![]() Here, however, this framing helped to establish the curatorial context in which Johns experienced it-in 1950 at the first Munch retrospective in the United States at the Museum of Modern Art and again in 1978 at a survey of Munch’s work at the National Gallery. His work was presented as primarily autobiographical despite recent scholarship that challenges such interpretation. Munch was well represented with a wide-ranging selection of paintings, prints, drawings, and photographs, yet, despite the changes in his work over time, he appeared as a set figure whose interests and art remained fairly consistent. While the title of the VMFA show implied with its “and” that both artists would receive equal attention, the analytical focus of the show clearly rested on Johns. In Oslo, the exhibition was titled Johns+Munch and was part of the Munch Museum’s +Munch series that presented Munch’s work in relation to artists ranging from Vincent van Gogh to the contemporary Norwegian artist Bjarne Melgaard. Both the exhibition and meticulously researched catalogue essay examine the common threads that bind Munch, the Norwegian Symbolist known for his dramatic, intensely personal depictions of the fleeting pleasures and enduring anxieties associated with life, death, and sexuality and Johns, the post-1945 American artist known for rejecting precisely the notion of art as personal expression for which Munch is famous.Ĭurated by John Ravenal, formerly a curator at VMFA and currently the director of deCordova Sculpture Park and Museum, this show was organized by VMFA and the Munch Museum in Oslo, Norway. The illuminating exhibition Jasper Johns and Edvard Munch: Love, Loss, and the Cycle of Life recently at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts ( VMFA), explored the deep connections between what seems at first glance to be the work of two starkly different artists. Performance Art/Performance Studies/Public Practice. ![]() Museum Practice/Museum Studies/Curatorial Studies/Arts Administration.Drawings/Prints/Work on Paper/Artistc Practice.Digital Media/New Media/Web-Based Media.Architectural History/Urbanism/Historic Preservation.Subject, Genre, Media, Artistic Practice.
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