Like his contemporaries, Picasso, Braque, Miro, and Klee, Marc Chagall's contributions to the history of art in this century are unquestioned. And yet, this assent in and of itself poses a problem in that our perception of what Chagall accomplished and how he did it, becomes blurred.
Examination is no longer necessary.
For that reason, this thoughtful and meticulous exhibition, organized by guest curator Charlotte Sherman, the Associate Director of the Heritage Gallery, offers an opportunity to revisit Chagall's unique and profound visual language. And by focusing the exhibition exclusively on works on paper, we again become aware of another shared aspect with Picasso, for like him, Chagall had a lifelong romance with paper, most particularly with the technical demands of etchings and lithography. Beyond that the proof of the artist's hand is best exposed in the line on paper. Poignant memories, both conscious and unconscious are evoked. Photo courtesy Los Angeles County Museum of Art.