http://www.philly.com/philly/columnists/edward_j_sozanski RSS Feed for Inq Col Edward J. Sozanski en-us Sun, 27 May 2012 10:44:54 GMT 2012-05-27T10:44:54Z en-us http://www.philly.com/philly/columnists/edward_j_sozanski/20120527_What_Albert_C__Barnes_definitely_did_not_want.html It has been said in various bits of commentary and reportage surrounding this month’s opening of the new Barnes Foundation building that Albert Barnes wanted his collection to be shared with the general public. Not so. Sun, 27 May 2012 10:44:54 GMT http://www.philly.com/philly/columnists/edward_j_sozanski/20120527_What_Albert_C__Barnes_definitely_did_not_want.html 2012-05-27T10:44:54Z http://www.philly.com/philly/columnists/edward_j_sozanski/20120520_Review__Salvatore_Pinto_rsquo_s_Barnes_connection.html Since being hired as director in September, 2010, William R. Valerio has dramatically revitalized Woodmere Art Museum’s mission to concentrate on art created by Philadelphians. In particular, recent exhibitions at the Chestnut Hill museum have restored public awareness of artists who, for one reason or another, are today either underappreciated or forgotten. Sun, 20 May 2012 07:00:00 GMT http://www.philly.com/philly/columnists/edward_j_sozanski/20120520_Review__Salvatore_Pinto_rsquo_s_Barnes_connection.html 2012-05-20T07:00:00Z http://www.philly.com/philly/columnists/edward_j_sozanski/20120513__lsquo_Maya_2012_rsquo__at_Penn_Museum_shows_pre-Columbian_sophistication.html When I was in high school, students were almost entirely ignorant of the fact that the Americas were already densely populated when Columbus bumped into the island of Hispaniola in 1492. Some of these civilizations, particularly the Aztecs, the Maya, and the Inca, were as sophisticated as any pre-Columbian European cultures, in some instances more so. Sun, 13 May 2012 10:48:22 GMT http://www.philly.com/philly/columnists/edward_j_sozanski/20120513__lsquo_Maya_2012_rsquo__at_Penn_Museum_shows_pre-Columbian_sophistication.html 2012-05-13T10:48:22Z http://www.philly.com/philly/columnists/edward_j_sozanski/20120503_Albert_C__Barnes_was_trained_as_a_scientist__so_it_s_not_NO_HEAD_SPECIFIED.html Albert C. Barnes was trained as a scientist, so it's not surprising that he would apply rigorous empirical discipline to the less categorical activity of collecting art. Sun, 06 May 2012 21:06:38 GMT http://www.philly.com/philly/columnists/edward_j_sozanski/20120503_Albert_C__Barnes_was_trained_as_a_scientist__so_it_s_not_NO_HEAD_SPECIFIED.html 2012-05-06T21:06:38Z http://www.philly.com/philly/columnists/edward_j_sozanski/150105595.html Transformation of the Barnes Foundation from a school with an art collection to a museum with art classes is finally complete. Sun, 06 May 2012 20:43:51 GMT http://www.philly.com/philly/columnists/edward_j_sozanski/150105595.html 2012-05-06T20:43:51Z http://www.philly.com/philly/columnists/edward_j_sozanski/20120429_Uffizi_Gallery_treasures_at_Michener_Museum_in_Doylestown.html Since it opened in 1988, the James A. Michener Art Museum has assiduously promoted the art of Bucks County, particularly the New Hope colony, and American art in general. It’s a bit of a jolt, then, to walk into the museum’s special exhibitions space and encounter a display of European Old Master art, most of it Italian and all of it religious. Tue, 01 May 2012 13:23:13 GMT http://www.philly.com/philly/columnists/edward_j_sozanski/20120429_Uffizi_Gallery_treasures_at_Michener_Museum_in_Doylestown.html 2012-05-01T13:23:13Z http://www.philly.com/philly/columnists/edward_j_sozanski/20120415_Barnes_at_the_Pennsylvania_Academy__A_scandal_in_1923.html Eighty-nine years ago this month, Albert Coombs Barnes and his ideas about art were rejected by the city of Philadelphia more rudely and forcefully than he deserved, or could have reasonably expected. That rejection contributed significantly to the collector’s estrangement from the city’s cultural and educational community, and also to the public perception of Barnes as a crotchety, egotistical, and vindictive misanthrope. Fri, 04 May 2012 16:02:49 GMT http://www.philly.com/philly/columnists/edward_j_sozanski/20120415_Barnes_at_the_Pennsylvania_Academy__A_scandal_in_1923.html 2012-05-04T16:02:49Z http://www.philly.com/philly/columnists/edward_j_sozanski/20120408_Art__An_artist_s_life_with_joyful__sensual_color.html By emphasizing color and light, the impressionists invented a way of painting that conveyed pure sensation. This is why critics of their time, startled by the sketchiness and chromatic intensity of their pictures, denounced them. Mon, 09 Apr 2012 14:23:00 GMT http://www.philly.com/philly/columnists/edward_j_sozanski/20120408_Art__An_artist_s_life_with_joyful__sensual_color.html 2012-04-09T14:23:00Z http://www.philly.com/philly/columnists/edward_j_sozanski/20120401_Monumental_works_by_Pae_White__Mark_Bradford__Jennifer_Steinkamp_at_Fabric_Workshop__Art_by_Edward_J__Sozanski.html When the Fabric Workshop and Museum moved to Arch Street to make way for the expansion of the Convention Center, it gained some cavernous, loftlike spaces on the upper floors of its building that lend themselves to monumental installation projects. In the current art climate, there seem to be many artists who like to work this way. But how many can effectively fill a shoebox-proportioned room that's 130 feet long? Pae White can and does, with a mesmerizing construction of red yarn called Summer XX. Mon, 02 Apr 2012 19:37:12 GMT http://www.philly.com/philly/columnists/edward_j_sozanski/20120401_Monumental_works_by_Pae_White__Mark_Bradford__Jennifer_Steinkamp_at_Fabric_Workshop__Art_by_Edward_J__Sozanski.html 2012-04-02T19:37:12Z http://www.philly.com/philly/columnists/edward_j_sozanski/20120325_Art_.html "Art" by Edward J. Sozanski does not appear this week. Read his recent work at http://go.philly.com/ edwardsozanski Sun, 25 Mar 2012 07:01:00 GMT http://www.philly.com/philly/columnists/edward_j_sozanski/20120325_Art_.html 2012-03-25T07:01:00Z