The very, very first in a regular series:
Who? Charles Sheeler
What? Ballardvale
Where? Dulwich Picture Gallery
When? On show as part of the small-but-fascinating Coming of Age: American Art, 1850s to 1950s until 8 June 2008.
Why? Because I took home a postcard of this having seen the exhibition recently and every time I’ve looked at it since the colours seem more perfect and the angles more dynamic. Not a powerful picture as such, but an incredibly assured one.
And an exhibition that is well worth seeing by the way, tracing America’s emergence as an ‘art power’, following the dramatic influence of the European avant garde, and ending up with New York effectively overtaking Paris. A little extra exposition on the walls would not have been unwelcome though.
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29 May 2008 at 11:30 am
umlautampersand
Until I return to write more on Dulwich Picture Gallery, which I will, I should flag up the following great blog on cultural life in the area:
http://dulwichonview.org.uk/
I particularly loved the following post from the creative mind behind the gallery’s merchandising:
http://dulwichonview.org.uk/2008/04/22/selling-st-sebastian/
The DPG shop really puts many a larger institution to shame.