art agenda

Paul Gauguin at TATE Modern, London

September 30, 2010 – January 16, 2011

Britain will soon host its first major Gauguin show in half a century. The artist who drew upon impressionism and symbolism perhaps better than any other (while contributing to a new expressionist colour palate) has, alongside of van Gogh, become a favourite of his generation. Along with van Gogh he possessed the gift of the painter who understood that colour could be sumptuous. He also held to a poetic theory of light which, unlike scientific theories, understands that light emanates from the object.

Gauguin sought to escape the Europe which the Europeans had destroyed and in so doing participated in the destruction of the island cultures he so admired. The TATE is promising many iconic Gauguin’s of both Breton landscapes and the South Pacific.

For more information and to book tickets please link to the TATE Modern website: http://www.tate.org.uk/modern/exhibitions/gauguin/default.shtm