Taking as its focus one of
The Met's most captivating masterpieces, this thematic exhibition affords a
unique context for appreciating the heritage and allure of Circus Sideshow
(Parade de cirque), painted in 1887–88 by Georges Seurat (1859–1891). Anchored
by a remarkable group of related works by Seurat that fully illuminates the
lineage of the motif in his inimitable conté crayon drawings, the presentation
explores the fascination the sideshow subject held for other artists in the
nineteenth century, ranging from the great caricaturist Honoré Daumier at
mid-century to the young Pablo Picasso at the fin de siècle.
This rich visual narrative
unfolds in a provocative display of more than 100 paintings, drawings, prints,
period posters, and illustrated journals, supplemented by musical instruments
and an array of documentary material intended to give a vivid sense of the
seasonal fairs and traveling circuses of the day. Among the highlights is
Fernand Pelez's epic Grimaces and Misery—The Saltimbanques (Petit Palais,
Paris), of exactly the same date as Seurat's magisterial work and, with its
lifesize performers aligned in friezelike formation across a 20-foot stage, a
match for his ambition.
The exhibition is made
possible by the Janice H. Levin Fund, the Gail and Parker Gilbert Fund, and an
Anonymous Foundation
http://www.metmuseum.org/exhibitions/listings/2017/seurat-circus-sideshow
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