http://laughingsquid.com/irving-norman-retrospective-at-the-crocker-art-museum/ art, culture and technology from San Francisco and beyond Sat, 21 Nov 2009 02:11:18 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 http://laughingsquid.com/irving-norman-retrospective-at-the-crocker-art-museum/comment-page-1/#comment-250991 Laughing Squid » Hela Norman Celebrates 80th Birthday Tue, 17 Jul 2007 20:20:14 +0000 http://laughingsquid.com/2006/09/19/irving-norman-retrospective-at-the-crocker-art-museum/#comment-250991 [...] passed away in 1989. She has been doing an amazing job promoting her husband’s legacy through museum shows and a recently published book of his work. Here are some photos I shot at her birthday party and of [...] [...] passed away in 1989. She has been doing an amazing job promoting her husband’s legacy through museum shows and a recently published book of his work. Here are some photos I shot at her birthday party and of [...]

]]> http://laughingsquid.com/irving-norman-retrospective-at-the-crocker-art-museum/comment-page-1/#comment-87577 Laughing Squid » Irving Norman at the Pasadena Museum of California Art Thu, 18 Jan 2007 03:07:27 +0000 http://laughingsquid.com/2006/09/19/irving-norman-retrospective-at-the-crocker-art-museum/#comment-87577 [...] 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 runs from January 21st 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.” [...] [...] 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 runs from January 21st 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.” [...]

]]> http://laughingsquid.com/irving-norman-retrospective-at-the-crocker-art-museum/comment-page-1/#comment-82572 Laughing Squid » Dark Metropolis: Irving Norman’s Social Surrealism Mon, 08 Jan 2007 21:08:33 +0000 http://laughingsquid.com/2006/09/19/irving-norman-retrospective-at-the-crocker-art-museum/#comment-82572 [...] “Dark Metropolis: Irving Norman’s Social Surrealism” is a magnificent new book featuring the life and works of the Bay Area social surrealist painter Irving Norman. It was published by Heyday Books in September 2006 and it now available for purchase through Amazon.com, Last Gasp and many local bookstores. This beautiful book contains many amazing reproductions of Irving’s paintings and early drawings, along with biographical information and essays about his groundbreaking work. It was produced in conjunction with the recent Irving Norman Retrospective at the Crocker Art Museum in Sacramento, along with the Irving Norman trust, which is maintained by Irving’s wife Hela Norman. The book was edited by documentary filmmaker Ray Day and Scott A. Shields, chief curator of the Crocker Art Museum. [...] [...] “Dark Metropolis: Irving Norman’s Social Surrealism” is a magnificent new book featuring the life and works of the Bay Area social surrealist painter Irving Norman. It was published by Heyday Books in September 2006 and it now available for purchase through Amazon.com, Last Gasp and many local bookstores. This beautiful book contains many amazing reproductions of Irving’s paintings and early drawings, along with biographical information and essays about his groundbreaking work. It was produced in conjunction with the recent Irving Norman Retrospective at the Crocker Art Museum in Sacramento, along with the Irving Norman trust, which is maintained by Irving’s wife Hela Norman. The book was edited by documentary filmmaker Ray Day and Scott A. Shields, chief curator of the Crocker Art Museum. [...]

]]> http://laughingsquid.com/irving-norman-retrospective-at-the-crocker-art-museum/comment-page-1/#comment-36971 lynne Sun, 24 Sep 2006 04:20:25 +0000 http://laughingsquid.com/2006/09/19/irving-norman-retrospective-at-the-crocker-art-museum/#comment-36971 irving norman was a wonderful painter whom i did get the pleasure of meeting, and was i ever bowled over by his work. it's great to see him get this recognition. and wow, scott, if i had not seen this post i would not have known there is also such a great website for irving norman's work - thanks! irving norman was a wonderful painter whom i did get the pleasure of meeting, and was i ever bowled over by his work.
it’s great to see him get this recognition. and wow, scott, if i had not seen this post i would not have known there is also such a great website for irving norman’s work – thanks!

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