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Article: Studio of the South. (Arts).(Chicago Art Institute's exhibit on Vincent Van Gogh and Paul Gauguin)(Brief Article)
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- The Christian Century
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- January 16, 2002
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THE THRONGS of people viewing the Chicago Art Institute's exhibit on Vincent Van Gogh and Paul Gauguin moved through the rooms in intense silence, their faces serene and glowing, captivated by images that, it seemed to me, were addressing each of them personally. I had the sense that the people in the crowd, despite their anonymity, were unified by their experience of great art.
The Chicago exhibit "Studio of the South," 11 years in the making, focuses on how these two highly creative artists were brought into conversation and, for a time, led to live and work together in Arles, in the south of France. The exhibit, which moves to Amsterdam this month, reveals ...