The Tampa Museum of Art presents Degas: Form, Movement and the Antique, March 12 – June 19, 2011.
Degas: Form, Movement and the Antique brings together a selection of this French genius’s bronze sculptures with a selection of paintings and drawings to demonstrate the close relationship between his sculptures and two-dimensional work as he explored form and movement. Degas (1834-1917) himself spoke on more than one occasion of the connection between his dancers and “the movement and balance of rhythmic dance” found in the art of ancient Greece; often his bathers also demonstrate the influence of antique statuary with which he was familiar from the collections of the Louvre.
In Degas: Form, Movement and the Antique, a selection of Greek and Roman works from the Tampa Museum of Art’s outstanding collection of antiquities will complement the display of works by Degas. Degas is the first ever exhibition of works by Degas in the Tampa Bay region and is the second major exhibition of early modernism that the museum has presented in its new award-winning building. The exhibition is curated by the Tampa Museum of Art, organized and presented by International Arts, and will be accompanied by an essay by Ann Dumas to be published in the museum member publication Gasp!.
Image: Edgar Degas (French, 1834-1917), The Little Dancer, Aged Fourteen (Petite Danseuse de Quatorze Ans), wax model conceived ca. 1880-1881, bronze cast ca.1919-1932, bronze with net tutu and hair ribbon, 38 ½ x 14 ½ x 14 ¼ in. (base 2 ¼ x 19 ½ x 12 in.), Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond. State Operating Fund and The Art Lover’s Society 45.22.1. Photo credit: Katherine Wetzel. ©Virginia Museum of Fine Arts
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