Art: Louisiana

After ARKEN, I went directly to Louisiana (which I've visited before. This time, the main reason I was going was the Cézanne & Giacometti-exhibition. Here are my favorites from this visit:

Paul Cézanne: Female Nude (Leda II?) (1885-87)


How fresh - the pears in the corner distort the perspective and give the painting wonderful life.

Michael Elmgreen/Ingar Dragset: Powerless Structures, Fig. 11 (1997)

In the room where you suddenly get a breathtaking view of the ocean, a dive board is placed. It seems to belong there, to be a place from which to dive into the ocean, but as this is a museum, you realize that the artwork invites you to dive in a different sense.

Paul Cézanne: Still Life with Milk Jug and Fruit on a Table (c. 1890)

Nice painting - on loan from Oslo.

Andy Warhol: Mao (1972)


It's painful to see one of the world's worst despots of all time. The suffering he was responsible for is hidden in this image, making him an icon like Marilyn Monroe or Campbell's Soup... Apart from this, it's always cool to see a Warhol...

Marcel Duchamp: L. H. O. O. Q. shaved (1965)


Funny. (A card with a picture of Mona Lisa, without Duchamp's mustache.)

Candice Breitz: Working Class Hero (A portrait of John Lennon) (2007)
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25 people singing the album "Plastic Ono Band", soundling like an African choir. Each singer has his own screen and loudspeaker, so you can consentrate on any one of them or get the whole choir at once. Interesting!

In addition, Hiroshi Sugimoto's seascapes are always calming, if not always interesting.