Woodmere Art Museum Opens New Exhibit Celebrating Barnes' Legacy
By Cherri Gregg
PHILADELPHIA (CBS) - The Woodmere Art Museum in Chestnut Hill recently opened two new exhibits. One celebrates the Barnes legacy and the other has a much darker focus.
Titled, "Salvatore Pinto: A Retrospective Celebrating the Barnes Legacy", the concurrent exhibition focuses on the work of one of Philadelphia's great 20th-century artists.
Curator Matt Palczynski says Pinto's work provides a unique glimpse at life in the city.
"This is a Philadelphian going to Europe, studying the masters of the avant-garde at that time and coming back to Philadelphia and incorporating those trends."
Palczynski describes some of his work as European avant-garde meets City of Brotherly Love.
"It's very, very colorful -- lots of pinks and lots of blues. It's most likely based on scenes he's seen at the New Jersey Shore."
Haunting Narratives: Detours from Philadelphia Realism combines artists work from the 1930's to present, and is much darker than Pinto's work.
"In terms of influences you'd imagine a writer like Edgar Allen Poe being a major influence."
The two exhibits run through July 15th. For more information, go to WoodmereArtMuseum.org.
