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カラヴァッジオ&レンブラント展
レジデンス1年1ヶ月と23日目
先週からアムスのヴァン・ゴッホ美術館でカラヴァッジオ&レンブラント展をやっています。両者の作品が交互に並べてあって、20点ぐらいずつ見ることができます。町の話題をさらっているこの展覧会、私は今日行ってきました。
「両者ともイコニックなモティーフを強い陰影で描き劇場的な効果を出すことから、レンブラントは「北のカラヴァッジオ」、カラヴァッジオは「南のレンブラント」と呼ばれている(本当?会場にあった解説より)」ことによる今回のコラボ展示だそうです。
両者の作品の併置は賛否両論ですが、絵画としてまずグラフィックな強さのあるカラヴァッジオと、モチーフがもつ何か不確かなもの(老いとか空間そのものとか、時間そのものみたいなもの)へと絵の具を置こうとしているように見えるレンブラントの絵の併置は、「画家は何に対して絵の具を置いているのか」ということを考えさせられるよい機会でした。
面白かった併置をいくつか。この併置では、レンブラントとカラヴァッジオの特徴が、それぞれの手法を保ったままそっくり入れ替わったような感があり興味深いです。
あと私が好きな併置はこれ。
Rembrandt and Caravaggio
Since last week, there is a special exhibition on Caravaggio and Rembrandt in Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam. This exhibition presents their paintings (about 20 each) in pairs. I went to see it today with eager anticipation.
‘Both painters paint iconic motifs with strong shading; their works are characteristically theatrical. Due to their common characteristics, Rembrandt is called ‘the Caravaggio of the North,’ Caravaggio ‘the Rembrandt of the South’ (really? – according to the note at the exhibition). This is the prompt behind this ‘collaborative’ exhibition.
There must be pros and cons about the pairing of paintings, but I quite enjoyed it. The pair made me see the difference between them; Caravaggio’s paintings are graphically strong, while Rembrandt’s paintings seem to deal with ‘uncertainty’ in the motifs (something like an idea of age, space, or time). For me, it was a good opportunity to think ‘What are the painters trying to capture with paint?’
I’d like to introduce some pairs which I enjoyed. In this pair, while both Caravaggio and Rembrandt stick with their own technique, the characteristic of each painter seems to have switched.
(Sorry, no image of Caravaggio’s work -- the one in which Jesus is talking to his disciples at the table)
This is my favourite pair.
(Sorry, no image of Rembrandt’s work this time – the one in which a baby is kidnapped by a hawk, and... peeing)