Comments on: Monet/Lichtenstein: Cathedrals Remembered, Reimagined http://lacma.wordpress.com/2011/10/04/monetlichtenstein-cathedrals-remembered-reimagined/ Tue, 18 Jun 2013 04:27:50 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: R Simonetti http://lacma.wordpress.com/2011/10/04/monetlichtenstein-cathedrals-remembered-reimagined/#comment-8217 Mon, 12 Dec 2011 20:32:10 +0000 http://lacma.wordpress.com/?p=9734#comment-8217 The Monet/Lichtenstein Rouen Cathedral exhibit offered me a very unusual museum experience. As I tried to understand what I was looking out, this wasn’t the typical viewing of great paintings, I discovered that as I stepped away from the painting the details became sharper and more focused and added a dramatic observing experience. In fact, in viewing the Lichtenstein paintings the cathedral’s form, shape and details were only, if not best, recognized from the maximum distance allowed in the exhibit space . At the closest viewing distance I only saw what I would call Lichtenstein’s pixels.
Further investigation lead me to understand that Monet’s paintings were as much a study of changing light and mood as it was a serial representation of the Rouen cathedral.
This exhibit represents a standout moment in my art museum experiences and touched me on both an intellectual and spiritual level. It’s impact still pleasantly bounces around in my mind

]]> By: Brian Heffron http://lacma.wordpress.com/2011/10/04/monetlichtenstein-cathedrals-remembered-reimagined/#comment-7494 Tue, 22 Nov 2011 23:32:47 +0000 http://lacma.wordpress.com/?p=9734#comment-7494 Rouen Cathedral by JMW Turner was painted long before Monet or Lichtenstein ever thought of painting and can be found here: http://www.lancs.ac.uk/fass/ruskin/empi/notes/gafran33.htm

Look familiar?

]]> By: Brian Heffron http://lacma.wordpress.com/2011/10/04/monetlichtenstein-cathedrals-remembered-reimagined/#comment-7493 Tue, 22 Nov 2011 23:29:38 +0000 http://lacma.wordpress.com/?p=9734#comment-7493 And by the way, JMW Turner could out paint both of them on their best day.

]]> By: Brian Heffron http://lacma.wordpress.com/2011/10/04/monetlichtenstein-cathedrals-remembered-reimagined/#comment-7491 Tue, 22 Nov 2011 23:13:03 +0000 http://lacma.wordpress.com/?p=9734#comment-7491 They both stole the idea from JMW Turner’s RIVERS OF FRANCE.

]]> By: Laszlo Gyermek MD. http://lacma.wordpress.com/2011/10/04/monetlichtenstein-cathedrals-remembered-reimagined/#comment-6890 Wed, 02 Nov 2011 00:21:48 +0000 http://lacma.wordpress.com/?p=9734#comment-6890 Your highly praising, short scholarly comment about the ( abridged) Monet Cathedral series vis a vis the LIchtenstein ” interpretations” should be appreciated.
I have seen most of the Cathedral paintings of Monet; studied, ” re-painted” the entire series ( of 30!) and last year exhibited them locally. You might be interested to look at them.
Laszlo Gyermek M.D.

]]> By: stephanie http://lacma.wordpress.com/2011/10/04/monetlichtenstein-cathedrals-remembered-reimagined/#comment-6493 Wed, 05 Oct 2011 10:39:37 +0000 http://lacma.wordpress.com/?p=9734#comment-6493 nice comment lauren and beautifully installed

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