One of the entrance images with faux fur and paint.
When I was teaching art in London,
I was able to take my class to an important landscape exhibition. Their assignment was to imagine that they were actually in the painting and design
what activities they would do there for a day… a picnic, a swim, a stroll, a
rock concert, a masked ball. They had to place themselves inside, wandering
around, noticing their surroundings. Twenty-five years later, this experience
would be made much easier for them with Beyond Van Gogh. But instead of our
own imagination, we are invited inside the creative mind of Vincent Van Gogh.
Fanny Curtat, the Art History
Consultant for this show, believes events like this might lead reluctant museum
goers to seek out the original works that inspired so much effort by her team. Normal
Studio with thePaquin
Entertainment Groupand Primo Entertainment who put together Beyond are just
one of several conglomerates that have packaged the Van Gogh legacy. This one has
a large educational component and calls upon it own creative tech artists to
imagine the works and words coming together with music and animation for a
truly impressive presentation.
Ms.
Curtat was careful to emphasis that the Beyond Van Gogh does not concentrate on
his self-mutilation, but instead takes you from darker days to huge burst of
joy and color. There is a room of lighted text, followed by a space filled with
a moving waterfall of color to accustom
you to the final large room with about a 35 minute sequence of images. You can
come in at any stage and you might want to repeat parts by quietly sitting on
anyone of the benches that seem to be lifted from the style of a Van Gogh
room.
Outside entrance to the Wyland Center at the Del Mar Fairgrounds
It would be great for every child in San Diego to have the chance to be awed by this display
Boy genius
Words from his trove of letters are brought to life.
Waterfalls of color are created by the artist techs.
Fanny Curtat, Art History Consultant
In November, Van Gogh had his most successful auction month ever, also leading to a yearly record. One outstanding lot was his Young Man with Cornflower, which sold for $46.7 million - having been estimated at only $5 million - $7 million. You can buy your own little bit of Vincent memorabilia in the extensive gift shop at the end of the show.
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