Put the Astrup Fearnley Museum of Modern Art on your must see list. Why did they remain? Kiefer’s work is too heavy to move. Their installation, in one vast asymmetrical gallery, was a knock-out. The only ones on view were three powerful Anselm Kiefers. His early works are sculptural installations combined with performance and video. On a recent visit to the museum, I was impressed with the " Indian Highway" exhibition but I wanted to see more of the museum’s holdings. The Astrup Fearnley Museum is one of the best museums I’ve visited in recent years. Matthew Barney, Cremaster 3: The Five Points of Fellowship, 2002, cast thermoplastic, prosthetic plastic, wrestling mat, rotomolded polyethylene, 71 x. Matthew Barney (born March 25, 1967) is an American artist who works in sculpture, photography, drawing and film. This should be rectified with the opening of the new buildings.Īnselm Kiefer, Zweistormland/The High Priestess, 1986-1989 My one problem with the Astrup Fearnley is the limited access to its permanent holdings. The sequence of shows looks at contemporary art from the twenty-first century’s emerging powers – China, India and the Middle East.įor some reason, most of my art astute friends had never heard of this museum. Over the last twenty-seven years Matthew Barney has produced some of the most. “ Indian Highway”, the current exhibition, highlights Indian contemporary art and is part of a series that the museum organized with London’s Serpentine Gallery. Some past shows focused on Andy Warhol, Richard Price, Charles Ray, Jeff Wall, and Matthew Barney. The museum’s collection includes works by such artists as Francis Bacon, Damian Hirst, Anselm Kiefer, Jeff Koons, Bruce Nauman, Shirin Neshat, Richard Prince, Cindy Sherman, and Cai Guo-Qiang. Much needed additional space will be provided by 2012 when the museum moves into two new buildings designed by Renzo Piano that will be located in a sculpture park also designed by Piano.ĭamian Hirst, Mother and Child Divided, 1993 Although the museum’s two present exhibition floors are a delight to view art in, very few, if any, of the extensive permanent holdings can be seen when special exhibits take place. Located in Oslo, Norway, it has a significant collection of contemporary international art and has produced lively, intelligent temporary exhibits. The Astrup Fearnley Museum of Modern Art should be on every art lover’s radar screen. Jeff Koons, Michael Jackson and Bubbles, 1988
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