Early Evening In The Museum Of Modern Art
Early Evening In The Museum Of Modern Art
Signed Print
Howard Hodgkin
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74 x 97cm, Edition of 100, Etching
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Meaning & Analysis
This signed etching from 1979 is a limited edition of 100 from Howard Hodgkin’s In the Museum of Modern Art series. The horizontal print presents to the viewer an abstract scene, defined by white and black patches of colour and by expressive and gestural brushstrokes on the right side of the print.
Together with the other three prints in the portfolio, Early Evening In The Museum Of Modern Art is above all else the product of an act of recollection, Hodgkin’s childhood memories. After being forced to flee the United Kingdom with his family due to World War II, Hodgkin made way to the United States, moving to New York until the end of the war. It was then, in New York, that a young Hodgkin got in touch for the first time with the wonders of art. Spending many afternoons and evenings sheltered in the walls of the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), Hodgkin found solace and comfort.
In this print, Hodgkin’s memory comes alive through sombre and dark hues – a striking, yet poignant departure from his distinctive colourful palette made of blues, oranges, yellows and greens. And still, the darkness of the image perfectly evokes the loneliness and bittersweet feelings the artist so vividly describes through the titles of the series.
Reflective and pensive, this print gives access to a more intimate and secluded aspect of Hodgkin’s practice, and indeed of Hodgkin himself, and reveals the ability of the artist in arousing complex emotional responses to his art.
British artist Howard Hodgkin was a luminary of abstraction. Representing Britain at the 1984 Venice Biennale, winning the Turner Prize in 1985, and knighted in 1992, Hodgkin established a legacy by pushing the boundaries of convention. Indian culture and painting heavily influenced the artist's work, infiltrating it most obviously in his bold colour choices. Evoking the bliss of exotic travels and past memories, Hodgkin's abstract representations provide an intimate insight into his world. The vibrancy of his palette and expression of the brushstrokes distinguished the artist from his contemporaries, seeing him gain international recognition.
