Saturday, October 28, 2006

Morandi in New York







I was in New York a week or so ago and found some time to visit the MET and a few galleries. The Voulliard collection at the MET was impressive, the show included many Cezannes I haven't seen before, an amazing Gaughan, Van Gogh, etc. The Sean Scully show was up but I found it frustrating that Scully's work doesn't grow or change much. I also visited the Gagosian Gallery and saw a large collection of drawings and stinky insect work by Damien Hirst. The Thiebaud Gallery was showing Morandi which was the highlight of the day. Morandi is one of my favorite painters, his work is very sensitive to light and space. The paintings are abstract for still life work. The Morandi paintings are loose but nurtured with precise earth colors. The colors aren't as subtle viewed in person, the color was suprisingly rich.

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

Hi Bill! The Morandis are great...

I had a trajic dream involving you this morning.....are you okay?

KB

Anonymous said...

i mean......tragic!

William Hafer said...

Sounds pretty scarry. I spent the last couple of months living in the back of a van but I'm OK now. What was the dream about?