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It's very stark, touring a gallery show of Schiele. Every single piece is grotesque except that work portraying his sister.
by hiddencost 2y ago
It's very stark, touring a gallery show of Schiele.
Every single piece is grotesque except that work portraying his sister.
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- paganel 2y agoThat's how art is supposed to be, to raise something inside the one experiencing it. For those that want a more mundane experience from the same time-period there's also a Sargent and countless others like him. For reference, the one Schiele exhibition that I got to attend took place more than 15 years ago, at the Leopold Museum in Vienna itself, and for sure I didn't see it as grotesque. I was more mesmerised later that day by the Egyptian art hosted in the nearby Kunsthistorisches Museum
- khazhoux 2y agoI saw that same exhibition in Vienna! 2007 IIRC. I agree that it never struck me as grotesque. His work is bold, stark, urgent. I also find that his draftsmanship is overshadowed. He has an amazing sense of volume, told with simple linework. And his hand renderings are sublime.