. In the showing at the MFAH paintings may shock some tender souls.
She painted what she saw and felt. Starkly, shockingly, no holds barred.
A brazen but furiously honest depiction of the times she lived, in Harleem, in New York.
She painted portraits of Warhold and others without rosecolored glasses.
Some paintings reminded me of Emil Nolde, others of Frida Kahlo in their frank brutality and sexuality.
Others are rather childlike
, and others seem to echo black and white photos as if recorded memories of the times, and others cartoonish
. But all are without any hesitancy in showing the uglyness of nature, illness and age. A deeply distrurbing exhibition, IMO.
Others are rather childlike
, and others seem to echo black and white photos as if recorded memories of the times, and others cartoonish
. But all are without any hesitancy in showing the uglyness of nature, illness and age. A deeply distrurbing exhibition, IMO.Following that we went up to the second floor and found our way into gallery 214 (full of old masters) where the Dominic Walsh Dance Theater, presented a starkly modern version but fluid "Afternoon of A Faun" (music by Claude Debussy) choreographed by Walsh.
Juxtaposed in front of the old majestic paintings
, seeing this very modern dance was refreshing.
, seeing this very modern dance was refreshing.The company, founded in 2002 by Walsh formerly principal dancer at Houston Ballet, now acclaimed not only as interpreter of modern and classical dance, but also as choreographer, also boasts several dancers of international repute.
Below:The Company performing to Italian folksongs.
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