Not exact matches
«4 The imagery of thought provided
by the era of
modernism,
following from the stimulus of Darwinism, clearly expressed a response to the challenge of needs.
Although the mode of thinking here is radically different from that of modern metaphysics,
by following the lead of the new physics, it converges toward the latter in countering the positivism and the practically oriented
modernism following from Darwinian evolution, with its stress upon «environmentalism» and «functionalism» as modes of adaptation within a secularized immediacy, an immediacy shorn of depth and ultimacy.
When he created what was originally known as the Motherwell Foundation in 1981, its purpose was stated as
follows: «To serve the public interest
by endeavoring to foster, cultivate, develop, and support public understanding and appreciation of the principles of modern art expressed through the theories of
modernism as expressed in the works and writings of Robert Motherwell and other artists.»
Curated
by Dr. Arshiya Lokhandwala, the presentation begins with paintings from the era
following India's independence from Britain, primarily
by those involved in the seminal Progressive Artists» Group that jumpstarted
modernism in India.
Inspired
by European
modernism, the early proponents were Barnett Newman, Mark Rothko and Clifford Still,
followed by Morris Louis and Kenneth Noland.
Tate Modern's third year was a bumper one for blockbusters: the excellent Andy Warhol retrospective was
followed by a sublime exhibition that brought together two titans of 20th - century
modernism, Picasso and Matisse.
In the years
following the Mexican Revolution (1910 - 20), jewelry and other silver objects were crafted there with an entirely innovative approach, informed
by modernism and the creation of a new Mexican national identity.
Following the tradition of Brazilian
Modernism that advocates the idea of viewer's presence and active participation, Neto's installation Boa, placed at Museum of Contemporary Art Kiasma in Helsinki, from March until September 2016, again gives the opportunity to escape from the stress of everyday life
by devoting some time to senses.