Carter, Curtis

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Marquette Universitye-Publications@MarquettePhilosophy Faculty Research and Publications Philosophy, Department of3-25-1971Milwaukee Art Center [Review of recentaquisitions of the Milwaukee Art Center,Milwaukee]Curtis CarterMarquette University, curtis.carter@marquette.eduCarter, Curtis. 1971. Milwaukee Art Center. Bugle American. March 25-31, Second Section, Vol. 2,No. 12 (No. 25).M ilwauke£Ar tCenter / . BaertJing invented this system of nat-' , "Ghrist and the· Woman ofsatnaria By ClD'tis L. carter urallsm. Among Ruins" and Durer's "Mad~nna ,An impressive amty of 1970' ac- Key elements in "open form" With a: Pea" to more recent works such quisitions featured in the current ex- are' slightly curved diagonal black as Kelly's "Gyclamen In," a floral. hibit at' the Milwaukee Art. Center lines which give direction to colored lithograph done in memory' of Martin testify to steady and substantial angle-spaces "lying, between heavy Luther King, anct B.asJdn's "frhe growth in thelr permanent collection. lines., , ". Cry," which portrays a suffering' Thi~ sl no small achievement for a lines; Black, the color of the lines, fQ,ce. collection which, lacking substantial . is the color on which Baertling builds Sculpture is respect~ly ;evident •. , funds for acquisitions and faCing SPar~ art., The spaces between are fille'a, On loan is Rodin's"'M'alkingMan, 1877" , ing prices, relies heavily on con~ct- with vibrant flat colors. _ . - a massive [ugure begtinasa study for ' ~ ors' and other benefactors' gifts. Careful experimentation with th~ his John the Baptist. The piece gives , The exhibit contains important sensory impact of the different colors, off an antique green color.ca:StwIUch works of major 20th century artists led Baertling to the discovery that somewhat softens thEi otherWise rough Olle ,Baertling, Marc Chagall, Henri "different colors vary in their ability featur,es of the figure. ' ~atisse,LaSzl0 Moholy Nagy, Leon- tQ appear to eXPand, lift, and vapor- Thin; ha1r .. Uke strands of staiil~. ard Baskin, Edmund Lewandowski, ize." Using thispdnciple in conjunc- .' less steel mounted and flowing kout Ellsworth Kelly, Harry Bertoia, Paul tion witb 'black diagonal lines, from' a central post order space in a -Suttman, CamlllePissarro, Rodin and. Baertling achieves "open. form," form uresistable to touch, in Harry; others. . causing the picture spac~ to explode Bertoia's-- Untitled sculpture. In the show are etchings of Rem-. past the boundaries of the canvas in.' A pastel~ 'iiView of iJazincourt: . brandt, Delacroix, an!! Durer; a Japan- all. directions. " Fog," by the French impressIonist . esewoodcut by Katsushika; waks of A set of 10 Chagall lithographs, ." . Pissarro, enhances the, Impressionist photogravure by Stiechen; and 17t,b "Sur' La Terre Des Dieux, 1967!' collection. Likewise the'arnall deli-to 19th century Dutch, Spanlsh,and'Colorfully portray incidents CQDcern- cate oil1minting, "Jeune~F:'Hle (Po~ Germarrpaintings. '. .... . ing . classical figures such 'asAe~~ trait of Madam Jean)? 'by Matisse . . ~ . OlleBaertI1ng's "t0radalki,1965" ch:vlus., ,Aristoph~, Longus, ,and r strengthe.nl?thepos~ impresSi(jnist" .... exe!llPlifie~ this contemporarY,Swed- Sappho..;'...··., " .'.. holdings" '" . . > '. '. '.,"jj ish '~1ntet~$concePt.of "open form," ,\AdtUUQnal ~phicsrangefr-O~ .. /,. " An Iinportarit 'work" M' 'Las'Z16 '<,./l! Asa major innovator in abstract art, Old masterpieces like Reinbtandt'S'Mohbly-Nagy,UNudear U, 1946/~ . / , .... '.. stands .' out proininently in tne col- " ' .. lectioi. This work employs carlpos-itiont} principle.s··charac.tel'isticof·the· .' Bauhaus ,school in Gerlilany, where . M()holy':Nagy worked with other major '. '. artists such as K~ndinsky and Klee. . ' Some fini'exampleso(wOrks· by minor 17th century Spanish ana Dutch painters also appear in this ..a x-hibit. Equally noteworthY are some excellent additions' to the center's already 'substantiat collection of 19thc.entury German genre paintings. These works are collectively on exhibit through Sunday, March 28. 2 

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