Wednesday 27 June 2018

Egon Schiele / Francesca Woodman - Tate Liverpool (until 23 September 2018)

Egon Schiele, Self-Portrait in Crouching Position, 1913
Life in Motion: Egon Schiele / Francesca Woodman is at Tate Liverpool until 23 September 2018
From the Tate website:
Life in Motion brings together works by renowned expressionist artist Egon Schiele and photographer Francesca Woodman. The exhibition highlights and interrogates the instability of identity, the transitional nature of psychological states and the expression of this through dynamic bodily movement. The artists' works explore moments and passages of time, revealing the quick, intuitive mark-making of Schiele, and the technical flair of Woodman's compositions.
The precocious ability of Egon Schiele (1890–1918) was nurtured by Gustav Klimt, Vienna's leading artist. Although Schiele initially drew great inspiration from his mentor, he quickly developed his own distinctive style. A master draughtsman, he is known for his erotic depictions of women and himself. He depicted his subjects in unconventional poses, with expressive faces – ranging from anguished to climactic – and with an emphasis on the hands, which were often greatly exaggerated. When he died of the Spanish flu, he was among Austria's leading artists.
Francesca Woodman (1958–1981) grew up in an art-loving family, taking up photography aged 13. Showing unusual aptitude, she became interested in interactions of the body within space, depicting herself merging with her surroundings, or employing a long camera exposure to appear as a blur, suggesting bodily presence as fleeting or uncertain. Dedicated and prolific, she once said: 'I have a lot of ideas cooking, simply need to get started working before they stick to the bottom of the pan.'
Presenting Schiele and Woodman together for the first time on this scale, Life in Motion explores their enduring relevance, showing how these sublimely innovative artists connect across time and medium.
Reviews:
Laura Cumming (The Observer)
Waldemar Januszczak (The Times/blog)
Rowan Pelling (The Telegraph)
Jackie Wullschlager (Financial Times)
Alice Lenkiewicz (Artlyst)
Jonathan Jones (The Guardian)
Egon Schiele, Standing Male Figure (Self-Portrait), 1914
Egon Schiele, Self-Portrait, 1914.
Egon Schiele, Standing Man, 1913
Egon Schiele, Squatting Girl, 1917
Francesca Woodman, Untitled, 1975–80
Francesca Woodman, Untitled, 1975–80
Francesca Woodman, Providence, Rhode Island, 1976, 1976
Francesca Woodman, Space², Providence, Rhode Island, 1975-1978, 1975–8

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