Culture shock, German-style Jul 5, 2008
It was only in the mid-1980s that art historians became comfortable with the idea that artists such as Max Beckmann, Otto Dix and George Grosz could be seen as a second wave of Expressionists, despite their stylistic differences. This was partly due to writers such as Donald E. Gordon beginning to analyse Expressionism as a set of shared ideas and attitudes, rather than a particular moment in time. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Music: Puppets enliven Metropolitan production of opera 'Satyagraha' Apr 15, 2008
They resembled the figures of the German Expressionist artists Otto Dix and George Grosz, come to life. While lasting only a few minutes, the scene stands as perhaps the most striking moment in the Met's production of "Satyagraha," Philip Glass's 1979 opera about Mohandas K. Gandhi's years in South Africa. (International Herald Tribune)
In area galleries this year, artists took chances, with many interesting results Dec 27, 2007
George Grosz took it upon himself to witness the debasements and debaucheries of his generation, from Germany's social ills to New York's high society in the 1920s and 1930s. "A World in Grosz Disarray: Works on Paper by George Grosz" at Pucker Gallery offered up drawings both scathing and tart by this restless and remarkable draftsman and caricaturist. (Boston Globe)
Caustic postwar art, through German eyes Nov 6, 2007
e Maillol in Paris: "Soldiers Charging" (1927) by George Grosz ... e Maillol in Paris through Feb. 4 examines this art, yet its title, "Allemagne, les Ann?es Noires," or "Germany: The Black Years," makes a different point: that the most prominent of these war artists - Otto Dix, George Grosz, Max Beckmann, Ludwig Meidner and Jacob Steinhardt - were all German. (International Herald Tribune)
Judge Hears O'Keeffe Collection Offer Oct 24, 2007
The artworks given to Fisk also included works by Pablo Picasso, Pierre-Auguste Renoir, George Grosz, Arthur Dove and John Marin. Fisk's Carl Van Vechten Gallery, which houses the Stieglitz Collection, has fallen into disrepair and the entire collection has been in storage at Nashville's Frist Center for the Visual Arts since November 2005. (Newsmax)
McGlynn: A day to celebrate veterans Oct 19, 2007
The words of artist George Grosz apply to any war where young men and women go to battle. The horror of war is unspeakable; the valor of those called to fight is undeniable. (Medford Transcript, MA)
Brilliant drafting shines in Grosz's works on paper Aug 9, 2007
George Grosz, who satirized the excesses and debasements of Germany between the two world wars, was so cutting that it's easy to get caught up in his subjects and his bitter humor. But he was a brilliant technician, too, as "A World in Grosz Disarray: Works on Paper by George Grosz," at Pucker Gallery, demonstrates ... A World in Grosz Disarray: Works on Paper by George Grosz. (Boston Globe -- Living)
Art Dealer Daniella Luxembourg Urges Buyers to Be Wary of `Uber-Marketing' Aug 8, 2007
Her London sale of Berlin art, ``Lonely Prophets, German Art From 1910 to the 1930s,'' includes works by Kirchner, Max Ernst, Lyonel Feininger, George Grosz and Christian Schad, being sold by Italian, German and U.S. collectors and valued at ``tens of millions of pounds,'' she said. Price lists will be available in late September. (Bloomberg -- UK)
Alberto Sughi: 1946 to Present Jul 26, 2007
At the beginning of the 70s, Sughi moved from the city of Cesena to the nearby hills of Carpineta and started work on the cycle La cena, a clear metaphor for middle class society, containing a certain Germanic realism, resembling the works of George Grosz and Otto Dix, enveloped in almost metaphysical atmospheres, isolating every character and freezing them within the scene. Ettore Scola chose one of the paintings from the Cena cycle as a poster for his film La Terrazza, and Mario Monicelli was... (AbsoluteArts.com)
Growing panes Jul 8, 2007
The stories tell of a pornography-obsessed dwarf on an airplane flight (Itzik Rennert's florid, George Grosz -influenced art is downright juicy); of a depressed businessman who finds love with a Romanian acrobat (Rutu Modan's pictures, interspersed with the occasional, startling photo, are guileless and sinewy); and of a magician who'd rather not do magic anymore (Batia Kolton's eloquently muted art is so expressive you feel you're watching a puppet show). This small book is a portal to large... (Boston Globe)
Bread or Roses? Mar 21, 2007
Following in his mother s footsteps, during his lifetime Tobin gave many important pieces to the McNay, including works by Henry Moore, Richard Stankiewicz, Cy Twombly, Kandinsky, George Grosz, Natalia Gontcharova, Toulouse-Lautrec, and Goya. His family s donations account for more than half of the museum s entire collection. (San Antonio Current, TX)
Cabaret Berlin's Doomed Characters Displayed at New York's Met: Interview Jan 31, 2007
On view until Feb. 19, are some 100 portraits, many by Otto Dix, Max Beckmann, George Grosz and Christian Schad. Seated in her cluttered Met office, curator Sabine Rewald discussed her selection while exuding that gaunt look and caustic charm so often exhibited by her disturbed cast of characters. (Bloomberg -- Germany)
A high-voltage collection Jan 24, 2007
Another peculiar American was Guy Pene Du Bois, here represented by "Banquet." Du Bois was a master of social commentary -- a kind of society George Grosz -- and this Depression-era scene notes the self-indulgence and self-absorption of the moneyed classes. The biggest surprise in this exhibition is Siegfried Gerhard Reinhardt, a German-born painter active in the 1960s. (Orlando Sentinel)
Glitter And Doom: German Portraits From The 1920's Jan 14, 2007
In another room, if you look closely at the details, you will be able to see the veins running along the head in a 1925 portrait by George Grosz. "He painted like an old master, although Grosz himself said he was not content with this picture. He told someone, which we know from the literature, he thought the portrait was rather dry. Grosz painted a second version, but this is his finest portrait," according to Rewald. (CBS 2, NY)
