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SUMMARY:Tour of Shadow Visionaries: French Artists Against the Current\, 1840-70
DESCRIPTION:Join us for this intimate tour of the exhibition Shadow Visionaries: French Artists Against the Current\, 1840-70. Led by the exhibition curator\, Anne Leonard\, Manton Curator of Prints\, Drawings\, and Photographs at the Clark Art Institute. \nAbout the exhibition:\nThe mid-1800s in France was a tumultuous era that witnessed dramatic political\, social\, and cultural change. The impact of those transformations on the art of the period has often been measured by the painting and sculpture shown at government-sponsored Salons\, Universal Expositions\, and other prominent exhibition venues\, which tended to uphold official narratives of progress. \nYet a focus on more private media\, such as printmaking and photography\, tells a different story. In fact\, many artists felt at odds with their era’s celebration of material advancement and modernization. \nRejecting the prevailing current\, such figures—described as “Shadow Visionaries” for this exhibition—chose dark subject matter oriented toward the irrational\, spiritual\, and fantastical. They used the distinctive characteristics of black-and-white media to convey intense emotions\, while producing works of unsparing directness and rare beauty. Although some of the Shadow Visionaries evoked nostalgia\, others dreamed boldly toward an alternate future\, anticipating later art movements such as Symbolism and Surrealism. \nShadow Visionaries: French Artists Against the Current\, 1840-70 is organized by the Clark Art Institute and curated by Anne Leonard\, Manton Curator of Prints\, Drawings\, and Photographs. Shadow Visionaries: French Artists Against the Current\, 1840-70 is on view in the exhibition galleries in the Clark Center’s lower level. \nMajor funding for Shadow Visionaries is provided by Hubert and Mireille Goldschmidt\, with additional support from the IFPDA Foundation and the Troob Family Foundation. \n               \nImage: Jean Charles Cazin (French\, 1840–1901)\, The Quarries at Gentilly\, by Night\, 1862\, Charcoal and white chalk on blue paper\, 7 7/8 × 10 3/8 in. (20 × 26.4 cm). Frits Lugt Collection\, Fondation Custodia\, Paris
URL:https://thedrawingfoundation.org/event/tour-of-shadow-visionaries-french-artists-against-the-current-1840-70/
LOCATION:Clark Art Institute\, 225 South Street\, Williamstown\, MA\, 01267\, United States
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