Van Gogh and ---

 

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And from the Asheville Art Museum:

Exhibition on Screen Series | Van Gogh Poets & Lovers

Two hundred years after its opening and a century after acquiring its first Van Gogh works, the National Gallery, London is hosting the UK’s biggest ever Van Gogh exhibition. Van Gogh is not only one of the most beloved artists of all time, but perhaps the most misunderstood.

This film is a chance to reexamine and better understand this iconic artist. Focusing on his unique creative process, Van Gogh: Poets & Lovers explores the artist’s years in the south of France, where he revolutionized his style. Van Gogh became consumed with a passion for storytelling in his art, turning the world around him into vibrant, idealized spaces and symbolic characters.

Poets and lovers filled his imagination; everything he did in the south of France served this new obsession. In part, this is what caused his notorious breakdown, but it didn’t hold back his creativity as he created masterpiece after masterpiece. Explore one of art history’s most pivotal periods in this once-in-a-century show. Made in close collaboration with the National Gallery.

Preview from YouTube above.

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My shots from the show. Apologies to those sitting behind me, I only held up my iPhone for these 4 shots.
 

Well, maybe a couple more which I missed completely. 

The show meant sitting for an hour and a half, not a bad way to spend a hot afternoon. But when you think of all the other movies in much more comfortable seats, with sound systems that wouldn't make it very difficult for me to understand the narrators...the cost was not quite worth it.

Did I learn anything new about Van Gogh? Maybe his love of yellow? Nah, I already knew that.

I observed his most prolific period was from the hospital in 1889  (the year before his suicide.) Or were these just the gallery's collection for that show? It was thorough and thoughtfully narrated by art experts. 

But films of paintings don't really do justice to the art. I've taken too many art history courses with slides and overheads to not have that opinion. So my visit to the Art Museum in Asheville was best enjoyed by seeing art on the wall.

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Today’s quote:

Haters, like parrots,

talk much

but cannot fly. Dreamers,

like eagles, say nothing but

conquer the skies.

 Matshona Dhliwayo

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Old photos:

Myself at 3 and maternal grandmother Mozelle Munhall, Dallas TX. She was a seamstress and made my lovely tan wool outfit with dark brown velvet trim at the collar.

In the style of...

From Art in Bloom 

I apologize for not capturing the name or description of the florist's work.

This painting seemed very familiar. The artist, Cheryl Keefer posted a similar reproduction on her web page

Cheryl Keifer works in Black Mountain. But the reason both my friend Helen and myself said "we'd seen that painting" is that Cheryl posted it on Facebook, and she's a FB friend of another Black Mountain friend artist, Robert Tynes. Robert has retired now from being the painting professor at UNCA (University of North Carolina Asheville.) He definitely had a different style of painting.

But let's jump into the art at the Asheville Museum again.

This super realism painting reminds me of Robert Tynes' work...who did a lot of trompe l'oeil. I saw a retrospective of his work in 2021, and shared some on my "art blog" Alchemy of Clay.

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Good day yesterday...met with Doc and accepted that meds aren't the answer to the finger shakes. I suggested chiropractor for my neck pain, and he agreed. I brought it up mainly because that had been the major symptom that I had prior to (or result of) my heart attack 5 years ago. Now my neck pain is mainly from bending my head forward reading in one position (like the iPad) at this time. Hopefully that's all. It does respond to Tylenol!

I had lunch with an old friend who'd recently been to a "celebration of life" for her ex-father-in-law. He had been 90. It was good for her to see so many old friends/family...as well as her son who's stationed in Australia with the US Navy...near Ayers Rock. He had traveled 35 hours to be at the family gathering for just a couple of days, then turned around and returned to duty. He used to be stationed in DC, so she had seen him several times in the last year. It reminded me how glad I had been to have talked with my sons over last weekend by phone.

I continue to feel better daily with the cough still a constant evening companion. But I'm aware of the preciousness of each day. I'm determined to live a life, rather than "waiting around to die." I noticed the Doc looked at me intently as he said good-bye, a similar look I've had just a few times. It's as if they are thinking they won't see me again. Perhaps that's true. The next time I notice it I'll ask someone.

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Today's quote:

Ride the winds of change, unafraid.

Dr. Larry Ward ----------- Rabbit rabbit for a great July everyone! by Elena Shumilova --------------------------- Old Photos: And happy birthday to the father of my 2 eldest sons...who is celebrating completing his 86th journey around the sun. Who would have thunk it! Doug Heym in 1973. Sharing with Wordless Wednesday on Tuesday (well almost!) ------------------- Happy Canada Day to my friends who celebrate it!