![Fernand-Léger-propellors--1918 Fernand Léger Propellors--1918](https://www.veniceclayartists.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/Fernand-Léger-propellors-1918.jpg)
‘Propellors’ — Fernand Léger, 1918
Fernand Léger’s paintings of this period combined Cubism’s simplified, abstract forms with an interest in industrial machinery. The dynamic rhythm of this composition’s planes, cylinders and tubes alludes to mechanical motion. Embodying both solidity and the promise of speed, the propeller emerged as an emblem of modern technology for Léger and his contemporaries. At a visit to an aviation fair in 1912, Marcel Duchamp (whose Bicycle wheel is also on view in this gallery) was said to have been so struck by the beauty of a propeller that he remarked to his fellow artists Léger and Constantin Brancusi, ‘Painting has come to an end. Who can do anything better than this propeller?’
MoMA at NGV: 130 Years of Modern and Contemporary Art,
June 9 – October 7, 2018 at NGV International, Melbourne
The National Gallery of Victoria (NGV) in partnership with The Museum of Modern Art in New York (MoMA) is presenting MoMA at NGV: 130 Years of Modern and Contemporary Art, to continue its focus on promoting knowledge about the evolution of art in our time, from the age of Modernism until today. MoMA, NY opened in Manhattan in 1929 and its collection of over 200,000 works of art by some 10,000 + artists, makes it one of the leading museums of modern art in the world and this exhibition offers a unique overview of this iconic collection.
The first few decades around the beginning of the twentieth century was filled with new, innovative and radical art movements that heralded the birth of Modernism, leading to a diverse range of architectural and decorative styles, as well as applied and graphic arts, created between 1880 and 1950. This exhibition explores the emergence and development of this ‘new art’ and is represented with works by Vincent van Gogh, Paul Gauguin, Henri Matisse, Paul Cézanne and pioneering cubist, constructivism, futurist and orphism artists such as Pablo Picasso, Aleksandr Rodchenko, Umberto Boccioni and Sonia Deleunay.
Also on display are abstracted forms from artists such as Lyubov’ Popova, Jean Arp and Piet Mondrian, alongside the surreal visual language of paintings by artists like Salvador Dalí , Yves Tanguy and other prominent Abstract Expressionist artists like Jackson Pollock. Developments in art beginning in the 1960s, from Pop through to Minimalism, are explored with the works of Roy Lichtenstein, Andy Warhol and Isamu Noguchi and other contemporary art which followed.. In total, over 200 key pieces, including works that span Photography, Film, Architecture and Design, Painting and Sculpture, Drawings and Prints, and Media and Performance tracing the development of art and design from the urban and industrial transformation of the late nineteenth century extending to the digital and global present. Even Tomohiro Nishikado’s pioneering computer game Space Invaders (1978) and the original set of 176 emoji developed by Shigetaka Kurita in 1999 are represented.
![Yves-Tanguy-Mom,-papa-is-wounded Surrealist art - Yves Tanguy-Mom, papa is wounded](https://www.veniceclayartists.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/Yves-Tanguy-Mom-papa-is-wounded.jpg)
Yves Tanguy – ‘Mom, papa is wounded’
![Aleksandr-Rodchenko,-Non-Objective-Painting,-1919 Aleksandr Rodchenko,-Non Objective Painting,-1919 -- MoMA NGV](https://www.veniceclayartists.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/Aleksandr-Rodchenko-Non-Objective-Painting-1919.jpg)
Aleksandr Rodchenko,- ‘Non Objective Painting’
1919
![AEG-Poster-by-Peter-Behrens-(1907) AEG Poster by Peter Behrens-(1907)](https://www.veniceclayartists.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/AEG-Poster-by-Peter-Behrens-1907.jpg)
AEG Poster — Peter Behrens
1907
![Calder,-Snow-flurry Alexander Calder Snow Flurry-1948 mobile sculpture -- MoMA NGV](https://www.veniceclayartists.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/Calder-Snow-flurry.jpg)
Alexander Calder — ‘Snow Flurry’
1948
![André-Derain.-Fishing-Boats,-Collioure André Derain.-Fishing Boats,-Collioure impressionist art -- MoMA NGV](https://www.veniceclayartists.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/André-Derain.-Fishing-Boats-Collioure.jpg)
André Derain – ‘Fishing Boats, Collioure’
![architects-table-Pcasso Architects Table- Picasso cubist painting MoMA NGV](https://www.veniceclayartists.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/architects-table-Pcasso.jpg)
Cubist painting – ‘Architects Table’ – Picasso
![brancusi-the-newbornConstantin-Brancusi-1920,-close-to-the-marble-of-1915 MoMA NGV](https://www.veniceclayartists.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/brancusi-the-newbornConstantin-Brancusi-1920-close-to-the-marble-of-1915.jpg)
‘The Newborn’ — Constantin Brancusi
1920
![André-Derain-Bathers-1907-Moma André Derain -- Bathers-1907-MoMA NGV](https://www.veniceclayartists.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/André-Derain-Bathers-1907-Moma.jpg)
André Derain — ‘Bathers’, 1907
In this monumental painting, André Derain represents a trio of bathing women, a classical Arcadian subject, using formal means that were radically modern at the time.
![Edward-Hopper-Gas-1940 MoMA NGVEdward Hopper Gas-1940](https://www.veniceclayartists.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/Edward-Hopper-Gas-1940.jpg)
‘Gas’ – Edward Hopper (American)
1940
![Le-Corbusier-French,-born-Switzerland-1887–1965-Pierre-Jeanneret-(collaborating-architect)-Swiss-1896–1967-Theodore-Conrad-(model-maker)-American-1910–94-Villa-Savoye-1932 MoMA NGV - Le Corbusier French, born Switzerland 1887–1965 Pierre Jeanneret (collaborating architect) Swiss 1896–1967 Theodore Conrad (model maker) American 1910–94 Villa Savoye-1932](https://www.veniceclayartists.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/Le-Corbusier-French-born-Switzerland-1887–1965-Pierre-Jeanneret-collaborating-architect-Swiss-1896–1967-Theodore-Conrad-model-maker-American-1910–94-Villa-Savoye-1932.jpg)
Le Corbusier ‘Villa Savoye’ — Pierre Jeanneret (collaborating architect) Theodore Conrad (model maker), 1932
In 1923 Le Corbusier declared houses to be ‘machines for living in’, a point of view reflected in his conception of the Villa Savoye. Along with his cousin Pierre Jeanneret, Le Corbusier planned the entire composition of the villa as a sequence of spatial effects
![Edward-Weston,-Stump-against-Sky,-1936 Edward Weston,-Stump against Sky,-1936 - Art photography](https://www.veniceclayartists.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/Edward-Weston-Stump-against-Sky-1936.jpg)
Edward Weston, ‘Stump against Sky’
1936
![El-Anatsui,-Bleeding-Takari-II-wall-art El Anatsui, Bleeding Takari II, 2007](https://www.veniceclayartists.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/El-Anatsui.jpg)
El Anatsui, ‘Bleeding Takari II’
2007
![Ernst-Ludwig-Kirchner-Street-Dresden-1913 Ernst Ludwig Kirchner-Street-Dresden-1913 oil painting](https://www.veniceclayartists.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/Ernst-Ludwig-Kirchner-Street-Dresden-1913.jpg)
Ernst Ludwig Kirchner – ‘Street Dresden’ 1913
Kirchner has violently heightened the colours of this urban scene, depicting its figures with mask-like faces and vacant eyes in an attempt to capture his perceived psychological alienation wrought by modernisation.
![Frederick-Kiesler-Model-for-an-endless-house Frederick Kiesler---Model for an endless house](https://www.veniceclayartists.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/Frederick-Kiesler-Momdel-for-an-endless-house.jpg)
Frederick Kiesler — ‘Model for an endless house’
![Giorgio-de-Chirico-Gare-Montparnasse-(The-Melancholy-of-Departure) Giorgio de Chirico Gare Montparnasse (The Melancholy of Departure) Paris, early 1914](https://www.veniceclayartists.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/Giorgio-de-Chirico-Gare-Montparnasse-The-Melancholy-of-Departure-Paris-early-1914.jpg)
Giorgio de Chirico — ‘Gare Montparnasse (The Melancholy of Departure)’
Paris, early 1914
![George-Grosz.-Explosion George-Grosz.-Explosion -- World War I home, to Berlin](https://www.veniceclayartists.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/George-Grosz.-Explosion.jpg)
George Grosz -‘Explosion’ — World War I in Berlin
![Jackson-Pollock---Number-7-1950 Jackson Pollock---Number 7-1950 abstract expressionism](https://www.veniceclayartists.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/Jackson-Pollock-Number-7-1950.jpg)
Jackson Pollock — ‘Number 7′
1950
![Jean-Arp-'Bell and Navels-sculpture Jean Arp 'Bell and Navels'-1931 MoMA NGV Section-4-Inner-and-Outer-Worlds](https://www.veniceclayartists.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/Jean-Arp-Bell-and-Navels-1931Section-4-Inner-and-Outer-Worlds.jpg)
Jean Arp — ‘Bell and Navels’
1931
![la goulue entering the moulin rouge-accompanied by two women-Henri de Toulouse Lautrec La goulue entering the Moulin Rouge-accompanied by two women-Henri de Toulouse Lautrec](https://www.veniceclayartists.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/la-goulue-entering-the-moulin-rouge-accompanied-by-two-women-Henri-de-Toulouse-Lautrec.jpg)
La goulue entering the Moulin Rouge accompanied by two women — Henri de Toulouse Lautrec – 1891–92
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec portrayed unconventional individuals in a manner both frank and sympathetic. Here, Louise Weber, nicknamed La Goulue (The Glutton), is depicted at the Moulin Rouge, a Montmartre cabaret frequented by Paris’s bohemian subculture.
![John-Chamberlain.-Tomahawk-Nolan John Chamberlain.-Tomahawk Nolan abstract scrap steel sculpture](https://www.veniceclayartists.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/John-Chamberlain.-Tomahawk-Nolan.jpg)
American sculptor John Chamberlain.- ‘Tomahawk Nolan’
1965
![Joaquín-Torres-García,-Color-Structure,-1930 Joaquín Torres García,-- Color Structure,-1930](https://www.veniceclayartists.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/Joaquín-Torres-García-Color-Structure-1930.jpg)
Uruguayan Joaquín Torres García,– ‘Color Structure’
1930
![Joan-Miró-Portrait-of-Mistress-Mills-in-1750,-Winter–Spring-1929 Joan-Miró-Spanish,-1893–1983.-Portrait-of-Mistress-Mills-in-1750,-Winter–Spring-1929](https://www.veniceclayartists.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/Joan-Miró-Spanish-1893–1983.-Portrait-of-Mistress-Mills-in-1750-Winter–Spring-1929.jpg)
Joan Miró — ‘Portrait of Mistress Mills in 1750′
1929
![Olivier-Mourgue-Djinn-Chaise-Lounge Olivier MourgueDjinn Chaise Lounge - tubular steel frame, foam padding and nylon jersey upholstery 64-65](https://www.veniceclayartists.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/Olivier-MourgueDjinn-Chaise-Lounge-tubular-steel-frame-foampaddingand-nylon-jersey-upholstery-64-65.jpg)
Olivier Mourgue – ‘Djinn Chaise Lounge ‘
–tubular steel frame, foam padding and nylon jersey upholstery
1964-65
![elegant-red-blue-chair-gerrit-rietveld Gerrit-Rietveld.-Red-Blue-Chair contemporary design](https://www.veniceclayartists.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/red-and-blue-chair-for-sale-elegant-red-blue-chair-gerrit-rietveld-romancebiz-home-furniture-of-red-and-blue-chairGerrit-Rietveld.-Red-Blue-Chair.jpg)
Gerrit Rietveld.- ‘Red Blue Chair’
![René-Magritte,-The-Portrait,-1935 René Magritte,-The Portrait,-1935 still life painting](https://www.veniceclayartists.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/René-Magritte-The-Portrait-1935.jpg)
René Magritte – ‘The Portrait’
1935
![National-Gallery-of-Victpria NGV -- National Gallery Of Victoria entrance](https://www.veniceclayartists.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/National-Gallery-of-Victpria.jpg)
National Gallery Of Victoria
![László-Moholy-Nagy-Nickel-Construction László Moholy Nagy -- Nickel Construction abstract sculpture](https://www.veniceclayartists.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/László-Moholy-Nagy-Nickel-Construction.jpg)
László Moholy Nagy — ‘Nickel Construction’
![La-Japonaise---Woman-beside-the-Water-1905-Henri-Matisse La Japonaise - Woman beside the Water 1905 Henri Matisse](https://www.veniceclayartists.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/La-Japonaise-Woman-beside-the-Water-1905-Henri-Matisse.jpg)
‘La Japonaise – Woman beside the Water’ Henri Matisse, 1905
Fauvist painting with the Japanese woman of the title barely indistinguishable from the surrounding landscape.
![Louise-Bourgeois.-Quarantania,-III.-1949-50- Louise Bourgeois.- Quarantania, III.-1949-50](https://www.veniceclayartists.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/Louise-Bourgeois.-Quarantania-III.-1949-50-.jpg)
Louise Bourgeois.- ‘Quarantania, III’
1949-50
![Map-1961-by-Jasper-Johns Map 1961 by Jasper Johns-installation-NGV staff](https://www.veniceclayartists.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/Map-1961-by-Jasper-Johns-installation-NGV.jpg)
‘Map’ by Jasper Johns, 1961
photo courtesy of NGV
![Lumière-brothers.-Loie-Fuller Lumière brothers.-Loie Fuller Annabelle Serpentine Dance first colour film](https://www.veniceclayartists.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/Lumière-brothers.-Loie-Fuller.gif)
“Annabelle Serpentine Dance” – Lumière brothers.– Loie Fuller
![Lyubov-Popova,-Painterly-Architectonic,-1917 Lyubov Popova,- Painterly Architectonic,-1917 abstract art painting](https://www.veniceclayartists.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/Lyubov-Popova-Painterly-Architectonic-1917.jpg)
Lyubov Popova,- ‘Painterly Architectonic’
1917
![My-Pacific-(Polynesian-Culture)-Isamu-Noguchi My Pacific (Polynesian Culture) - Isamu Noguchi wood sculpture-MoMA-NGV 2018](https://www.veniceclayartists.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/My-Pacific-Polynesian-Culture-Isamu-Noguchi.jpg)
‘My Pacific (Polynesian Culture)’ – Isamu Noguchi
Isamu Noguchi believed that art was part of the environment and described his works of art as ‘landscapes’. He often used materials he found in nature to create his sculptures.
![Roberto-Matta-- Roberto Matta--Malitte Lounge Furniture. 1966 contemporary foam furniture](https://www.veniceclayartists.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/Roberto-Matta-.jpg)
Roberto Matta — modular
Malitte Lounge Furniture. 1966
![Roberto-Matta](https://www.veniceclayartists.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/Roberto-Matta.jpg)
Roberto Matta — Malitte Lounge Furniture. 1966
This colorful collection of polyurethane foam shapes could be stacked into a rectangular wall or used as individual pieces of seating. The design concept is playful and flexible. Its interlocking organic shapes reflect Matta’s training as an architect in his native Chile as well as his Surrealist painting practice, which developed after his move to Paris.
![Picasso Seated-Bather-cubist Pablo Picasso Seated-Bather-early-1930](https://www.veniceclayartists.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/Seated-Bather-early-1930.jpg)
Pablo Picasso ‘Seated Bather’
early 1930
![Seated-figure,-right-hand-on-ground--Hennri-Matisse--1908 Seated figure, right hand on ground (Nu assis, main droite à terre) -- Matisse](https://www.veniceclayartists.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/Seated-figure-right-hand-on-ground-Hennri-Matisse-1908.jpg)
‘Seated figure, right hand on ground ‘- Hennri Matisse
1908
![Roy-Lichtenstein-Drowning-girl Roy Lichtenstein American 1923–97 Drowning girl 1963 oil and synthetic polymer paint on canvas](https://www.veniceclayartists.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/Roy-Lichtenstein-American-1923–97-Drowning-girl-1963-oil-and-synthetic-polymer-paint-on-canvas.jpg)
Roy Lichtenstein ‘Drowning girl’, 1963
— oil and synthetic polymer paint on canvas
photo courtesy of NGV
![simultaneous-contrasts-sun-and-moon-robert-delaunay-1913 Simultaneous Contrasts Sun and Moon-Robert Delaunay-1913](https://www.veniceclayartists.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/simultaneous-contrasts-sun-and-moon-robert-delaunay-1913-peter-barritt.jpg)
‘Simultaneous Contrasts Sun and Moon’ by Robert Delaunay
1913
![Russian-Stenberg-Brothers,-Poster Stenberg Brothers, Poster for 'Three million case', 1926](https://www.veniceclayartists.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/Stenberg-Brothers-Poster-for-Three-million-case-1926.jpg)
Stenberg Brothers, Poster for ‘Three million case’
1926
![Sundial-sundial-by-Lygia-Clark- Sundial by Lygia Clark](https://www.veniceclayartists.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/Sundial-sundial-by-Lygia-Clark-.jpg)
‘Sundial’ by Lygia Clark
![Sonia-Delaunay-Terk. Portuguese-Market. 1915 MoMA Sonia Delaunay-Terk. Portuguese Market. 1915 MoMA NGV](https://www.veniceclayartists.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/Sonia-Delaunay-Terk.-Portuguese-Market.-1915-MoMA.jpg)
Sonia Delaunay-Terk- ‘Portuguese Market’
1915
MoMA NGV 2018
![Giacomo-Balla.-futurist-painting Swifts Paths of Movement + Dynamic Sequences by Giacomo Balla-MoMa NGV](https://www.veniceclayartists.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/Giacomo-Balla.-Swifts-Paths-of-Movement-Dynamic-Sequences.-1913.jpg)
‘Swifts Paths of Movement + Dynamic Sequences’ by Giacomo Balla
NGV Section 2: The Machinery of the Modern World
![Keith-Haring--Totem Keith Haring--Totem-1989 -- MoMA NGV 2018](https://www.veniceclayartists.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/Keith-Haring-Totem-1989.jpg)
Keith Haring– ‘Totem’
1989
![Zaha-Hadid--The-Peak-Project Zaha Hadid--The Peak Project, Hong Kong,-China-(exterior-perspective)-1991](https://www.veniceclayartists.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/Zaha-Hadid-The-Peak-Project-Hong-Kong-China-exterior-perspective-1991.jpg)
Zaha Hadid –The Peak Project, Hong Kong
1991
![the-moon-and-the-earth-paul-gauguin Hina Tefatou Aka The Moon And The Earth - Paul Gauguin](https://www.veniceclayartists.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/the-moon-and-the-earthHina-Tefatou-Aka-The-Moon-And-The-Earth-Paul-Gauguin.jpg)
‘Hina Tefatou Aka The Moon And The Earth’ – Paul Gauguin
![The-Persistence-of-Memory-Salvador-Dali Surrealist art - The Persistence of Memory-Salvador Dali-1931](https://www.veniceclayartists.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/The-Persistence-of-Memory-Salvador-Dali-1931.jpg)
‘The Persistence of Memory’ Salvador Dali
1931
![Salvador-Dali,-Trilogy-of-the-desert-Mirage Salvador Dali,-Trilogy of the desert Mirage NGV](https://www.veniceclayartists.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/Salvador-Dali-Trilogy-of-the-desert-Mirage.jpg)
Salvador Dali — ‘Trilogy of the desert Mirage’
NGV
![Glenn-Lowry,-MoMA director-and,-NGV-director-Tony-Ellwood Glenn Lowry, director of New York's MoMA, NGV director Tony Ellwood and Andy Warhol'sMarilyn-Monroe-series-(1967)](https://www.veniceclayartists.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/Glenn-Lowry-director-of-New-Yorks-MoMA-NGV-director-Tony-Ellwood-and-Andy-Warhols-Marilyn-Monroe-series-1967.jpg)
Glenn Lowry, director of New York’s MoMA, NGV director Tony Ellwood and Andy Warhol’s 1967 Marilyn Monroe series
MoMA NGV
![Mario-BelliniTotem-stereo-system Mario Bellini Totem stereo system with detachable speakers (model RR 130)](https://www.veniceclayartists.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/Mario-BelliniTotem-stereo-system-with-detachable-speakers-model-RR-130.jpg)
Mario Bellini Totem stereo system with detachable speakers (model RR 130)
1970
![The-psychedelic-cover-art-for-Cream's-album-Disraeli-Gears-in-1967-was-created-by-Australian-artisMartin-Sharp Album cover for Cream, Disraeli Gears 1967](https://www.veniceclayartists.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/The-psychedelic-cover-art-for-Creams-album-Disraeli-Gears-in-1967-was-created-by-Australian-artisMartin-Sharp.jpg)
Lithograph for album cover for Disraeli Gears by Cream – Martin Sharpe
1967
![Unique-forms-of-continuity-in-space-Umberto Boccioni Unique forms of continuity in space-Umberto Boccioni Futurist sculpture](https://www.veniceclayartists.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/Unique-forms-of-continuity-in-spaceUmberto-Boccioni.jpg)
‘Unique forms of continuity in space’ – Umberto Boccioni
![Vincent-van-Gogh.-Portrait-of-Joseph-Roulin Vincent van Gogh.-Portrait of Joseph Roulin --postmaster in blue](https://www.veniceclayartists.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/Vincent-van-Gogh.-Portrait-of-Joseph-Roulin.jpg)
Vincent van Gogh.- ‘Portrait of Joseph Roulin’
1889
Van Gogh’s thickly painted, colorful portraits changed the way many artists and patrons viewed portraits at the time. Van Gogh wrote to his brother Theo of his excitement about “the modern portrait,” a picture that renders character not by the imitation of the sitter’s appearance but through the independent, vivid life of color. Van Gogh’s subject in this painting,
![Wifredo-Lam,-Satan, Wifredo Lam, Satan,](https://www.veniceclayartists.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/Wifredo-Lam-Satan.jpg)
Wifredo Lam, ‘Satan’
![Xanti-Schawinsky-on-a-Bauhaus-Balcony-Laszlo-Moholy-Nagy-c](https://www.veniceclayartists.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/Xanti-Schawinsky-on-a-Bauhaus-Balcony-Laszlo-Moholy-Nagy-c.jpg)
Bauhaus balconies c. 1928 — Theodore Lux Feininger
![Man-Ray-1931 Man Ray untitled photo](https://www.veniceclayartists.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/Man-Ray-1931.jpg)
Man Ray, 1931
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