Today, in the midst of an hour or so break from work, I took a trip to the Glenbow Museum. I haven't been for a while, and I couldn't think of anything else to do while downtown. Benefits of membership...
One of the exhibits on was a show about modernist art and war. Specifically covering A.Y. Jackson and Otto Dix, with a couple mentions of a few other people. Ultimately, I'm not a huge fan of The Group of Seven's artwork, little alone much of any modernist artwork. Especially landscapes. I find them so dull and dry and I find the palettes to be a bit putrid. While I was looking at the art, I found that I enjoyed the pencil sketches the most, and enjoyed the landscapes a great deal more if I just zeroed in on the details of the brushstrokes and some colours. So... avoiding the landscape in general.
However, I did discover some pieces that I enjoyed. Particularly the work of Otto Dix.
As Wikipedia (credible, I know) puts it: "Wilhelm Heinrich Otto Dix was a German painter and printmaker, noted for his ruthless and harshly realistic depictions of Weimar society and the brutality of war."
I think my favourite piece is the one below. It is called "Mine Crater", and I believe that it is an etching. It's so eerie and carries such depth.
Oh, the wonders of galleries.
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