Trip to VMFA for Jasper Johns & Edvard Munch Exhibition: Friday, Dec. 9
At a crossroads in the middle of his career, preeminent American artist Jasper Johns found his way forward in part by looking to the work of Norwegian Expressionist painter Edvard Munch. This November, the VMFA in Richmond presents a groundbreaking exhibition that examines how Johns mined Munch’s work in the late 1970s and early 1980s as he moved away from abstract painting towards a more open expression of love, sex, loss, and death.
Jasper Johns and Edvard Munch: Love, Loss, and the Cycle of Life assembles more than 120 paintings, drawings, and prints in once-in-a-lifetime combinations to trace the route Johns traveled in relation to Munch’s work. Organized by the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts in partnership with the Munch Museum in Oslo, the exhibition was conceived and organized by John B. Ravenal, Executive Director of deCordova Sculpture Park and Museum and former Sydney and Frances Lewis Family Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art at the VMFA.
DETAILS
| Departure: | Bus departs at 8:30 a.m. on Garfield St. in front of St. Sophia’s. Free parking at St. Sophia’s, 2815 Garfield Street NW. | |
| Return: | Arrive back at St. Sophia’s at approximately 5:00 p.m. | |
| Accessibility: | The bus and museum are accessible. | |
| Food & Drink: | The museum has a restaurant and café. The cost of dining is not included in the OLLI fee. | |
| Visit: | There will be a 1-hour, docent-led tour and plenty of time to wander before and after the tour. | |
| Cost: | $45 per person plus individuals pay for lunch. | |
| Minimum: |
We need 40 people to attend. | |
| Deadline: |
Thursday, Dec. 1, 2016 |
To register, click on the blue "Register for This Event" button above or below. Or download the registration form, fill it out and mail it with a check made payable to "OLLI" to: Alice Weinstein, 4601 North Park Ave. #708, Chevy Chase, MD 20815.
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