La Barbican Art Gallery di Londra mette in mostra le coppie celebri dell’arte

Quando quello che lega una coppia non è solo la passione ma la produzione artistica, nascono opere d’arte. Capolavori della prima metà del XX secolo in mostra fino al 27 gennaio alla Barbican Art Gallery

La Barbican Art Gallery di Londra mette in mostra le coppie celebri dell’arte
Photographer unknown A. Rodchenko and V. Stepanova descending from the airplane. (for the film The General Line by Sergei Eisenstein), 1926. Courtesy Rodchenko and Stepanova Archives, Moscow

La produzione creativa di oltre quaranta coppie di artisti attivi nella prima metà XX secolo è esposta alla Barbican Art Gallery nella mostra Modern Couples: Art, Intimacy and Avant-garde. L’esposizione affianca l’opera dei protagonisti scelti per questo viaggio nel mondo intimo degli artisti  insieme alle fotografie personali, lettere d’amore, regali e materiale d’archivio raro, che mostra il lato intimo dei celebri sodalizi. Ed ecco le fotografie che ritraggono Jean Arp e Sophie Taeuber-Arp, Lee Miller e Man Ray, Varvara Stepanova e Alexander Rodchenko, Edward Weston e Margrethe Mather; le sculture di Camille Claudel e Auguste Rodin; le opere di Barbara Hepworth e Ben Nicholson, di Frida Kahlo e Diego Rivera; la foto di Pablo Picasso scattata da Dora Maar; così come lo scatto di Federico García Lorca e Salvador Dalí a Cadaqués, e di Emilie Flöge, musa di Gustav Klimt. Oltre l’arte e l’architettura anche la letteratura ha un ruolo importante in Modern Couples, concentrandosi sulla scrittrice Virginia Woolf e sul suo Orlando, 1928, dedicato alla poetessa Vita Sackville-West, con la quale ebbe una relazione.

-Ilaria Bulgarelli

Londra// fino al 27 gennaio 2019
Modern Couples: Art, Intimacy and the Avant-garde
Barbican Art Gallery, Barbican Centre
Silk Street, London – EC2Y 8DS

Photographer unknown A. Rodchenko and V. Stepanova descending from the airplane. (for the film The General Line by Sergei Eisenstein), 1926. Courtesy Rodchenko and Stepanova Archives, Moscow 1 / 20
Photographer unknown A. Rodchenko and V. Stepanova descending from the airplane. (for the film The General Line by Sergei Eisenstein), 1926. Courtesy Rodchenko and Stepanova Archives, Moscow
Imogen Cunningham Edward Weston and Margrethe Mather, 1922, George Eastman Museum. © Imogen Cunningham Trust. All rights reserved 2 / 20
Imogen Cunningham Edward Weston and Margrethe Mather, 1922, George Eastman Museum. © Imogen Cunningham Trust. All rights reserved
Tamara de Lempicka Les deux amies, 1923. Association des Amis du Petit Palais, Geneve 3 / 20
Tamara de Lempicka Les deux amies, 1923. Association des Amis du Petit Palais, Geneve
Anonymous, Hans Arp with Nabel-Monokel, 1922, Galerie Berinson, Berlin 4 / 20
Anonymous, Hans Arp with Nabel-Monokel, 1922, Galerie Berinson, Berlin
Nic Aluf, Sophie Taeuber with Dada-Head, Zurich 1920, Stiftung Arp e.V., Berlin/Rolandswerth 5 / 20
Nic Aluf, Sophie Taeuber with Dada-Head, Zurich 1920, Stiftung Arp e.V., Berlin/Rolandswerth
Man Ray, Man Ray Sleeping, c. 1930 Paris, Centre Pompidou – Musée national d’art modern – Centre de creation industrielle. © Man Ray Trust / ADAGP Photo © Centre Pompidou, MNAM-CCI, Dist. RMN-Grand Palais / Philippe Migeat 6 / 20
Man Ray, Man Ray Sleeping, c. 1930 Paris, Centre Pompidou – Musée national d’art modern – Centre de creation industrielle. © Man Ray Trust / ADAGP Photo © Centre Pompidou, MNAM-CCI, Dist. RMN-Grand Palais / Philippe Migeat
Roland Penrose, 'Lee Miller with a cast of her torso, Downshire Hill, London, England 1940’. © Roland Penrose Estate, England 2018. The Penrose Collection 7 / 20
Roland Penrose, 'Lee Miller with a cast of her torso, Downshire Hill, London, England 1940’. © Roland Penrose Estate, England 2018. The Penrose Collection
Ben Nicholson, 1934 (Relief),1934, Kettle’s Yard, University of Cambridge 8 / 20
Ben Nicholson, 1934 (Relief),1934, Kettle’s Yard, University of Cambridge
Barbara Hepworth, Conoid, Sphere and Hollow III, 1937, Marble sculpture. © Image; Crown Copyright: UK Government Art Collection 9 / 20
Barbara Hepworth, Conoid, Sphere and Hollow III, 1937, Marble sculpture. © Image; Crown Copyright: UK Government Art Collection
Auguste Rodin, Mask of Camille Claudel, 1889. Courtesy of Musée Rodin, Paris 10 / 20
Auguste Rodin, Mask of Camille Claudel, 1889. Courtesy of Musée Rodin, Paris
Camille Claudel, Portrait of Rodin, 1888-1889. Courtesy of Musée Rodin, Paris 11 / 20
Camille Claudel, Portrait of Rodin, 1888-1889. Courtesy of Musée Rodin, Paris
PaJaMa, Margaret French, George Tooker and Jared French, Nantucket, c.1946. Collection Jack Shear Image courtesy of Gitterman Gallery, New York 12 / 20
PaJaMa, Margaret French, George Tooker and Jared French, Nantucket, c.1946. Collection Jack Shear Image courtesy of Gitterman Gallery, New York
George Platt Lynes, James Leslie Daniels, c.1937. © 2018 Estate of George Platt Lynes Beth Rudin DeWoody 13 / 20
George Platt Lynes, James Leslie Daniels, c.1937. © 2018 Estate of George Platt Lynes Beth Rudin DeWoody
Dora Maar, Picasso en Minotaure, Mougins, 1937, Paris, Centre Pompidou – Musée national d’art modern – Centre de creation industrielle © ADAGP, Paris. Photo © Centre Pompidou, MNAM-CCI, Dist. RMN-Grand Palais / Philippe Migeat 14 / 20
Dora Maar, Picasso en Minotaure, Mougins, 1937, Paris, Centre Pompidou – Musée national d’art modern – Centre de creation industrielle © ADAGP, Paris. Photo © Centre Pompidou, MNAM-CCI, Dist. RMN-Grand Palais / Philippe Migeat
Pablo Picasso, Portrait de femme,1938, Paris, Centre Pompidou – Musée national d’art modern – Centre de creation industrielle © ADAGP, Paris. Photo © Centre Pompidou, MNAM-CCI, Dist. RMN-Grand Palais / Georges Meguerditchian 15 / 20
Pablo Picasso, Portrait de femme,1938, Paris, Centre Pompidou – Musée national d’art modern – Centre de creation industrielle © ADAGP, Paris. Photo © Centre Pompidou, MNAM-CCI, Dist. RMN-Grand Palais / Georges Meguerditchian
Diego Rivera, Les vases communicants, 1938, Paris, Centre Pompidou – Musée national d’art modern – Centre de creation industrielle © D. Rivera F.Kahlo Museums Trust / ADAGP. Photo © Centre Pompidou, MNAM-CCI, Dist. RMN-Grand Palais / Jean-Claude Planchet 16 / 20
Diego Rivera, Les vases communicants, 1938, Paris, Centre Pompidou – Musée national d’art modern – Centre de creation industrielle © D. Rivera F.Kahlo Museums Trust / ADAGP. Photo © Centre Pompidou, MNAM-CCI, Dist. RMN-Grand Palais / Jean-Claude Planchet
Frida Kahlo, Le Venadita (little deer), 1946, Private Collection. Photo: Nathan Keay, © MCA Chicago 17 / 20
Frida Kahlo, Le Venadita (little deer), 1946, Private Collection. Photo: Nathan Keay, © MCA Chicago
Max Ernst with rocking horse, Paris ,1938, Max Ernst Museum Brühl des LVR, Stiftung Max Ernst 18 / 20
Max Ernst with rocking horse, Paris ,1938, Max Ernst Museum Brühl des LVR, Stiftung Max Ernst
Dorothea Tanning and Max Ernst with his sculpture, Capricorn, 1947. © John Kasnetsis 19 / 20
Dorothea Tanning and Max Ernst with his sculpture, Capricorn, 1947. © John Kasnetsis
Cadaqués, 1927. Courtesy of Foundation García Lorca 20 / 20
Federico García Lorca and Salvador Dalí in Cadaqués, 1927. Courtesy of Foundation García Lorca
Photographer unknown A. Rodchenko and V. Stepanova descending from the airplane. (for the film The General Line by Sergei Eisenstein), 1926. Courtesy Rodchenko and Stepanova Archives, Moscow
Imogen Cunningham Edward Weston and Margrethe Mather, 1922, George Eastman Museum. © Imogen Cunningham Trust. All rights reserved
Tamara de Lempicka Les deux amies, 1923. Association des Amis du Petit Palais, Geneve
Anonymous, Hans Arp with Nabel-Monokel, 1922, Galerie Berinson, Berlin
Nic Aluf, Sophie Taeuber with Dada-Head, Zurich 1920, Stiftung Arp e.V., Berlin/Rolandswerth
Man Ray, Man Ray Sleeping, c. 1930 Paris, Centre Pompidou – Musée national d’art modern – Centre de creation industrielle. © Man Ray Trust / ADAGP Photo © Centre Pompidou, MNAM-CCI, Dist. RMN-Grand Palais / Philippe Migeat
Roland Penrose, 'Lee Miller with a cast of her torso, Downshire Hill, London, England 1940’. © Roland Penrose Estate, England 2018. The Penrose Collection
Ben Nicholson, 1934 (Relief),1934, Kettle’s Yard, University of Cambridge
Barbara Hepworth, Conoid, Sphere and Hollow III, 1937, Marble sculpture. © Image; Crown Copyright: UK Government Art Collection
Auguste Rodin, Mask of Camille Claudel, 1889. Courtesy of Musée Rodin, Paris
Camille Claudel, Portrait of Rodin, 1888-1889. Courtesy of Musée Rodin, Paris
PaJaMa, Margaret French, George Tooker and Jared French, Nantucket, c.1946. Collection Jack Shear Image courtesy of Gitterman Gallery, New York
George Platt Lynes, James Leslie Daniels, c.1937. © 2018 Estate of George Platt Lynes Beth Rudin DeWoody
Dora Maar, Picasso en Minotaure, Mougins, 1937, Paris, Centre Pompidou – Musée national d’art modern – Centre de creation industrielle © ADAGP, Paris. Photo © Centre Pompidou, MNAM-CCI, Dist. RMN-Grand Palais / Philippe Migeat
Pablo Picasso, Portrait de femme,1938, Paris, Centre Pompidou – Musée national d’art modern – Centre de creation industrielle © ADAGP, Paris. Photo © Centre Pompidou, MNAM-CCI, Dist. RMN-Grand Palais / Georges Meguerditchian
Diego Rivera, Les vases communicants, 1938, Paris, Centre Pompidou – Musée national d’art modern – Centre de creation industrielle © D. Rivera F.Kahlo Museums Trust / ADAGP. Photo © Centre Pompidou, MNAM-CCI, Dist. RMN-Grand Palais / Jean-Claude Planchet
Frida Kahlo, Le Venadita (little deer), 1946, Private Collection. Photo: Nathan Keay, © MCA Chicago
Max Ernst with rocking horse, Paris ,1938, Max Ernst Museum Brühl des LVR, Stiftung Max Ernst
Dorothea Tanning and Max Ernst with his sculpture, Capricorn, 1947. © John Kasnetsis
Cadaqués, 1927. Courtesy of Foundation García Lorca

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Ilaria Bulgarelli

Ilaria Bulgarelli

Ilaria Bulgarelli (Roma, 1981) ha studiato presso l’Università degli Studi di Roma “Tor Vergata”, conseguendo la laurea triennale in Ingegneria Edile, poi presso “Sapienza Università di Roma”, per terminare i suoi studi con la laurea specialistica in Architettura. Un mix…

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