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 Friday, November 09, 2007
Art in the Computer Age: Electronic Seurat Sketches
Posted by Kelly

Seurat sketch.jpgThrough January 7, the Museum of Modern Art (NYC) is hosting a unique exhibition of Georges Seurat’s works on paper—once described as “the most beautiful painter's drawings in existence.”

Though he’s perhaps best known for his stylized pointillist paintings, this exhibition demonstrates a livelier and often grittier side to Seurat’s oeuvre. With the touch of a finger, visitors to the exhibition can flip through electronic versions of four of the artist’s surviving sketchbooks (the real things are under glass nearby). In contrast to the refined elegance of "A Sunday on the Grande Jatte," these deftly crafted conté drawings of farmers wielding scythes, women scrubbing floors and men sleeping on park benches offer a glimpse of the shabbier side of late 19th-century metropolitan Paris.

But don't fret if a trip to New York isn't in your plans. You can enjoy a similar interactive experience on MoMA’s website, which also lets you “flip” through digital images of the artist’s drawings—likely the greatest access to a master’s sketchbook you’re ever going to get.

Photo courtesy of MoMA website.

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