Two Reflections draws thematic connections and contrasts between the visual languages of these
artists, each of whom
portrays a common sense of anguish brought about
by different fundamental and inescapable forces in life: nature and humanity.
By focusing on his involvement in performances, sculpture, and unique and creative engagement with technology, in addition to an in - depth exploration of his early paintings, combines, and phototransfers, the Guggenheim retrospective painted a portrait of an artist that is quite different than the one portrayed by most formalist histories of ar
By focusing on his involvement in performances, sculpture, and unique and creative engagement with technology, in addition to an in - depth exploration of his early paintings, combines, and phototransfers, the Guggenheim retrospective painted a portrait of an
artist that is quite
different than the one
portrayed by most formalist histories of ar
by most formalist histories of art.
The last bit of this survey is rightly concluded with Höch's last piece: a large scale collage,
portraying the long - lived
artist at
different ages — always with her signature haircut — surrounded
by friends, lovers and places that entered her life and productive career as
artist.