Wilhelm Hammershøi, circa 1912, Royal Library, Copenhagen.
SANTA BARBARA — The Santa Barbara Museum of Art wil present “The Interior Sublime: Wilhelm Hammershøi and the Painting of Silence” at 5:30 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 2 at SBMA’s Mary Craig Auditorium, 1130 State S., Santa Barbara.
Art Matters Lecture with Eik Kahng, SBMA Deputy Director and Chief Curator
In the last thirty years, the Danish painter Wilhelm Hammershøi (1864-1916) has regained the critical recognition that he enjoyed during his lifetime as “the Danish Vermeer.” His route to the uncanny and the sublime was unique, in that he chose to focus on domestic interiors, typically populated by a lone figure, often seen from behind, and in his most memorable compositions, entirely empty. This lecture seeks to locate his art in the European tradition, while describing his unique strategies towards a kind of interior sublime accessed through mundane experience of everyday life.
Free Students and Museum Circle/$10 SBMA Members/$15 Non-Members
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