Thanks so much, I really enjoyed your in-depth review of this exhibit. I’m planning a trip to Washington in the fall to see it at the US National Gallery of Art and your sneak peek of what to expect has me very excited about it!
@artgalleryexplorer6 сағат бұрын
Oh yes - it is going to be really interesting to see how this is staged in Wahington. I really hope you enjoy it. The crowds will be better managed in Washington too! I have visited that wonderful gallery. Thank you for watching.
@user-bu9nb8wr6e2 күн бұрын
It's so nice to have someone reviewing these exhibitions. I so love your enthusiasm. Keep up the good work 🎉
@artgalleryexplorer6 сағат бұрын
Thank you very much for the comment and for watching!
@elizaaa773 күн бұрын
Thank you for 26 minutes of wonderful content, always enjoying your comprehensive review. Waiting for more!
@artgalleryexplorer6 сағат бұрын
Thanks so much for watching. It means a huge amount to get comments like this. More certainly on the way as we enter the Autumn season!
@WendySmith-l8i4 күн бұрын
I thought...oh that won't be for me! I was wrong! I enjoyed this vlog so much. The joyful play of the children made me smile. I loved the delicate paintings. And the hand stack...I had forgotten this. I used to play it with family, and we would all collapse with laughter as the game became chaotic! Francis Alys..thank you for sharing this artist with me.
@artgalleryexplorer6 сағат бұрын
I am really pleased you enjoyed the vlog and that it gave a you a sense. I found myself revisiting games that are no longer played as well. Do check out his website because it has all the films.
@Saffronelle4 күн бұрын
visiting today! thanks so much. i'm trying to find more about her but i just keep getting 'the beatles', i get it but i want to know aout HER not those stupid misogynistic, insular fans. This is great!
@artgalleryexplorer6 сағат бұрын
I very much hope you enjoyed the show. The more I have visited, the more I think 'what a great show.'
@carole20775 күн бұрын
I feel like Domestica is trying to make people choose subscription over offering good deals to its subscribers. I could not flag this course as for later. It looks good so I will check back another time. I don’t,want anymore subscriptions.
@artgalleryexplorer6 сағат бұрын
I haven't ever used Domestica but will have to look it up.
@carole2077Сағат бұрын
@@artgalleryexplorer I actually put this comment accidentally as there must have been a Domestica advertisement shown during this video. My apologies. But look them up I have done a few short courses with them to explore other mediums. I hope they don’t move to subscription only.
@ABlair-i2u5 күн бұрын
I saw this show in Dublin, stunning pictures, particularly his scenes in rooms. Hazel his US wife was on Irish bank notes!
@artgalleryexplorer6 сағат бұрын
I read about that and wondered if she was on the notes right up until the adoption of the Euro? Thank you for watching.
@ABlair-i2u5 күн бұрын
Interesting
@ABlair-i2u5 күн бұрын
Interesting
@artgalleryexplorer6 сағат бұрын
Thank you for watching and commenting.
5 күн бұрын
I don't think it's surprising his works were bright and trouble-free. Many artists explore in their work what they don't have, what they miss, what they wish they had. And some people regard personal tragedy as something private that must be kept away from strangers, specially back then. Beautiful paintings, I adored each and every one of them! Loved to see his wife painting too (^_^) Thanks for the vid! Great as usual!
@artgalleryexplorer6 сағат бұрын
Thank you so much for watching and yes, a good point - we live in an age where it is much more acceptable to express personal tragedy openly than it was in the time of a 'stiff upper lip'.. I a glad you enjoyed the works. Interestingly, I read that Lavery himself wished he'd been a bit less of a people pleaser as he reached old age, a bit more 'difficult' with his art but he has left a vast legacy of works.
@marthaevans82705 күн бұрын
(The musical soundtrack is intrusive. It detracts enough for me to cry out. Must start again without audio.)Bother!Wonderful show! Well, I did mute it and found returned to view it worth while. I think it was hard to hit on the chronological signs of times as it bounced from from 1883 to 1920s too often. It does give me more clearly the range of modern life and its pleasures. No, I do not see Lavery as an impressionist through and through. He has a way of picking up figures in landscape in a masterly way. Always in passage, uninterested in staying put!
@artgalleryexplorer6 сағат бұрын
Apologies for the music - it is always an issue to try and pick the right music and I sometimes say in videos 'please press MUTE'! I am limited with copyright too. Thank you for watching and commenting.
@thomascreeley8675 күн бұрын
What a terrific painter of landscapes and human poses. As an American, I was not very familiar with him. I'm glad a "pre-modernist" such as Lavery still gets attention by a major institution. On a different note, exquisite cinematography and solid music choices. My only criticism: Some of the upward pans were a little fast and made it difficult to take in the pictures (or my eyes are simply getting too old to refocus quickly).
@artgalleryexplorer6 сағат бұрын
Thank you for the comment and I will take that on board slow down the pans. I will usually post a still of the whole painting before panning, especially on 'portrait' style works so you can pause. I am glad you enjoyed the works.
@jameswelsh77896 күн бұрын
I think artists like Lavery, Sargent remind me of the tension, commercially and professionally, that Painters of this period lived with as Mechanical means of picture production prevailed over the handmade image. For this reason their paintings of the ‘Great War’ and overseas travel are always interesting to me because these tend to convey, in paint though 19th century eyes (more so than Impressionists), an apprehension of dawning Modernity and its world changing technologies.
@artgalleryexplorer6 сағат бұрын
Yes, the age of photography hangs over this period - especially for figurative painters such as Lavery. I to say, I found Sargent a more pleasing artist but that is just my taste, I guess.
@rlund6516 күн бұрын
Beautiful painter. I bet even for the time his slice of life paintings where not ground breaking .
@rlund6516 күн бұрын
The word that do ribs his painting is Twee. I bit to sweet for my taste.
@thomascreeley8675 күн бұрын
@@rlund651 I hear you. I enjoy them as I do a beautifully shot period film, a nice refreshment from contemporary sensibilities.
@artgalleryexplorer6 сағат бұрын
They were not, absolutely and he is on record as saying he wished he'd been a bit more groundbreaking when reflecting on his career. Thank you for watching, as usual.
@tbs19486 күн бұрын
Thanks for more on El Anatsui. We saw his work @ Tate Britain last November.. we really enjoy your vlog.
@artgalleryexplorer6 күн бұрын
Thank you for watching. Behind the Red Moon was fantastic, wasn't it.
@jameswelsh77897 күн бұрын
Wow, thank you George. Serious consideration is best when accompanied by play. Lucio Pozzi who schooled me at SVA said something like that. They say that the Truth does not require Your (one’s) participation however, BullSh*t requires constant shoveling. Somehow this work shows us the Proof of Truth: Play.
@artgalleryexplorer6 күн бұрын
It certainly does - an incredibly powerful work for that reason.
@jameswelsh77897 күн бұрын
I’m always curious about who is behind the assertive call to attention (marketing) of recently deceased, ‘over looked’ artists? I’d like to know that promotion of her work is as earnest and well meaning as she was when she made it?
@artgalleryexplorer6 күн бұрын
The curator of the show is Joanna Moorhead who has written a book on Carrington and also curated previous exhibitions (including one before her death). She is also linked to West Dean College which is where Edward James, one of Leonora Carrington's biggest benefactors once lived (It is now a wonderful college of art, craft, writing etc) I have never met Joanna Moorhead but got the sense that this exhibition was conceived out of well meaning love for the artist. It is a small, rural gallery and I did feel this is all about showing an artist the gallery and curator love and feel shoulkdbe more widely known. I certainly didn't feel there anything cynical about it.
Another amazing show. I was not familiar with his wood pieces. Thanks for sharing.
@artgalleryexplorer6 күн бұрын
I got a thrill from seeing those wooden works. It was a missing link in understanding his development.
@arielunbound8 күн бұрын
Yes! Am so excited too for when a big Leonora Carrington show hits the Big Smoke, thank you for supporting exciting women artists who never made the art history books (I found a huge tome from the 1970s in a charity shop and even then - big spread on Diego Rivera, and nothing on Frida Kahlo!) so the times do improve and change, when soon it will be difficult to publish on Surrealism without Leonora Carrington and Dorothea Tanning big in there. On a different movement, Suzanne Valadon is now getting exhibitions in France, so it will only be a matter of time too before she too comes to the big museums here, as she is usually written of as just the mum of a male artist - but next to her work, that is insane.Thank you for your channel - I have a disability so it can be hard to get out and about into London where I live but you fill me in, cheers!
@artgalleryexplorer6 күн бұрын
Thank you so much for the comment and yes, I agree - it is now much harder to think about surrealists without unjustly neglected women artists. I don't know if you were able to get to the Dorothea Tanning show back in 2019? (sadly before the vlog). it was a corker. Let's hope for a similar Carrington show. I am really glad I can bring the art world to you. Thank you for watching.
@sardonicsophisticate39748 күн бұрын
Yay! Thank you. Currently reading her biography, “Surreal Spaces.”
@artgalleryexplorer6 күн бұрын
Thank you so much for watching. The curator of this exhibition (Joanna Moorhead) wrote that biography! I have not yet read it? Do you recommend it?
@kafountineful8 күн бұрын
Great overview of the show - fantastic! Many thanks George.
@artgalleryexplorer6 күн бұрын
Thank you so much for watching and commenting.
@chantalrochon35668 күн бұрын
Thank you for allowing me to discover Leona Carrington❤❤❤❤
@artgalleryexplorer8 күн бұрын
Thank you so much for watching - hopefully there will be an even bigger show soon.
@mattgriffiths77559 күн бұрын
Thanks. I was already plannng to see this at the weekend, now buzzing!
@artgalleryexplorer8 күн бұрын
It is so good! Just pure, emotional connection, universal and positive. Let me know what you think and, for a full experience, hopefully you can give yourself a good amount of time.
@mattgriffiths77552 күн бұрын
@@artgalleryexplorer Very enjoyable, once I recovered from a moment's dread at the cacophony when entering. Particularly liked Imbu, which combines play with a positve purpose.
@artgalleryexplorer6 сағат бұрын
@@mattgriffiths7755 That was a highlight for me as well and kind of summed up his work in the Children's play series, didn't it? I'm glad you enjoyed.
@billkirby39759 күн бұрын
you gotta be kidding everyone!!!
@artgalleryexplorer9 күн бұрын
Thank you for watching and commenting!
@user-ci5sf5qj2k9 күн бұрын
We saw the Hals exhibit at the Rijksmuseum and absolutely loved it. I wasn't all that familiar with Hals compared to the other Dutch masters but after seeing his work I fell in love with it. His ability to capture the "inner person" in his subjects was amazing. And oh my, those smiles !!
@artgalleryexplorer9 күн бұрын
Isn't it a great show. I am so glad that you got to see it in the artists home country too - that must have been magical.
@stevenwilliambaylessparks37309 күн бұрын
Mexico, as Breton observed when visiting, is, by nature, a surrealist country.
@artgalleryexplorer9 күн бұрын
Very much so. It certainly kept her producing Surrealist works after most surrealists had died. Thank you for watching!
@ColinProcter10 күн бұрын
I’ve only been aware of a few of Carrington’s paintings, but always curious to see more, because it’s so intriguing. This looks like a great show.
@artgalleryexplorer9 күн бұрын
I, likewise, have not seen much of her in person so am really keen to see more. Thank you for watching.
@sidneyg847010 күн бұрын
her sculptures are AMAZING! Her tapestries are also stunning, and have a graphic look to them that seem decades ahead aesthetically.
@artgalleryexplorer9 күн бұрын
Yes, in some ways she was very much in the surrealist mould (but a good one) but in other ways ahead of her time. I found myself wondering if that was why she was relatively neglected in her life time. Thank you for watching.
@WendySmith-l8i10 күн бұрын
Just wanted to say thank you again for covering this small exhibition. I think I would have missed it. Finally recovered from my recent fall, I headed..carefully, for the Coutauld, last week. I started with the Henry Moore display, and was so glad I'd finally made it. Best wishes W
@artgalleryexplorer6 күн бұрын
Really glad that you are out exploring art again. This was a good one to start with, wasn't it. Did you also see Roger Mayne?
@WendySmith-l8i5 күн бұрын
@@artgalleryexplorer Yes, I viewed the Roger Mayne photographs as well. His work was new to me and I really enjoyed it, particularly the street play. I have since taken out membership of the Courtauld!
@artgalleryexplorer6 сағат бұрын
@@WendySmith-l8i Great news. It is one of the best in London and a wonderful sounding Monet show is coming up.
@trainsurfer759310 күн бұрын
Thank you so much for this overview of the exhibition, my partner and I were planning to visit and this video has really galvanised us to actually book tickets!
@artgalleryexplorer9 күн бұрын
Oh brilliant. Worth the trip and if you have time, Petworth House makes it a smorgasbord of art. I hope you enjoy the show!
@thomascreeley86711 күн бұрын
The recent auction sale brought her firmly to my attention. She's a worthy artist to receive more attention.
@artgalleryexplorer9 күн бұрын
Definitely agree. I hope she gets the big retrospective which allows us to assess her properly. Thank you for watching.
@Talentedtadpole11 күн бұрын
Prefer her to Picasso. Arguably she's better.
@artgalleryexplorer9 күн бұрын
That is a big statement. I need to see more work with my own eyes! Thank you for watching.
@Talentedtadpole9 күн бұрын
@@artgalleryexplorer Picasso has been drummed into people as a mythic figure at the expense of context and other artists around including those who influenced him, so it's hard to see him with fresh eyes. He's taught as the Uber artist trope. He just wore off on me some years ago. I find much of his work hackneyed. He was a brilliant self promoter and personally I find greater and more genuine depth and life in other artists!
@artgalleryexplorer8 күн бұрын
@@Talentedtadpole I agree he has been so over exposed in major shows as a 'go to' modernist genius - there is another Picasso show coming along in London next year BUT.....I do love him at certain points in his output. It is great to explore artists who are less well known - especially because someone like Leonora Carrington is definitely not as appreciated as she should be.
@anitapeura351712 күн бұрын
You've created a new fan here, within the 1st minute! Thanks for that. Pity I live on the other side of the planet and cannot see the exhibition.
@artgalleryexplorer9 күн бұрын
Thank you so much for watching. I just hope there is a bigger showing of her work soon.
@rbnfisher13 күн бұрын
I went to this Exhibition in its last week. As I did the previous year, I bought a ticket 2 weeks ahead with a time entry of 9.30. Arrived 15 minutes early . Queue was short and I didn't suffer from overcrowding. I had not seen Monet's original impressionist painting, so that was a joy as was Renoir's Bal du moulin de la Galette & Manet's Railway although the latter ,as you pointed out this, was displayed in the Salon
@artgalleryexplorer9 күн бұрын
That is useful to hear. I must get that very early entry ticket next time there is a show on. My ticket was at 10.00am and by then, the queue just to get in was 45 minutes long and horrible inside but still really lovely to see.Monet's impressions. Thank you for watching.
@rlund65113 күн бұрын
I would call myself a fan but it is hit and miss with his work. Seems like there was a time when every big building had placed one of his reclining figures in front of them and it was over kill. There are a couple of rooms at the Tate with his work but it was too much work to look at and could not look at most of it. For me small doses of his work are better for me. I always think his drawings and prints have been undervalued. I have a little art book of his of drawings of sheep and it is brilliant so simple and direct. I would have enjoyed the show thanks for sharing.
@artgalleryexplorer9 күн бұрын
Interesting comments. I think I have suffered, in the past, with over exposure as was less aware of the drawings. That directness you mention is very attractive. Thanks, as always, for watching.
@rlund65113 күн бұрын
I did not know her work that well. Looks like a nice show. This makes me want to research her work and life. Thanks for sharing.
@artgalleryexplorer9 күн бұрын
Likewise, I had seen little of her. I've been reading around and think she deserves a bigger show which contains the oil works. Thank you for watching.
@mattgriffiths775514 күн бұрын
The sculptures looked brilliant. As far as I can remember they weren't in the Tate Liverpool show in 2015.
@artgalleryexplorer9 күн бұрын
D'Oh! I forgot that show at Liverpool. I never went to see it but it sounded like the one I want to see now.
@Rope-a-dope-v7y14 күн бұрын
❤!!!
@artgalleryexplorer9 күн бұрын
Thank you for watching and commenting!
@alexandramuller435014 күн бұрын
Lovely to see the pencil drawings
@artgalleryexplorer9 күн бұрын
These were a highlight for me too. It was hard to capture them because they are behind glass and reflections were bad but you certainly sense her teasing out ideas. Thank you for watching and commenting.
@jonnybleakley223814 күн бұрын
Thanks for this; a nice suprise. As an artist myself I've long been an enthusiast of Leonora Carringtons work + its gr8 that shes back in the spotlight.
@artgalleryexplorer9 күн бұрын
Thank you for watching and yes - it seems as the art world is catching up with you and her which is welcome.
@loralouise386515 күн бұрын
Hey there! I’m a brand new subscriber and I love the content and look forward to seeing your future videos because I’m a big fan of both art and history. Unfortunately I’m in the states and it’s going to be a while before I can get back to the UK, I have been there a while ago I love the UK, especially since it’s so rich in history and most of my ancestors were from the UK! I’m very proud of my heritage. I’m excited to see these exhibits in the future and I appreciate your efforts to share them with us! Thanks so much!
@artgalleryexplorer14 күн бұрын
Thank you so much for watching and subscribing. It means a huge amount, especially all the way from the States. You guys have so many great art museums (some of which I've visited but others - like the Chicago Institute of Art - which I have not and am keen to in the future) too. I will keep trying to cover any Old Master shows that come up here!
@loralouise38658 күн бұрын
@@artgalleryexplorer I have a dear cousin that works at the Chicago Museum of Art and it’s a truly wonderful place to visit! We both earned our Master’s degrees in Library and Information Science and specialised in art history (my cousin), and I specialised in Medical and Health Sciences . We both graduated from the same University in Michigan, Wayne State University. I was very lucky that when I was earning my degree, there was tuition reimbursement at the hospital I worked at if you earned all A’s in every one of your classes. I don’t know how they do grades/ marks or measure how good someone does in the Universities in the UK, but my grades were top tier. I don’t think very many, if any employers do this kind of thing anymore in the US, but when we went to University to earn our Master’s degrees (graduate), the benefits you could get from employers were a lot better than what they are today. People don’t earn as much in a lot of jobs and they get less of a benefit package. Also, everything costs a lot more, so much more (especially in the last four years or so)! Sorry for the long reply!
@artgalleryexplorer8 күн бұрын
@@loralouise3865 That must be a very special place for your cousin to work. Sadly, the expense of University has grown in the UK too over the last two and a half decades. While some employers (such as the military) do sponsor places, this is (like you say is happening in the US) increasingly rare in many fields. I feel sorry for the current generation.
@CatherineHeraty16 күн бұрын
I loved this exhibition. Will go back for another look.x
@artgalleryexplorer14 күн бұрын
It was so powerful, wasn't it? It is one I am returning to as well. Thank you for watching.
@CatherineHeraty16 күн бұрын
I loved this exhibition. Will go back for another look.x
@artgalleryexplorer6 күн бұрын
Very much so - it contains so much work it needs returning to.
@sidneyg847017 күн бұрын
Crazy big scale! Very cool
@artgalleryexplorer16 күн бұрын
I am hoping to bring some more El Anatsui very soon. Thank you for watching!
@eprzepiora17 күн бұрын
this woman is like a black whole, once light comes around her close to her it never escapes - avoid, one of the darkest pages of art; saying that I like someone the pieces very much, I feel she became one of the precursors of the performance art which is so common now; her contribution to peace if worked would be her biggest achievement. Lastly your documentry is excellent so 10 out 10 for the video
@artgalleryexplorer16 күн бұрын
Thank you so much and I agree - she was very much at the start of performance art and her influence can be seen clearly in later artists such as Marina Abramovic. STILL underrated.
@Saffronelle4 күн бұрын
what a fkn disgusting racist, misogynistic thing to say about a woman. she isn't a black hole AT ALL. Fk the beatles. focus on her and her work.
@jameswelsh778918 күн бұрын
As an American, with this horrific English history (which is my distant heritage) on one hand and the seriously ‘Wierd’ Horrific, anachronism presented in the person of Donald Trump on the other, I’m deeply grateful for all the ancestors who liberated US from these monsters. !!! 🧟♂️🧟♀️🧟🧟♂️🧟♀️🧟 I do wish we would focus attention on the builders, back then, of our cultural and political progress as well as the monsters that I hope we are leaving in the past.🥲
@artgalleryexplorer16 күн бұрын
Interesting comment and I would honestly say that Hans Holbein was one of the builders, bringing the Renaissance to England. Yes, the focus is on the historical figures but as an Art Lover, I went round this show with my gratitude for Hans renewed. There was a show focused totally on him at The Queens Gallery (now Kings Gallery) which gave him the spotlight he deserved. Thank you, as always, for watching. I am already feeling palpitations for the upcoming US election and I don't even live there!
@jameswelsh778916 күн бұрын
@@artgalleryexplorer I’m aware of Holbein’s sponsorship by T. Cromwell in the Tudor court, and I believe, his association with the expatriate Dutch who did business with the aristocracy. In this Holbein is within those early impulses that contributed to progress. How do you see him in particular as a builder?
@jameswelsh778916 күн бұрын
@@artgalleryexplorer re: the election, I wish the English and Canadians could vote in US elections. May as well, you English resemble Americans more and more.
@Ambaria20 күн бұрын
I like that you don't discriminate any type of art and hope that your journey will continue. Nice sunglasses :)
@artgalleryexplorer16 күн бұрын
Thank you for watching and commenting - I always try to have an open mind. I'm not an art critic as much as a reviewer of shows so always ask 'does this exhibition give a good representation of the artist?'
@WendySmith-l8i28 күн бұрын
Thank you . Although I have seen some of Moore's drawings before, these are all unfamiliar to me. Your commentry, as always, is informative, and I have paused several of the drawings, fascinated to see the materials and processes he used, as well as being moved by them. I would love to see The Draped Figure against a Curved Wall. Years ago I visited Kew Gardens where there was an art trail to follow, of Moore's sculptures. A superb setting!
@artgalleryexplorer16 күн бұрын
Thank you for watching and for your comment, Wendy. Profuse apologies for my delay in replying. A lot of these were unfamiliar to me too so really special.