The entrance to the James Ensor exhibition at MoMA.
On
Tuesday, June 23, 2009, MoMA hosted a reception to celebrate the opening
of James Ensor, displaying approximately 120 works that present
Ensor as a major figure in the Belgian avant-garde of the late nineteenth
century and an important precursor to the development of Expressionism
in the early twentieth century.
The exhibition focuses on Ensor's contribution to modernity, his innovative
and allegorical use of light, his prominent use of satire, his deep
interest in carnival and performance, and his own self-fashioning and
use of masking, travesty, and role-playing. The exhibition is organized
by Anna Swinbourne, Assistant Curator, Department of Painting and Sculpture,
The Museum of Modern Art, with Susan M. Canning, Professor of Art History,
College of New Rochelle, and Jane Panetta, Curatorial Assistant, Department
of Painting and Sculpture, The Museum of Modern Art. It will be
on view from June 28, through September 21, 2009. Additionally, three
exhibition openings were celebrated on June 23, Projects 90: Song
Dong, The Erotic Object: Surrealist Sculpture from the Collection,
and Performance 4: Roman Ondák.
