May 11th screening of the Revolutionary Expressionist Film "Metropolis"
author: fritz
The NW Film Center is showing Fritz Lang's iconic 1926 film "Metropolis" in connection with the Portland Art Museum exhibition "From Anxiety to Ecstasy: Themes in German Expressionist PRints," at 7pm on Thursday, May 11th in the Whitsell Auditorium.
The NW Film Center is showing Fritz Lang's iconic 1926 film "Metropolis" in connection with the Portland Art Museum exhibition "From Anxiety to Ecstasy: Themes in German Expressionist PRints," at 7pm on Thursday, May 11th in the Whitsell Auditorium.
these german expressionist lived through some trying times
their use of art to reflect their oppression and how they conveyed
their message through their images is very interesting and fits in with today's world
interesting also was how art was used in a political sense and the power it contained for
"the people"
from the museums website I re-post this about this political exhibition:
""Flourishing from around 1905 to 1933, the German Expressionist movement captured the emotional and psychological toll of living in the modern world. Exploring both the negative underside of life as well as positive paradigms for change, this exhibition of over 60 works focuses on the themes of social criticism, nudes, performers, portraits, exotic influences, and the "Other." Predominately drawn from the rich holdings of the permanent collection, this is the first exhibition to feature the Museum's outstanding array of German graphic art from this period in more than ten years. Highlights include works by Kathe Kollwitz, Max Beckmann, Ernst Kirchner, Max Pechstein, Otto Mueller, and Karl Schmidt-Rottluff.""
(I have been waiting to see the film ......but remember.., no popcorn allowed in the theater)
their use of art to reflect their oppression and how they conveyed
their message through their images is very interesting and fits in with today's world
interesting also was how art was used in a political sense and the power it contained for
"the people"
from the museums website I re-post this about this political exhibition:
""Flourishing from around 1905 to 1933, the German Expressionist movement captured the emotional and psychological toll of living in the modern world. Exploring both the negative underside of life as well as positive paradigms for change, this exhibition of over 60 works focuses on the themes of social criticism, nudes, performers, portraits, exotic influences, and the "Other." Predominately drawn from the rich holdings of the permanent collection, this is the first exhibition to feature the Museum's outstanding array of German graphic art from this period in more than ten years. Highlights include works by Kathe Kollwitz, Max Beckmann, Ernst Kirchner, Max Pechstein, Otto Mueller, and Karl Schmidt-Rottluff.""
(I have been waiting to see the film ......but remember.., no popcorn allowed in the theater)