Art lecture: Kees Van Dongen's "Les Artistes du cirque" 1904
Listen to David Barnett analyze one of the most prized pieces of his collection Fauvist Artist, Kees Van Dongen's "Les Artistes du Cirque" 1904.
art lecture: Staging nature
In house art historian, Jennifer McCormick shares the background and influence of many featured pieces from the David Barnett Gallery summer 2023 exhibition, The Splendor of Nature and Art.
All pieces are available for purchase, more information can be found at davidbarnettgallery.com.
art is how we live: presenting the works of 5 black artists
In conjunction with the David Barnett Gallery's Winter 2023 Exhibition, "Art is How We Live Our Lives: Black Artists in Wisconsin", Art Historian Jennifer McCormick presents her lecture discussing the works of William "Prophet" Blackmon, Simon Sparrow, Della Wells, John Biggers, and Reginald K. Gee. In this lecture she provides biographical information for each artist, as well as some personal interpretations of the artists works respectively.
Presented February 25th, 2023, at the David Barnett Gallery.
Where cultural object meets fine art: talking about textiles
Presented by Art Historian Jennifer McCormick, this lecture will consider the ways in which textiles from various cultures have led to the acceptance of the decorative within fine art, as well as the ways in which pattern making has been influenced by cultural textiles.
gALLERY TALK: Myth meets modernity
A snippet of the 2018 gallery talk "Myth Meets Modernity" presented by Rachel Kreiter at the David Barnett Gallery in Downtown Milwaukee, Wisconsin. This talk coincided with the Surrealism in Mexican Art exhibition, which was influenced by early 20th century explorations of the human subconscious: a depiction of life, death, spirituality, the natural world, and the mind. Featured artwork by: José Luis Cuevas, Antonio DÃaz Cortés, Paco Huacuja, Miguel Castro Leñero, Mónica Flores MartÃnez, Alejandro Mojica, Teresa Olabuenaga, Arturo Secunda, David Alfaro Siqueiros, among others.
GALLERY TALK: ALPHONSE MUCHA
Gallery Talk about Alphonse Mucha at the David Barnett Gallery led by Rachel Kreiter.