CHAGALL: FANTASIES FOR THE STAGE
by Carol Kaufman Segal
Marc Chagall was a
prolific artist who created works in nearly every artistic category. The Los Angeles County Museum of Art is
presenting an exhibition that focuses on four of his works in the field of music
and dance. While the presentation
stresses its artistic value, it is almost like being behind the scenes of a
theater with its sounds and picturesque beauty.
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Forty-one costumes and nearly one hundred
sketches and studies from three ballets and one opera are shown in four separate
sections in chronological order. The
first is the ballet Aleko, 1942, followed by The Firebird, 1945, then Daphnis
and Chloe, 1959, and finally Mozart’s opera, The Magic Flute, 1967.
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In
addition to Chagall’s stage designs, the exhibition includes a small selection
of iconic paintings, many of which are on loan from museums around the world including
The Violinist (1920) from LACMA’s permanent
collection.
Chagall:
Fantasies for the Stage will be on view at the Los Angeles Museum of
Art through January 7, 2018. The museum is located at 5905 Wilshire Blvd., Los
Angeles. Hours are Mondays, Tuesdays,
Thursdays, 11 AM to 5 PM, Fridays, 11 AM to 8 PM, Saturdays and Sundays, 10 AM
to 7 PM, closed Wednesdays. For further information,
call (323) 857-6010.