Rose Art Museum display justifies the passions Nov 5, 2009
First, on the museum s elegant entrance level, come modernism, surrealism, and social realism. Among the highlights are a small Reclining Nude by Picasso, showing his young lover, Marie-Th. (Boston Globe)
David and Barbara Stahl Collection is wide-ranging and captivating Oct 18, 2009
The collection s strengths lie in works from the early part of the 20th century, especially German Expressionist prints (the list includes George Grosz and Max Beckmann) and the social realism of Americans such as Edward Hopper, Reginald Marsh, and John Sloan. Even so, the Stahls did not limit themselves to one era or style; the collection includes works by Rembrandt, Piranesi, Whistler, and Picasso, and it also steps right into the 21st century. (Boston Globe)
Eric Cantona feted in Cannes for Loach film role May 24, 2009
Loach's movie _ an exceptionally funny and commercially appealing picture from a director better known for gritty social realism _ should introduce many new moviegoers to Cantona, who is both athlete and icon, a football philosopher as famed for his cryptic pronouncements as for his stunning goals. "Looking for Eric" plays on that reputation to comic effect. (Hanford Sentinal, CA)
Now playing, a familiar onscreen presence: Life Mar 27, 2009
Social realism is a term that makes some people queasy ... But "Amreeka," the opening film of the 2009 New Directors/New Films series on Wednesday, reaffirms social realism's validity as humanistic art with an educational frisson. (International Herald Tribune)
The communist touch Feb 8, 2009
By the end of the 1920s, Constructivism was waning, and Social Realism had become the official (and only approved) artistic style of the increasingly draconian Soviet state. Despite its decline there, Constructivism flourished elsewhere. (International Herald Tribune)
