Klimt on Diversity
One of Vienna’s most revered artists is Gustav Klimt, and on this visit the Belvedere palace museum here had an exhibition of his works. The exhibition displayed one of his most famous works, “the Kiss” –
The Museum tour on tape pointed out how the robe covering the lovers shows very hard-edged geometric shapes over the man and softer round and oval shapes on the cover over the woman. Then the part that covers them both is full of a mixture of all kinds of shapes, showing the beautiful pattern of diversity and how much richer design can be when it is accepting of all shapes and sizes.
I thought it was a pretty profound statement for an artist that died in 1918.
- Mike
