3/22/15 review of The Art Books of Henri Matisse at the Bechtler Museum

(Image: The Knife Thrower, by Henri Matisse, via the Bechtler Museum)

Here is the link to my Twitter thread review of the 2015 exhibition The Art Books of Henri Matisse at the Bechtler Museum of Modern Art.

My thread discusses how I went to the Bechtler's show partly to see Matisse's collage book Jazz, since I love and make collage. But the thread also shows pictures of and discusses Matisse's illustrations of Mallarme's poetry, the story of Pasiphae (and my copy of an illustration from that work), and some comparisons to other artists.

Here is the link to the Bechtler's info on their show The Art Books of Henri Matisse.

5/18/14 review of Mario Botta and Fritz Lang's Metropolis at Bechtler Museum

(Image: The Architects Newspaper)

Here is the link to my Twitter thread review of two 2014 visits I made to the Bechtler Museum in Charlotte, North Carolina.

One of these visits was made to see the Fritz Lang film Metropolis. I spend quite a while analyzing that film and also, for some reason, comparing it to Major Barbara by George Bernard Shaw.

The second visit was made to see the exhibit Mario Botta: Architecture and Memory, about the art of Mario Botta, who designed the Bechtler's building. My thread discusses Botta's work and influences and has a photo of work by Jean Tinguely and Niki Saint Phalle.

Here is the link to info about the Bechtler's show Mario Botta: Architecture and Memory.

Here is the trailer for the Fritz Lang film Metropolis.