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Comunicato stampa evento: James Ensor

Dal domenica 28 giugno 2009
al lunedì 21 settembre 2009

June 28 - September 21, 2009

The Joan and Preston Robert Tisch Exhibition Gallery, sixth floor

Ensor (1860–1949) was a major figure in the Belgian avant-garde of the late nineteenth century and an important precursor to the development of Expressionism in the early twentieth. In both respects he has influenced generations of later artists. This exhibition presents approximately ninety works organized thematically, examining Ensor's contribution to modernity, his innovative and allegorical use of light, his prominent use of satire, his deep interest in carnival and performance, and his own self-fashioning and use of masking, travesty, and role-playing. Examples of Ensor's paintings, prints, and drawings are installed in an overlapping network of themes and images to produce a complete picture of this daring, experiential body of work. Ultimately, this exhibition presents James Ensor as a socially engaged and self-critical artist involved with the issues of his times and with contemporary debates on the very nature of modernism.

Organized by Anna Swinbourne, Assistant Curator, Department of Painting and Sculpture, The Museum of Modern Art. The exhibition will be accompanied by a fully illustrated catalogue. The exhibition will travel to the Musée d’Orsay, Paris, October 2009–February 2010.