Wednesday, October 05, 2005

Downtown Pride? [posted by Troy] While I was in Grant Park, I noticed this on the Blue Cross Blue Shield building: 10:25:33 PM  permanent link  Reader Comments []  Google It! Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec AIC [posted by LeTroy] Tonight I went to university night at the Art Inistitute of Chicago and had the opportunity to see the Toulouse-Lautrec exhibit. I enjoyed it quite a bit, and I learned a great deal about Lautrec. One interesting tid-bit that I would pass along is Lautrec's documentation of the emerging "modern" world. New ways of social interaction were emerging. For instance, "going out" to a bar or a club or a night on the town was fairly new to the world. Paris was leading the pack with brothels, drugs, drinks, dancing, etc. Social classes interacted in ways that were not common in the past. The isolation of modern, urban life that someone like Hopper explored in the early 20th century was recognized by artists like Lautrec and Manet. Interestingly, much of Lautrec's work depicts great parties and dancing, but the colors and tone of the works reveal pending dread and lost sensabilities. 10:18:10 PM  permanent link  Reader Comments []  Google It!

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