Arts
Van Gogh’s Nocturnal Side at MoMa
Van Gogh and the Colors of the Night
Throughout his career, Vincent van Gogh (Dutch, 1853–1890) attempted the paradoxical task of representing night by light. His procedure followed the trend set by the Impressionists of “translating” visual light effects with various color combinations. At the same time, this concern was grafted onto Van Gogh’s desire to interweave the visual and the metaphorical in order to produce fresh and deeply original works of art.
Van Gogh and the Colors of the Night
These different artistic concerns found themselves powerfully bound together in Van Gogh’s nocturnal and twilight paintings and drawings. This exhibition will present new insight into Van Gogh’s depictions of night landscapes, interior scenes, and the effects of both gaslight and natural light on their surroundings. Representing all periods of the artist’s career, the exhibition will comprise over two dozen works of superlative quality—several of which have never been seen together, even though they were very clearly conceived with each other in mind.
There is only a couple of weeks left to catch “Van Gogh and the Colors of the Night” exhibit at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City. The exhibition ends on January 5th, 2009.
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