The Irving Norman retrospective “Dark Metropolis: Irving Norman’s Social Surrealism” that was recently on exhibit at the Crocker Art Museum in Sacramento, has moved to the Pasadena Museum of California Art (PMCA). The exhibition opens this Saturday, January 20th and runs through April 15th, 2007. Here’s more info.
This exhibition, produced on the occasion of what would have been Irving Norman’s 100th birthday (1906-1989), features paintings that remain as poignant and relevant today as when they were first created. Norman’s monumental paintings reflect a troubled and turbulent world. His works teem with detail and are populated with swarming, clone-like humans. People are constricted by small urban spaces and modern technology, caught in the crunch of rush hour, and decimated by poverty and war. Shocking, revealing and profound, the paintings aim, as Norman himself described, “to tell the truth of our time.”
Irving’s wife Hela Norman will be in attendance at Saturday’s open reception.
A book with the same title of this touring exhibition, “Dark Metropolis: Irving Norman’s Social Surrealism”, was recently published by Heyday Books.
Here Are A Few Related Posts You Might Enjoy:
- Irving Norman Retrospective at the Crocker Art Museum
- Irving Norman at the Katzen Arts Center in Washington DC
- Irving Norman at Michael Rosenfeld Gallery in NYC
- Dark Metropolis: Irving Norman’s Social Surrealism
- Hela Norman Celebrates 80th Birthday
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I’m so glad you posted this Scott. I ran the final installment of a multi-part series about Irving Norman on my blog over the past month. Folks can read it at http://www.politicalartwork.blogspot.com. Hela also mentioned to me that the exhibit will head to Utah after Pasadena. Here’s hoping Irving’s work finally gets the National acclaim it’s due.