![]() ![]() Jules Verne, Thomas Edison, and Nichola Tesla were just a few of the other sources. Wells and his “Time Manchine,” which turned on and off and whirred and grrred. ![]() This was a really unexpected exhibit of artists’ works made in the last year that look at a kind of science fiction future. The Smith Art Museum has a “steampunk” exhibition of “humachines” called “Re-Imagining an Industrial City.” You’re thinking steam…whaaat? I know I was. The other exhibit Alice and I saw today also showed inspiration from established sources. This one looks at the fashions inspired by “folk art,” ranging from quilts to carved wood figures. I was reminded of a show I saw last weekend at the American Folk Art Museum, called “ Folk Couture: Fashion and Folk Art.” For such a small space, that museum is still putting on inspired shows. Here’s his darn good “Odalisque,” painted in 1974. He had become enough of a celebrity at that point, remarked the New York Times, that his fakes had value in and of themselves. John Myatt substituted the face of an English pop star for Vermeer’s model.Įlmyr de Hory is plentifully featured in the exhibit, with works that he signed as the artist he forged (easy marks like Dufy and Matisse), and works that he signed as Elmyr, after he’d be caught. ![]() Another forger in the show created his version of “Girl with a Pearl Earring,” which was never intended to be a portrait. Alice commented that Vermeer didn’t do portraits like this. And of course, there’s the glistening pearl earrings. ![]() Vermeer loved the yellow jacket with white lace, using a similar fur-lined jacket in several paintings. I particularly like this one, “Girl with a Blue Bow.” It’s a great example of how van Meegeren grew the Vermeer oeuvre. Thanks van Meegeren! Now we’re down to about 35. She told me that at one time there were thought to be 100 Vermeers. Alice was already familiar with the Vermeer forger Han van Meegeren. What drew us to the D’Amour Museum is the exhibit closing next weekend, “ Intent to Deceive: Fakes and Forgeries in the Art World.” It shows the pieces of five known forgers working in the twentieth century through today. And today, I met Alice in Springfield, MA to take in the museums there. So spring! The flowers are fragrant, and the sun is laughing. ![]()
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