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Resident September 2010 • 53 FEATURE TOP ART 10 CONTINUED ROY LICHTENSTEIN: the BLACK-AND-WHITE DRAWINGS FEATURE TOP ART 10 BY DORRI OLDS OFF THE WALL: PART 1—THIRTY PERFORMATIVE Degas, The Morgan ACTIONS Now–September 19, 2010 This fi rst installation in a two-part exhibition focuses on actions using the body in live performance, in front of the camera, or in relation to a photographic or printed surface. Each action displaces the site of the artwork from an object to the body, acting in relation to, or directly onto, the physical space of the gal- lery. The wall and fl oor become the stage for these actions—walking on the wall, slamming doors, slapping hands against the wall, gathering sawdust up from the studio fl oor, walking on a painting, striding and crawling around a small cylindri- cal space, writing or drawing on the wall and fl oor, or performing a striptease behind a transparent plane. Whitney Museum of Art 945 Madison Avenue at 75th Street FISH FORM: LAMPS BY FRANK GEHRY Now–October 31, 2010 As part of a design competition sponsored by the Formica Company, inter- nationally renowned architect Frank Gehry created a series of lamps based on the form of a fi sh which had become something of a personal icon for him. A selection of Gehry’s colorful and luminous lamps will be on view in this exhibi- tion that will also explore the signifi cance of fi sh imagery in the architect’s work. The Jewish Museum 1109 5th Avenue at 92nd Street LEE FRIEDLANDER: AMERICA BY CAR September 4–November 28, 2010 Driving across most of the country’s fi fty states in an ordinary rental car, mas- ter photographer Lee Friedlander (b. 1934) applied the brilliantly simple conceit of deploying the sideview mirror, rearview mirror, the windshield, and the side windows as picture frames within which to record refl ections of this country’s eccentricities and obsessions at the beginning of the 21st century. Friedlander’s method allows for fascinating effects in foreshortening, and wonderfully telling jux- tapositions in which steering wheels, dashboards, and leatherette bump up against roadside bars, motels, churches, monuments, suspension bridges, essential Ameri- can landscapes, and often Friedlander’s own image. Whitney Museum of Art 945 Madison Avenue at 75th Street The Jewish Museum SHIFTING THE GAZE: PAINTING AND FEMINISM S Guggenheim September 12, 2010—January 30, 2011 Feminist challenges to creative and institutional limits have been widely infl u- ential in art since the 1960s. Much of the feminist movement aimed to overcome the male-dominated modes of heroic and formalist painting. By embodying a distinctive coupling of Jewish and feminist content, the thirty works in the exhibi- tion emphasize the social and cultural dimension of creative self-expression. The Jewish Museum 1109 5th Avenue at 92nd Street DROP-IN ART WORKSHOP September 12–June 12, 2011 Kick off the New Year by creating a handmade holiday treasure in their in- augural Drop-In Art Workshop for the fall season. Children, accompanied by a parent or guardian, can paint, draw, sculpt, or craft a work of art with the guid- ance of our museum educators. Sundays 1:00–4:00 pm Ages 3 and up The Jewish Museum 1109 5th Avenue at 92nd Street Resident September 2010 • 53 FEATURE TOP ART 10 CONTINUED ROY LICHTENSTEIN: THE BLACK-AND-WHITE DRAWINGS September 24–January 2, 2011 Between 1961 and 1968, at the height of the Pop art movement, Roy Lichtenstein (1923– 1997) created about fi fty large, highly fi nished, black-and-white drawings, which represent an essential contribution to the history of modern drawing. Not only was their imagery, culled from consumer culture, entirely new – baked potatoes, ads for foot medication and BB guns—but so was their treatment, inspired by the rudimentary character of cheaply printed commercial drawings. Conceived independently from Lichtenstein’s paintings, these drawings recast tawdry illustrations from packaging, newspaper ads, and comic books into works of striking visual in- tensity, echoing the clean-edge aesthetic of sixties geometric abstraction.The Morgan Library & Museum 225 Madison Avenue at 36th Street DEGAS—DRAWINGS AND SKETCHBOOKS September 24–January 23, 2011 This selection of more than 20 drawings by Edgar Degas (1834–1917) captures his dynam- ic and varied use of drawing and includes some of the most quintessential subjects depict- Jackson Pollock, MOMA ed by the artist. From his earliest drawings of scenes from contemporary life and portraits of himself, family members, and friends, to his later intensive studies of dancers and perform- ers, this collection is rich in examples of the artist’s use of drawing throughout his career. The Morgan Library & Museum225 Madison Avenue at 36th Street CHAOS & CLASSICISM—ART IN FRANCE, ITALY, AND GERMANY October 1, 2010–January 9, 2011 Following the chaos of World War I, a move emerged towards fi guration, clean lines, and modeled form, and away from the two-dimensional abstracted spaces, fragmented composi- tions, and splintered bodies of the avant-gardes—particularly Cubism, Futurism, and Expres- sionism—that dominated the opening years of the 20th century. After the horrors visited upon humanity in the Western hemisphere by new machine-age warfare, a desire reasserted itself to represent the body whole and intact. Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum 1071 Fifth Avenue at 89th Street ABSTRACT EXPRESSIONIST NEW YORK October 3–April 25, 2011 This exhibition comprises approximately 300 works in a variety of mediums by more than 30 artists, including Jackson Pollock, Barnett Newman, Robert Motherwell, Arshile Gorky, Lee Roy Lichtenstein, the Krasner, Willem de Kooning, David Smith, Joan Mitchell, and Mark Rothko. This wide-ranging Morgan presentation of paintings, drawings, prints, and photographs underscores the achievements of a generation that catapulted New York City to the center of the international art world during the 1950s, and left as its legacy some of the twentieth century’s greatest masterpieces. Museum of Ribera, The Frick Modern Art 11 West 53rd Street THE SPANISH MANNER: DRAWINGS FROM RIBERA TO GOYA October 5–January 9, 2011 The greatest Spanish draftsmen from the seventeenth through the nineteenth century—Ri- bera, Murillo, and Goya, among them—created works of dazzling idiosyncrasy. These diverse drawings, which may be broadly characterized as possessing a specifi cally “Spanish manner,” will be the subject of an exclusive exhibition. The presentation will feature more than 50 of the fi nest Spanish drawings from public and private collections. The Frick Collection 1 East 70th Street Dorri Olds (DorriOlds.com) is a web designer, social media consultant and member of the American Society of Journalists and Authors. Resident September 2010 • 55 FEATURE TOP MOVIES 10 BY DORRI OLDS THE AMERICAN Suspense Thriller starring George Clooney (September 1) As an assassin, Jack (Clooney) never stands still and he’s always alone. A job in Sweden goes badly. Shaken, he retreats to Italy. He winds up in a small town and takes on an as- signment to build a weapon for a mysterious client (Reuten). Along the way he befriends an old priest and falls into a hot, steamy romance. Expect excitement as George Clooney’s charisma jumps off the screen. Cast also includes Violante Placido, Thekla Reuten and Paolo Bonacelli. THE ADJUSTMENT BUREAU Romantic Sci-Fi Thriller starring Matt Damon and Emily Blunt (September 17) David Norris (Damon), a former Fordham University basketball player and smooth talk- ing U.S. Congressman on the rise, glimpses his future and realizes he wants something else. To get it, he must pursue the object of his desire, a beautiful ballerina (Blunt), through the streets of modern-day New York. The closer the two lovers get, the harder shadowy forces work to keep them apart through tricks of manipulated time and space. Cast also includes Anthony Mackie, John Slattery, Shohreh Aghdashloo, Michael Kelly and John Slattery. YOU WILL MEET A TALL DARK STRANGER British-Spanish-American Comedy Drama written and directed by Woody Allen star- ring Anthony Hopkins, Josh Brolin, Naomi Watts, Freida Pinto and Antonio Banderas (Sep- tember 22) The fi lm follows a pair of married couples, Alfi e and Helena, and their daughter Sally and husband Roy, as their passions, ambitions, and anxieties lead them into trouble and out of their minds. After Alfi e leaves Helena to pursue his lost youth—and a free-spirited call girl named Charmaine—Helena abandons rationality and surrenders her life to the advice of a charlatan fortuneteller, forming a liaison with recent widower. Despite these characters’ attempts to dodge their problems with pipe dreams and meshuggeneh plans, their efforts lead only to heartache, irrationality, and hazardous hot water. Cast also includes Ewan Bremner, Lucy Punch, Gemma Jones and Anna Friel. WALL STREET: MONEY NEVER SLEEPS Drama starring Michael Douglas, Shia LaBeouf, Susan Sarandon and Frank Langella (September 24) Oliver Stone directs this sequel to the 1987 Academy Award winning fi lm, Wall Street. The corruption plot is ripped from fi nancial crisis headlines. Set in 2008, Gordon Gekko (Douglas) has just been released from prison. He tries to warn the fi nancial world about the impending crisis but he’s ignored due to his conviction for fi nancial crimes. Set in New York City, side plots include Gekko trying to win back his daughter Winnie’s (Mulligan) love, and a suspected murder of Winnie’s fi ancé’s (Moore) mentor. The director, cast, and timeliness of the story make it a must see. Cast also includes Josh Brolin, Eli Wallach, Carrie Mul- ligan, Jacob Moore, and a cameo by Charlie Sheen reprising his role as Bud Fox. CONVICTION Docudrama starring Sam Rockwell and Hilary Swank (October 15) The true story of Betty Anne Waters (Swank), a high school dropout, who spent nearly two decades working as a single mother while putting herself through law school, tirelessly trying to beat the system and overturn her brother Kenneth Water’s (Rockwell) 1983 mur- der and robbery conviction.
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