The DCA Presents its 50th Anniversary
Art Lectures

ART AT LUNCH

Paris: La Seduction Artistique

October 6, 2011    11:00 a.m.

Man Ray/Lee Miller:  Partners in Surrealism
Phillip Prodger, Head, Photography Department, Peabody-Essex Museum, Salem MA, Ph.D., Cambridge University

At heart, a love story, these two artists pushed, challenged and inspired each other across a variety of disciplines.  Their time together changed the face of photography and the desire and thwarted longing was an early promonition of Pop Art.  This creative partnership offers a window into the maelstrom or artistic and social experimentation that animated Paris in the 1930s.

October 13, 2011    11:00 a.m.

Ruhlmann: Genius of Art Deco
Jared Goss, Associate Curator, Metropolitan Museum of Art, M.A. Cooper-Hewitt Museum/Parsons School of Design

Not only a designer of exquisite furniture, he created the complete interior environment, from the architecture, to the lighting, ceramics, carpets, and textiles.  Combining aesthetic refinement, luxurious luxe materials from macassar and ebony to ivory, and impeccable craftsmanship, his works represent the pinnacle of  French Art Deco and rank with the finest decorative arts  in any era.

October 20, 2011    11:00 a.m.

A Preview of Matisse:  In Search of True Painting, An Exhibition Opening Next Year at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Rebecca A. Rabinow, Curator, Dept. of Nineteenth Century, Modern and Contemporary Art, Metropolitan Museum of Art,  Ph.D., Institute of Fine Arts, New York University.

Matisse pushed the boundaries of his art by painting in pairs.  These groups of large canvases feature identical figural motifs painted in markedly different styles and palettes.  Over the ensuing decades, he continued his aesthetic explorations by moving on to series based on subject.  Original analysis of some of these canvases, 40 of which will be in the exhibit, will be discussed, in preparation for this highly anticipated show on the museum's calendar.

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