The Modern Masters touring exhibit opened Saturday and continues through Aug. 25 at the Lake County Discovery Museum. It includes works of Abstract Expressionism, Cubism, Dadaism, and Surrealism and artists such as Calder, Chagall, Dali, and Magritte. Below are some of the library's titles on the art movements in the exhibit. For exhibit details and hours, please follow the museum's link above.
If you plan to visit the exhibit and have a Lake Forest Library card, you could receive museum passes through the Museum Adventure program, which the library participates in. Just read the Program Guidelines to learn how. We welcome comments on the exhibit here!
Abstract Expressionism "a style of abstract painting intended primarily to express the artist's emotions or state of mind during a creative experience, as by freely splattering or staining the canvas with paint" [from World Book Online Reference Center]
Cubism: "a style of painting, drawing, and sculpture, developed in the early 1900’s, in which objects are represented by cubes and other geometrical forms rather than by realistic details" [from World Book Online Reference Center]
Dadaism: "a movement in modern art and literature rejecting the standards and values of society by proposing unrestrained expression in behavior and artistic form" [from World Book Online Reference Center]
| Surrealism: "a modern movement in painting, sculpture, literature, motion pictures, and other forms of art, that tries to show what takes place in dreams and in the subconscious mind. Surrealism is characterized by unexpected arrangements and distortions of images" [from World Book Online Reference Center] |
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