"Cubism: The Leonard
A. Lauder Collection" encompasses 81 paintings, collages, drawings and
sculptures presented as a gift to the Metropolitan Museum of Art from collector
Leonard Lauder. The works are by the four most influential Cubists: Pablo
Picasso, Georges Braque, Fernand Léger and Juan Gris. This comprehensive survey
reminds one anew just how decisive the early twentieth-century Cubist movement
was to the entire course of modern art. In shattering the illusion of
three-dimensional representation for flat, two-dimensional paintings, Cubism
paved the way for abstract art. The artists' use of collage and mixed media
broke the boundary between "high" and "low" art and brought
in popular culture. The Cubists deconstructed the everyday world–musical
instruments, human figures, landscapes, still lifes–in a radical new way that
still resonates. This exhibition is essential viewing for an understanding of
the art of the last century.
"Cubism: The Leonard A. Lauder Collection"
continues through February 16, 2015, at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1000 Fifth
Avenue (at 82nd Street), NYC, (212) 535-7710,
www.metmuseum.org
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