Bob Dylan retrospective draws crowds in Beijing
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Bob Dylan retrospective draws crowds in Beijing
A scene from a video installation at Retrospectrum at the Today Art Museum in Beijing on Sunday [Photo by Yang Xiaoyu/chinadaily.com.cn]
Iconic musician Bob Dylan's visual art retrospective, Retrospectrum , has drawn many fans to the Today Art Museum in Beijing to pay tribute to their hero.
Spotlighting Dylan as a visual artist, a lesser-known side even to most fans, the ongoing exhibition displays more than 140 manual scripts, sketches, watercolors, paintings and ironworks the legendary US singer-songwriter and Nobel Prize laureate has created over the past five decades.
"Dylan is such a great boundary crosser! Even though I'm a devout fan of his music, I hadn't realized that he could paint until I heard about this show," gushed a young visitor to the show on Sunday.
A visitor stops to view Bob Dylan's painting at Retrospectrum at the Today Art Museum in Beijing on Sunday [Photo by Yang Xiaoyu/chinadaily.com.cn]
"Dylan's paintings call to mind some of his album covers that feature his own artworks, such as The Bootleg Series Vol. 10: Another Self Portrait (1969–1971) and Planet Waves ," said Zhang Hao, a Beijing-based rock musician who cites Dylan as a major influence.
Aside from appreciating Dylan's visual art creations, visitors can also step into the re-enacted Café Wha? in New York's Greenwich Village, where the 19-year-old from Minnesota wowed the audience with Woody Guthrie songs and embarked on a journey to global fame.
The exhibition runs until Oct 18.
A Bob Dylan oil painting on show at Retrospectrum at the Today Art Museum in Beijing on Sunday [Photo by Yang Xiaoyu/chinadaily.com.cn]
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Bob Dylan's oil paintings on show at Retrospectrum at the Today Art Museum in Beijing on Sunday [Photo by Yang Xiaoyu/chinadaily.com.cn]
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A Bob Dylan oil painting on show at Retrospectrum at the Today Art Museum in Beijing on Sunday [Photo by Yang Xiaoyu/chinadaily.com.cn]
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A Bob Dylan oil painting on show at Retrospectrum at the Today Art Museum in Beijing on Sunday [Photo by Yang Xiaoyu/chinadaily.com.cn]
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Bob Dylan's manuscript of his song If You See Her, Say Hello coupled with a sketch is on show at Retrospectrum at the Today Art Museum in Beijing on Sunday [Photo by Yang Xiaoyu/chinadaily.com.cn]
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A sketch titled Girl from North Country is on show at Retrospectrum at the Today Art Museum in Beijing on Sunday [Photo by Yang Xiaoyu/chinadaily.com.cn]
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A visitor photographs one of Bob Dylan's ironworks at Retrospectrum at the Today Art Museum in Beijing on Sunday [Photo by Yang Xiaoyu/chinadaily.com.cn]
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An ironwork created by Bob Dylan is featured at Retrospectrum at the Today Art Museum in Beijing on Sunday [Photo by Yang Xiaoyu/chinadaily.com.cn]
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An ironwork created by Bob Dylan is featured at Retrospectrum at the Today Art Museum in Beijing on Sunday [Photo by Yang Xiaoyu/chinadaily.com.cn]
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A painting of the New Orleans Series is featured at Retrospectrum at the Today Art Museum in Beijing on Sunday [Photo by Yang Xiaoyu/chinadaily.com.cn]
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A painting of the New Orleans Series is featured at Retrospectrum at the Today Art Museum in Beijing on Sunday [Photo by Yang Xiaoyu/chinadaily.com.cn]
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A painting of the New Orleans Series is featured at Retrospectrum at the Today Art Museum in Beijing on Sunday [Photo by Yang Xiaoyu/chinadaily.com.cn]
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The Café Wha? in New York where Dylan first performed is featured at Retrospectrum at the Today Art Museum in Beijing on Sunday [Photo by Yang Xiaoyu/chinadaily.com.cn]
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A while back I seeded an article of a Bob Dylan art show in Shanghai, but this one in Beijing is much more comprehensive. I never knew Dylan did metalwork.
There is a sketch above of the Girl From the North Country. If you can open this link to Tudou music, it is Bob Dylan and Johnny Cash singing Dylan's song, Girl From The North Country.
Beautiful painting and photos Buzz. Bob Dylan is a man of many talents. Thank you for sharing them with us.
He certainly is talented.
Girl from the North Country
I can't open that picture, Kavika.
It's no surprise to me that only you and I have shown any interest in this seed at this point, since you and I are probably the only ones on this site who have actually met with Bob Dylan (Zimmerman). I might as well have just sent it to you in a Private Note rather than posting it on the Front Page.
Of course, this seed isn't about politics, so maybe it will gain a little interest if I post a verse from The Times They Are A-Changin'.
"The battle ouside ragin'"? That's kind of prescient, taking into consideration how long ago it was that he wrote it.
The photo is of an Inuit young lady in fur parka taking in the 1920's.
Ah, yes, that makes sense.
That really is a lovely photo Kavika. That parka looks nice and cozy.
You can certainly see his influences. The painting of the gas station is clearly influenced by Edward Ruscha's 1966 painting, Standard Station. Some of the others, in particular The Cafe Wha?, are very reminiscent of Edward Hopper. He also appears to be heavily influenced by Edouard Manet.
I had thought the Cafe Wha picture was a photograph. All the other paintings are specifically described as paintings, this one was not.
Looking at it again closely, I think it is a photograph.
I can see that is was a mistake to post this seed on the Front Page - the only interest in it was from active Creative Arts members, which was not unexpected. Therefore I am migrating it to the Creative Arts group.