Dreamy days in west tokyo free full2/21/2023 ![]() ![]() The replacement of an old lining using new adhesives established this important painting’s structural stability.Īudio: Thanks to the generosity of Bank of America, we have recently been able to share it with the international audience. ![]() In 2015, a grant from Bank of America Conservation Project supported the construction of a new stretcher and a new enclosed frame that protects the painting’s delicate, multi-media surface. Video: Close-up details of the painting The Eternal Presence (An Homage to Alejandro García Caturla), 1944, by Wifredo Lam shown in various stages of conservation interspersed with photographs of conservators working on the paintingĪudio: …sustained water damage that weakened its loosely woven fibers and compromised the bonds of its various pigments. ![]() Video: The front exterior of the Musée d’Art Moderne de la Ville de ParisĪudio: …was soon requested for loan to an exhibition at the Musée d’Art Moderne in Paris.Īudio: During this loan, The Eternal Presence… Video: A photograph of a Theodore Roszak installation at Pierre Matisse Gallery, New York, 1962, followed by a Wifredo Lam installation at the same galleryĪudio: The painting came into RISD’s collection through the Pierre Matisse Gallery in New York in 1966 and… Miranda the painting Portrait of Maria, 1932, by Cândido Portinari the woodcut Untitled, 1964, by Américo Abraham Balán and the woodcut The Prophet, 1963, by Daniel ZelayaĪudio: …by Roberto Matta, Elsa Gramcko, Joaquín Torres-García and numerous others helped establish a diverse representation that continues to grow today. Video: The painting The Remainer, 1945, by Roberto Matta the painting Untitled, 1957, by Elsa Gramcko the painting Construction with Central Anchor, 1932, by Joaquín Torres-García the woodcut Smoker in the Window, 1964, by Cesar T. 1948, by Elizabeth CatlettĪudio: Through the generous support of the family of Nancy Sayles Day, important works… Video: A gallery installation view of the Modern and Contemporary Galleries at the RISD Museum, 2017, showing the painting The Eternal Presence (An Homage to Alejandro García Caturla), 1944, by Wifredo Lam, and the drawing The Lesson, c. It is this combination of skillful technique and deeply layered, mysterious subject matter that makes this work a masterpiece.Īudio: In the 1960s, the museum actively collected works by Latin American artists in an effort to create a unique focus within collection of twentieth-century modernist painting. Reds and oranges flicker across the canvas, enflaming eyes and suggesting wounds. Blue and green strokes heighten female forms and sharpen the edges of jungle-like fronds. He drew his composition on a rough hemp surface and used charcoal, pastels, papier mâché and oil paint to emphasize contours and internal structures. For The Eternal Presence, Lam used monochromatic washes of browns and blacks to evoke the fog of a dream. Video: Sarah Ganz Blythe standing next to the painting The Eternal Presence (An Homage to Alejandro García Caturla), 1944, by Wifredo LamĪudio: It was painted in 1944 and measures around 7 feet high by 6 1/2 feet wide.Īudio: It’s one of the most compelling works in the RISD Museum’s collection. Video: Wifredo Lam in his studio in front of The Eternal Presence (An Homage to Alejandro García Caturla), 1944, and The Wizard of the Ocean, 1947Īudio: … The Eternal Presence (An Homage to Alejandro García Caturla) from 1944, and tell you why I think it is truly a masterpiece.Īudio: Wifredo Lam’s surrealist composition The Eternal Presence is a dense and haunting image that embraces aspects of Lam’s Cuban, Chinese and African heritage. On-screen text: Sarah Ganz Blythe, Interim Director, RISD MuseumĪudio- Sarah Ganz Blythe: Hello, I am Sarah Ganz Blythe, Interim Director of the RISD Museum in Providence, Rhode Island. Welcome to Bank of America’s Masterpiece Moment. Today I would like to talk to you about one of my favorite works from our collection, Wifredo Lam’s… Video: Sarah Ganz Blythe, Interim Director of the RISD Museum, standing next to the painting The Eternal Presence(An Homage to Alejandro García Caturla), 1944, by Wifredo Lam On-screen text: Wifredo Lam (Cuban, 1902–1982), The Eternal Presence (An Homage to Alejandro García Caturla), 1944, oil and pastel over papier mâché and chalk ground on bast fiber fabric, 85 1/4” x 77 1/8” Video: The painting The Eternal Presence (An Homage to Alejandro García Caturla), 1944, by Wifredo Lam On-screen text: RISD Museum, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence Video: Exterior and interior shots of the RISD Museum Graphic: Bank of America presents Masterpiece Moment ![]()
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