European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 5, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse Artther Best modern Art from new York can be found in Bonn by de Reavis staff writer spare yourself a trip to new York s museum of modern Art and visit the German National Art and exhibition Hall Kunst und in Bonn Germany before Jan. 10 to see the great collections part i from Cezanne to Pollock. This exhibit according to the press spokeswoman inaugurates a series presenting exceptional collections from important International museums museums that have had a decisive Impact on cultural history not Only documenting the history of artistic movements but also functioning As an important catalyst in the cultural dialogue of our times. The exhibition offers a unique Opportunity to View in a chronological context part of a very Rich collection of modern masterpieces from a celebrated museum. The exhibition consists of 70 famous works from the museum of modern Art s permanent collection and documents the important developments in modern Art from around the turn of the Century to the mid-20th Century. The show begins with two Well known works of Paul Cezanne be chateau noir 1904-06 and Vincent Van Gogh portrait of Joseph Houlih 1889. Both artists were forerunners of two of the mos important mainstreams in modern Art abstraction ism and expressionism. The main movements of modern Art Are All represented in the exhibition and include cubism futurism and surrealism. Works such As Umberto Boccioni s unique forms of continuity in space 1913 Giorgio de Chirico s nostalgia of the infinite 1913-14 Oscar Schlemmer s bauhaus stairway 1932 Picasso s girl before a Mirror 1932 and Max Beckmann s triptych departure 1932-23. The museum of modern Art was founded in 1929 by three collectors Lillie p. Bliss mrs. Cornelius j. Sullivan and mrs. John d. Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Shaw the museum has been a formidable Pioneer in various ways. It was the first american museum to devote itself entirely to the presentation and collection of late 19th-and 20th-Century Art. It also included the work of living artists challenging the conservative policies of traditional established museums. The museum s goal was to provide the Public with a forum to View and enjoy the visual arts of the time. Alfred h. Barr jr., then a 27-year-old student and teacher of Art history was appointed its first director. Barr developed a Radical Multi departmental concept for the museum that has remained the basis for its activities Ever since. Influenced in part by models such As the bauhaus in Dessau Germany Barr established departments not Only for the so called Fine arts but also for the applied arts such As architecture and design. Moreover Barr incorporated the then very new two film series will complement the Art collection. The films All from the film Archive of the museum of Modem Art will be shown in the original English metamorphosis made in new York 1905-1974 this program win consist of sent films to films produced in the 1970s and witnesses the development of the City of new York through the perspective of the also changing medium of film. The silent films will be accompanied by live piano improvisations. Friday nov. 20 a . The window cleaner. 1945 Jules Bucher. 6 minutes utile fugitive 1953 Ray Ashley Ruth Orkin. Morris Engel. 75 minutes architectural millinery 1954 Sidney Peterson 7 minutes ., ., 1957 Franci Thompson 15minutes saturday nov. 21 a . Interior subway 14th Street to 42nd Street 1905 biography company silent film 5 minutes Coney Island at night 1905 Edison co., silent film 3 minutes Manhattan 1921 Paul strand Charles Sheeler silent film 9 minutes the City 1939 Ralph Steiner Willard Van Dyke. 43 minutes 8 . Manhole covers 1954 Ruth Cade 9 minutes Bridges go round 1958 Shirley Clarke 4 minutes birth of a building 1958 Alexander Hammod. Henwar Rodakiewicz. 12 minutes shift. 1967-1974 Ernie gel. 9 minutes Empire Andy Warhol excerpt Only c. 48 minutes sunday nov 22,1992 4 pm. Mean streets 1973 Marlin Scorsese 110 minutes Independent filmmakers new yorkers and other americans this program win show films dating from 1952 to 1991, and is dedicated to Independent films from new York. Most importantly it will include films on artists represented in the above mentioned exhibition. Friday dec. 4 a . The use and death of9413,1928 Robert Florey. 11 minutes h20,1929 Ralph Steiner 14 minutes meshes of the afternoon 1943 Maya Deren Alexander Hammid 18 minutes. ,1w in the Street 1952 Helen Levitt Janice toe James Agee 16 minutes. Free radicals 1958 Len Lye. 5 minutes Scorpio rising 1963 Kenneth anger 31 minutes saturday dec. 5 8 . Alexander Calder sculptures and constructions 1944 Hartley productions. 10 minutes Guernica 1949 Robert Flaherty 8 minutes Jackson Pollock 1950 Paul Falkenberg Hans Namuth 10 minutes. The aviary 1955 Joseph Cornell Rudy Burckhardt c 5 minutes homage to Jean Tinguely s Quot homage to new York "i960 Robert Beer 10 minutes Jasper Johns take an object. 1990 Hans Namuth Judith Wechsler 26 minutes a . Nostalgia 1971 Hollis Frampton. N.y., 36 minutes Valse triste 1978 Bruce Conner 6 minutes asparagus 1978 Suna it 18 minutes Garden of earthly delights 1981 Stan Brakhage 2 minutes news 1988-90 Donna Cameron. N.y., 8 minutes Sanctus 1991 Barbara Hammer 20 minutes sunday dec. A 4 . The hat 1964 Faith and John Hubley 18 minutes breath death 1964 Stan Vanderbeek ., 15 minutes Fuji 1974 Robert Breer. 9 minutes still. 1969-71 Ernie Gehr ny., 15 minutes program tickets will be available at the museum cashier and will Cost 5 Marks about $3 per Day. Oscar Schlemmer t Quot bauhaus stairway Quot left and Vincent Van Gogh s Quot portrait of Joseph Poulin Quot Are just two of the 70 exhibits at Quot the great collections parti from c4zanne to Pollock Quot at the German National Art and exhibition Hall in Bonn Germany. Mediums of photography and film in his museum program. A Catalon to the exhibition has been published in German and English with full Page illustrations and corresponding essays for each work in the exhibit. The exhibition will be accompanied by a film program with films from the museum of modern Art s Archive. 4 the museum is open tuesday through sunday from 10 . To 7 . Admission is 8 Marks about $5.33 for a Day ticket 12 Marks $8 fora two Day ticket or 60 Marks $40 for a 12-month ticket. A combined tickets Are also available for the Kunst und and the Bonn Art museum located across the mall for 10 Marks $6.66 for one Day 16 Marks $10.66 for two Days or 100 Marks $66.66 for 12 months. The museums Are on Adenauer Allee which runs off autobahn 562 near the Southern end of town. I i the great collections i the museum of modern Art new York from Cezanne to Pollock Jean Arp Francis Bacon Giacomo Balia Balthis Balthus Klossowski de Rola Max Beckmann Umberto Boccioni Constantin Brancusi Georges Braque Carlo Carrs Paul c6zanne Marc Chagall Giorgio i Chirico Joseph Cornell Salvador Dalf Willem de Kooning Robert Delaunay andr6 Derain Jean Dubuffet James Ensor Max Ernst Paul Gauguin Vincent Van Gogh Ashile Gorky Osdanig Manoog adoian Juan gris Jose Victotiano Gonzalez Edward Hopper Ernst Ludwig Kirchner Paul Klee Oskar Kokoschka Frantisek Kupka Roger de Lafresnaye Fernand l6ger ren6 Magritte Joan mind Amendeo Modigliani Piet Mondrian Edvard Munch Barnett Newman Emil Nolde Meret Oppenheim am dude Ozenfant Fancis Picalia Pablo Picasso Jackson Pollock Medardo Rosso Mark Rothko Egon Schiele Oskar Schlemmer Georges Seurat Gino Severini Mark Tobey Henri de Toulouse Lautrec Wols Otto Alfred Wolfgang Schulze 10 stripes Magazine november 5, 1992
