24.11.12

French Modern Art



FRENCH MODERN ART
A conference by Mariano Akerman
Alliance Française d'Islamabad, Pakistan, 17.11.2011

Delacroix: Marianne (detail from Liberty leading the People), 1830

Art, Freedom and Modernity. Modern art owes much to France, for it was born and developed there. In the country of "Liberty, Equality, and Fraternity" many artists expressed themselves with unusual inventiveness: local and foreign artists worked together to create original, modern art.
Because of their success, modern art has become some kind of synonym with French art today.
The French expression raison d’être refers to a "reason for being" or to a "reason for existing." Yet, in art there are many of them. Along the art-education lectures, Mariano Akerman also speaks of Raisons d’être, in plural.

Claude Monet, Impression, 1872

Mariano Akerman, Painter and Art Historian. Born in Buenos Aires in 1963, Mariano Akerman studied at the School of Architecture of Universidad de Belgrano (Argentina), completing his formation with a prized graduation project on the limits and space in modern architecture (1987). Abroad from 1991 onwards, he studied modern art and researched the paintings of Francis Bacon and the architectural projects of Louis I. Kahn. He has developed the series of educational lectures In the Spirit of Linnaeus (Philippines, 2007), Discovering Belgian Art and Raisons d’être (Pakistan, 2008-10). Specializing in visual communication, Akerman is an experienced educator. He lectures on modern art at renowned institutions such as the Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes in Buenos Aires and the National Museum of the Philippines in Manila. An artist himself, Akerman exhibits his paintings and collages since 1979 onwards. He has been awarded with more than twelve major international prizes.



Letter of Appreciation. Dear Mariano Akerman, On behalf of Alliance Française d'Islamabad, I would like to thank you for your generous contribution for the promotion of French culture.
Your lecture was not only a very fruitful contribution for our cultural activities, but also was very informative and knowledgeable about Modern French Art.
Thank You.
Dr. Muhammad Azam Chaudhary, AFI President

Peinture fauviste de Matisse
Art, Liberté et Modernité. L’art moderne doit beaucoup à la France dans la mesure où c’est dans ce pays qu’il est apparu et s’est développé. Sous la devise française « Liberté, Égalité, Fraternité », beaucoup d’artistes ont pu s’exprimer avec originalité. À Paris, des artistes locaux et d’autres d’origines diverses travaillent ensemble et créent un art libre, au point où le vocable d’art moderne est presque devenu synonyme d’art français.
L’expression française raison d’être signifie autant une raison pour laquelle vivre qu’une raison pour laquelle exister. Mais dans l’art cohabitent tant de raisons. Aussi le cycle de conférences de Mariano Akerman parle-t-il des Raisons d’être, au pluriel.

Georges Lacombe, Marine bleue, Effet de vagues, 1893
Musée des Beaux-Arts de Rennes

Mariano Akerman, Peintre et Historien d’Art. Né à Buenos Aires, en Argentine, en 1963, Mariano Akerman a étudié à l’École d’Architecture de l’Universidad de Belgrano et y a validé sa formation en 1987 avec un projet sur les limites et l’espace en architecture moderne. À l’étranger, depuis 1991, il a orienté ses recherches sur l’oeuvre du peintre Francis Bacon et sur celle de l’architecte Louis I. Kahn. Par ailleurs, Mariano Akerman a présenté une série de conférences éducatives l’une sur l’oeuvre du naturaliste suédois Carl Linné (Philippines, 2007) et deux autres intitulées À la découverte de l’art belge et Raisons d’être (Pakistan 2008-10). Spécialiste en communication visuelle, Akerman est un éducateur expérimenté s’intéressant particulièrement à l’art moderne au sujet duquel il a donné des conférences dans des institutions renommées telles que le Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes à Buenos Aires et le National Museum of the Philippines à Manille. Également peintre, Mariano Akerman expose ses peintures et collages depuis 1979. Il a reçu plus de douze prix et distinctions internationales.

23.11.12

Could Bosch meet Magritte?


Hieronymus Bosch, The Garden of Delights, detail, c. 1500. Museo del Prado, Madrid

Mariano Akerman
BOSCH AND MAGRITTE: IMAGERY OF FANTASY AND REALITY?
The Museum, De La Salle University, Manila
22 June 2005


René Magritte, The Natural Graces, 1964. Kunsthaus Zürich, Switzerlan​d

The Museum features Belgian Art Lecture

To give students the opportunity to appreciate [the] Belgian contribution to the arts, the Royal Belgian Embassy will organize a lecture series in four universities. DLSU-Manila will host one of the lectures, "Bosch and Magritte: Imagery of Fantasy and Reality?" at Yuchengco 408, 1-2:30 pm, on June 22.

The art appreciation lecture will be deivered by art historian, architect, and painter Mariano Akerman. He will talk about the Belgian masterpieces from unexpected, innovative perspectives, discussing their style and meaning, historical context, aesthetic qualities and raison d'être.


"Announcements: The Museum features Belgian Art Lecture," DLSU Newsletter​, Vol. 37, No. 4, 13 June 2005
www.dlsu.edu.ph/offices/mco/publications/newsletter/volume37/no04/specialnews.asp