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Torn in Between

by Trong Gia Nguyen
Jean Cocteau, Giorgio de Chirico, Otto Dix, Hannah Höch, Fernand Léger, Henri Matisse, Pablo Picasso, AUGUST SANDER, Ludwig Mies van der Rohe at Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum October 1st, 2010 - January 9th, 2011
Posted 1/2/11

Chaos and Classicism feels like the forced scholarly sort of show that, were it not for the many wonderful works in the exhibition, would leave a person wondering why anyone would curate such a broad theme that, for all intents and purposes, could have included any number of artworks from any period in history. Concentrating on the years between the wars in France, Italy, and Germany, every work in Chaos and Classicism depicts or references the human figure, during a time when creators and societies... [more]