http://artbabble.org/artist/Edward_Hopper/feed en http://artbabble.org/video/ngadc/wyeth-lecture-american-art-ground-swell-edward-hopper-1939 <div class="field field-type-nodereference field-field-institution"> <div class="field-label">Institution:&nbsp;</div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <a href="/partner/national-gallery-art-washington">National Gallery of Art, Washington</a> </div> </div> </div> <p>Edward Hopper's paintings often show people and places in states of enigmatic isolation, loneliness, and contemplation. These are among the fabled Hopper themes—so fabled it would hardly seem possible to go beyond them to give another account of his art. Focusing on one Hopper painting, <em>Ground Swell</em> of 1939, this lecture by Alexander Nemerov tries to provide a thicker, denser, more surprising story of what it meant for Hopper to make a painting, especially in the year 1939.</p> <p><a href="http://artbabble.org/video/ngadc/wyeth-lecture-american-art-ground-swell-edward-hopper-1939" target="_blank">read more</a></p> http://artbabble.org/video/ngadc/wyeth-lecture-american-art-ground-swell-edward-hopper-1939#comments edward Edward Hopper gallery ground swell Lecture national nemerov Painting washington National Gallery of Art, Washington http://artbabble.org/sites/default/files/bvideos/24/242a8ba38a7be138/poster-image-07.jpg 242a8ba38a7be138 Mon, 13 Sep 2010 19:29:08 +0000 s-sarraf 6683 at http://artbabble.org http://artbabble.org/video/ngadc/edward-hoppers-new-york <div class="field field-type-nodereference field-field-institution"> <div class="field-label">Institution:&nbsp;</div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <a href="/partner/national-gallery-art-washington">National Gallery of Art, Washington</a> </div> </div> </div> <p>In the podcast, which features more than 50 of Hopper's paintings and watercolors, senior curator Franklin Kelly discusses New York City, New England, and the cinema as Hopper saw and portrayed them&mdash;and as we view them today through his work. Music composed and performed by Scott Silbert of the US Navy Band. Music engineered by David Morse of the US Navy Band. Produced in conjunction with the exhibition <a href="http://www.nga.gov/exhibitions/hopperinfo.shtm" rel="nofollow"><i>Edward Hopper</i></a>.</p> http://artbabble.org/video/ngadc/edward-hoppers-new-york#comments Edward Hopper Painting Place National Gallery of Art, Washington http://artbabble.org/sites/default/files/bvideos/2d/2df3bc4ace8fc17d/poster-image-02.jpg 2df3bc4ace8fc17d Tue, 31 Aug 2010 19:59:44 +0000 s-sarraf 7571 at http://artbabble.org