Making It New: The Art and Style of Sara and Gerald Murphy
Start date: Sunday, June 8, 2008
Event is ongoing: Until Sunday, September 14, 2008
This exhibition explores the extraordinary lives of Sara and Gerald Murphy and the couple’s influence on a remarkable constellation of creative artists that flourished in Paris and the Riviera in the 1920s and 1930s. Friends of Ernest Hemingway, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Pablo Picasso, Igor Stravinsky, Cole Porter, Dorothy Parker, Alfred Hitchcock, and Fernand Léger, the Murphys strove to make something fine and beautiful of their lives through “living well,” creating art, and encouraging artist and writer friends. The result was some of the most noteworthy literature, music, theater, and art of the last century. Often portrayed simply as wealthy patrons, the Murphys in fact improvised their own brand of unconventional modernism that was a source of inspiration to their many talented friends.
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Sorry, this event ended on Sunday, September 14, 2008.
Really nice exhibit. The audio tour comes with admission and is a great enhancement. You learn about and see as much (or more) work from the Murphy's friends -- folks like Hemingway, Fitzgerald and Picasso -- as you do the titular subjects.
The exhibit is a little confusing chronologically. Best to take it counter-clockwise. (We did the opposite.)
Really cool to see casual party photos that inspired some of Picasso's greatest works. And chances are that even if you haven't heard of Gerald Murphy, you know some of his paintings.
Also cool is an exhibit alcove on Dallas' role in bringing Murphy's art back to prominence in the 1950's.
Mike Orren Staff
1 year, 5 months ago
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