Art Review

Phoenix Art Museum – “Paper” 

“An art exhibit worth exploring”

 

Art Review by Jackie Jacobson

The Phoenix Art Museum’s Art exhibit

The museum took an artist’s drawing material and made it the theme of an art exhibit.

 

 

 

 

The material PAPER.

• Included in the show 
• Works of art drawn, printed, or painted on paper 
• Paper as the subject of the artwork 
• Used as the material for three dimensional work such as paper dresses to metal representations 

 

 

And here’s the piece of art that attracted me to this show for today’s art review.

Art Review : André Derain, Still Life, 1933.
Gouache (also known as opaque watercolor)
on newspaper mounted on canvas. 24½” x 33¾”.
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Donald D. Harrington.

 

Newsprint for drawing 

Most drawing instructors assign newsprint pads of paper as the support paper for quick sketches from the live model.

I assign NEWSPAPERS such as the classified section as an incredible surface for drawings.

And that makes it pretty cheap for a drawing material. But we better start saving them before Newspapers disappear from our planet.

Derain Painting in the Art Exhibit

In this painting by Derain, note that the the headlines and text are still visible in the work. It definitely adds to the interest of the   piece. It was probably painted as a quick study and then mounted on canvas to preserve it

André Derain, French (1880-1954), was a contemporary and friend of Picasso and Matisse, and one of the artists of the Fauvist movement. He might never have enjoyed the success he did as an artist if it hadn’t been for Matisse convincing Derain’s parents to allow him to abandon his studies in engineering and pursue art. This piece, from 1933, is a gouache (also known as opaque watercolor) on newspaper, the headlines and text of which are still visible in the work.

The Phoenix Art Museum is the Southwest United States’ largest art museum for visual art. It’s Located in Phoenix, Arizona, the museum is 285,000-square-foot. It’s a mere 4 hour drive from here in The Palm Springs area and will definitely be on my schedule of short trips this summer.

Art exhibit is in the Steele Gallery and runs from May 26 – September 23, 2012. Join me in Phoenix AZ and we’ll explore this fine art exhibit together. I’ll let you know the date of my trip.

“Come back weekly for an art review of a current museum show, gallery show, or specific artist. I will be your art critic.”

Drawing Class with Jackie Jacobson

Speaking of my art classes. Have you taken my free drawing classes? They are a hit. 

One of the six classes arrives in your email every other week. They’re on video and you do the drawing right there in your home. 

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