MoMA Lecture: Constantin Brancusi Sculpture

On Tuesday, October 16, 2018, Larissa Bailiff returned to Darien Library to talk about MoMA's latest exhibit.
Get a sneak preview of the latest hit exhibit from the Museum of Modern Art: Constantin Brancusi Sculpture. Refreshments will be served.
Looking back at the first showing of Constantin Brancusi's work (1876-1957) in the United States, in the 1913 Armory Show, one writer reflected that sculptures on view were “disturbing, so disturbing indeed that they completely altered the attitude of a great many New Yorkers towards a whole branch of art.” Indeed, Brancusi’s beguilingly simple forms looked like nothing else, then or since.
This exhibition celebrates MoMA’s extraordinary holdings-11 sculptures by Brancusi will be shown together for the first time, alongside drawings, photographs, and films. A selection of never-before-seen archival materials shed light on his relationships with friends, sitters, and patrons, including this Museum. What emerges is a rich portrait of an artist whose risk-taking and inventive approach to form changed the course of the art that followed.
Can't make the live event? Check out the video recording at DarienLibrary.tv. Want to see the exhibit for yourself? Check out a MoMA pass!
About the Presenter
Larissa Bailiff is a specialist in modern French art and social history. Formerly an associate educator at MoMA, she continues to offer tours and courses at the museum. For the last three years, she has also worked for Boulevard Arts, an immersive arts technology company, where she creates cultural content for virtual and mixed reality platforms.

[@Lee_Aeon]

I will tell you something about his character that few knew: as you said he was cheeky and fun. The province where he was raised in Romania is called "Oltenia" (Olt îs a river), the people there are famous nationwide for being very spiritual, funny, witty and... GOOD DRINKERS. Brancusi being from a working class society, was definitely all of the above. He was as we would call him today, an "Oltean".

[@johnkoutsoupakis]

thank you for this video, because many of the brancusi videos are either not in english and have no english subtitles, and although the speaker is informative, the fact that we could barely see the work is shame.

[@marianmoise4809]

Bravo Brîncuși România 🎉

[@edwardferry8247]

Brancusi wasn’t making minimalist work, he was profoundly spiritual. His obsession was essence as a universal interweaving with the cosmos. He would have been appalled by the grandiosity of Koons and the cold emptiness of American minimalism. He equally wasn’t subverting as Duchamp was. Thank you for the video.

[@mrpopcornization]

what was the name of his filmmaker friend ? I didn't get that

[@evgeniasurovtseva8929]

Man Ray

[@AlinPurcaroiu]

This is all wonderfull and all but you really have to pronounce his name right. Thank you !

[@cristiannila3911]

The Fish is not soo well described.( much more is on the Tate gallery).The

[@ioanaardelean8121]

You are not well informed about Brâncuși's life and his work!!

[@robertloader9826]

Informative but the microphone rub makes it unlistenable!