European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 2, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse Calendar Belgium Spring t air Bruges april 1 1-10. I till antique and i Lea a morn april 24 British Clell Axhi Bilibin Mil pc Milf Itsu Inta my in i april 12. Procession of holy monday in Ilu medieval Village , april 13. The living of the Crift performed by lot in people a nne april 14, Matisse expo Bright and bold by Marilyn August a giant wave of blood red magnified from he Edge of a Matisse Cut out and visible Halfway across Paris heralds a controversial display of the master s graphics at the academic Des beaux arts. The show entitled rhythm and line features 430 works including drawings lithographs Linotype Book illustrations and Cut oils Many of which have never before been seen in Public. Besl known for his bold use of primary colors clashing pallens and distorted perspective the Matisse that emerges from this exhibition is a first class craftsman. However the huge red Banner nearly 150 Square feet of dyed fabric draped across the Academe Ries beaux arts classic facade magnifying a minute detail from a Book illustration is a tame Eye catching artifice compared to what s inside. Before viewing the works themselves visitors have la find their Way through a labyrinth of brightly coloured spaces thai include a flight of stairs a sloping Green a fell covered ramp Over a deep pit covered in Muschla Orange and red Vinyl a footbridge illuminated by Blue Neon lights and a Terrace of words featuring quotations from Matisse s writings one room is plastered entirely with 22 enlarged photographs showing different slates of the painting no Rase which is on show in Baltimore. The etchings most of which Are on loan from the Bibliog Cheque Nazionale Trace the different themes that dominated Matisse s Long and varied career. In 1 906, he was concentrating on women s faces and their round sensuous forms which he Drew in every imaginable pose sitting standing bending and tying Down in a myriad of sexually provocative poses. Ten years later the contours were smoother the figures sketched with a single Black line by 1925, Malisse was using More Complex etching techniques including the infinite shading hat allowed veritable portraiture and the reproduction of intricate designs and patterns of 1920s fashion House linens and wallpaper the exhibition s unorthodox presentation is the work of Maurice and Jacqueline Guillaud the husband and wife Art curators famous in France for their innovative installations. The Cui lauds have suspended works from the ceiling and mounted paintings on the floor. They once built Calwa iks Over Picasso masterpieces Ami Hung Claude Monet s famous waterlily paintings at the end of a footbridge identical to the one in the paintings critics Call Guillaud 56, a Mell Euren scene by which they mean that instead of simply hanging a show he stages it. Yet the critics Are hardly unanimous. At the opening Pierre Schneider a Matisse expert and Art critic fur the it
