More Lisbon – starting with the Museo de Art Antiga
Unmistakeably, Hieronymus Bosch, The Temptation of St. Anthony
Saint Augustine, Piero Della Francesca – I know, not obviously DF – until you notice the thousand mile gaze (below)
Californian, maybe?
These below are in Belem, the modern section of the Cultural Centre:
Michael Craig Martin, floating furniture – not the title, but could be…
Richard Serra – I think the material is graphite on paper.
Frank Stella on the wall – Anthony Caro on the floor
This is from the castle that overlooks Lisbon – it’s a section of wall, but could be a painting – or sculpture.
Gillian Ayres, of course – but I can’t remember where it is. The Gulbenkian, I think. It’s a lot like that one in the Tate Britain, the one that looks like the constituent parts of a fried breakfast; in a good way, that is…
Also the Gulbenkian – don’t know who the (Portuguese) artist is for certain; think it’s Amadeo de Souza-Cardoso – but quite like early Malevich, I think.
Back to the Antiga – also called the Museum of Discovery, by the way, just to confuse matters even more…
Fantin-Latour of course – fabulous hydrangeas, lovely tablecloth..
Just to show that even great artists have lapses of taste from time to time, I include the following two Manets:
Hmm…
No comment.
These next are from the Gulbenkian Museum – the first two from the modern section, the last from the Folk section:
Paula Rego – I really like her abstracts as a rule; this one a little like a Miro rendered by a young Patrick Heron?
Bill Woodrow – going for a stroll
This is from the folk art section of the Gulbenkian; it’s by Sarah Affonso, an example of the art of the Minho region. I sort of get the impression she was on the professional end of the folk art spectrum – looks like a pretty competent piece to me. Shades of Goncharova, I think, and Paula Rego even?
Julieta, dir Pedro Almodovar,
This film about guilt, unexplained disappearances and, (as often with Almodovar), incapacitated and/or comatose characters, popped up on British TV the other night. I remember I found it reminiscent of Bunuel when I first saw it – this time, I was surprised by the ending, which I thought was different from the first time. Then I realised I was “remembering” the ending as Bunuel would have done it, NOT Almodovar. Almo’s ended on a note of hope and reconciliation; Bunuel’s would have ended with a further unexplained and infuriating disappearance.
Great Klimt -ish dressing gown though.
In a Marine Light
Blackpaint
12.10.19
Tags: Bill Woodrow, Bosch, Caro, Centro Cultural de Belem, della Francesca, Fantin-Latour, Gillian Ayres, Lisbon Gulbenkian, Manet, Museo de Art Antiga Lisbon, Paula Rego, Richard Serra, Sarah Affonso, Stella
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