Exhibition on Screen – Matisse

2014, Run Time 97 minutes

MOMA & Tate Modern's landmark show explores the final chapter of Matisse's career when he began 'carving into colour,' creating his signature cut-outs. Audiences are invited to enjoy an intimate, behind-the-scenes documentary about this blockbuster exhibition with contributions from curators, historians and those who knew Matisse personally. Beautifully filmed footage of the exhibition featuring works including The Snail, Memory of Oceania, Large Composition with Masks, and Blue Nudes, is interwoven with Matisse's biography and behind-the-scenes material. Featuring special guests including Tate director Nicholas Serota; MoMA director Glenn Lowry; jazz musician Courtney Pine and Royal Ballet principal dancer Zenaida Yanowsky.

Works:

The Snail (Composition Chromatique), 1953

Memory of Oceania, 1952-53

Hôtel Régina, 1952

Large Decoration with Masks, 1953

Nature Morte aux livres, 1890

Impressionists:

Claude Monet: Woman with a Parasol – Madame Monet and her Son, 1875

Edgar Degas: Woman Ironing, 1876/1887

Claude Monet: The Gare Saint-Lazare: Arrival of a Train, 1877

Post-Impressionists:

Paul Cézanne: Man with Pipe, 1892/1896

Vincent Van Gogh: Green Wheat Fields, Auvers, 1890

Paul Gauguin: Haystacks in Brittany, 1890

Open Window Collioure, 1905 Fauves:

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The Green Line (Portrait of Madame Matisse), 1905

Portrait of André Derain, 1905

Self-Portrait in a Striped Shirt, 1906

The Red Studio, 1911

Still Life with Apples on a Pink Tablecloth, 1924

Pianist and Checker Players, 1924

Odalisque Seated with Arms Raised, Green Striped Chair, 1923

Dance (III), 1910

The Dance, 1932/1933 (at the Barnes Foundation)

The Red Studio, 1911

The Parakeet and the Mermaid, 1952

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Seated Venus in a Shell, 1929,1930 (sculpture)

Blue Nude (IV), 1952 Blue Nude (II), 1952 Blue Nude (III), 1952 Blue Nude (I), 1952

The Swimming Pool (conservation at MOMA Queens)

The Dance (I), 1909

Two Dancers, 1937-8

[Ballet to Shostakovich Symphony No. 1]

[‘Matisse’ composed by Courtney Pine in response to ‘Jazz’ 1947] (Henri Matisse’s ‘Jazz’ is a limited-edition art book containing prints of colorful cut-paper collages, accompanied by the artist's written thoughts.

Zulma, 1950

The Green Line (Portrait of Madame Matisse), 1905

Nuit de Noel, 1952

Chapel of the Rosary, Vence, France, 1947-1951 Articles of interest:

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Henri Matisse and The Healing Power of Art https://www.healing-power-of-art.org/henri-matisse-and-the-healing-power-of-art/

Henri Matisse and His Influence on Modern Art https://mymodernmet.com/henri-matisse-modern-art/

Why Art History Is Full of People Taking Baths – Artsy https://www.artsy.net/article/artsy-editorial-art-history-full-people-baths

Paul Chan “the Bathers Dilemma” TimeOut Magazine https://www.timeout.com/newyork/art/paul-chan-the-bathers-dilemma

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