, he made a rather large mosaic for the church of Assy between 1945-1949. Léger did the decor for the ballet Le pas d’acier, in Paris in 1948, and continued to produced several book illustrations.Fernand Léger, La Joie De Vivre, 1955Signed F. Leger (lower right) Oil on canvasPhoto courtesy High End Weekly™
Fernand Léger, La Femme Au Mirror, 1920Signed F. Leger and dated, Oil On CanvasPhoto courtesy High End Weekly™
Fernand Léger
After a design by Fernand Léger, La Femme Au PerroquetBearing the signature F. Léger (lower right), Mosaic executed by Heidi Melanoafter an original work by Fernand LégerPhoto courtesy High End Weekly™
Fernand Léger, Visage aux 2 mains
Fernand Léger, The Tree, 1925Image via Anticipated StrangerIn 1949, he made designs for ceramics executed at Biot in my all-time favorite place – The South of France. It was there that he established his ceramic workshop. In 1960 a Léger museum was created in Biot in honor of his vast contribution to the art world. During the later part of his life, he made several designs for a number of stained glass windows, and painted murals for the assembly hall of the United Nations. I am attracted to the fact that Fernad Léger could of painted a number or top officials, and high society folks, but instead directed his body of work towards honoring the life of ordinary people.
Vyna St Phard next to design after Fernand Léger
La Femme au Perroquet, Sotheby’s, NY
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Fernand Léger: The Original Granddaddy of Pop Art
2 of 3 on our series of the legendary paintings of Fernand LégerFernand Léger’s work in the 1920s made his international reputation. They combined that certain quality of surrealism and the strong characteristic of the plain forms which he came to be known for. His work was also associated with Purism and with the De Stijl artists. In 1924, he made the film Mechanical Ballet with renowned artist, Man Ray. The paintings he created in the 1920s were done for architectural settings, they were mainly abstract, while others used simplified motifs.
Fernand Léger
Fernand Léger
Fernand Léger
Fernand Léger, Jazz
Fernand Léger, 1917 – Study of the partica of letters
Fernand Léger, 1954
Fernand Léger, Shell Leaf
Fernand Léger, 1929
Fernand Léger, 1918, Mechanical compositions
Fernand LégerFernand Léger, 1923, Fruits and Vegetables, Pear Compotoir
Fernand Léger, 1927, Woman holding a vase
Fernand Léger, Women in an interior, oil on canvas
Photo via Azure Bumble
Fernand Léger, February 4, 1881 – August 17, 1955Examples of these sorts were included in Le Corbusier’s Pavillon de l’Esprit Nouveau at the Paris Decorative Arts exhibition in 1925. Léger was fascinated with technology, machinery and the increased speed with which modern life was being lived. He translated this fascination into his art by simplifying forms into tubular structures and reducing colors to monochromes, primaries and secondaries. His need to conjure up the intense and unsettling experience of modern life was quite apparent in all his paintings.
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