Master Impressionists Meet Modern Works in Landmark Exhibition at Seattle's EMP

Master Impressionists Meet Modern Works in Landmark Exhibition at Seattles EMP
Opening in Seattle this coming April, DoubleTake will be a one-of-a-kind exhibition at Experience Music Project (EMP), pairing works from Impressionist and Post-Impressionist masters such as Claude Monet, Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Edgar Degas and Vincent van Gogh with modern and contemporary works by such artists as Pablo Picasso, Mark Rothko, Jasper Johns and Roy Lichtenstein.

Other artists featured in the exhibition will include Edouard Manet, Paul Cezanne, Georges Seurat, Paul Gauguin, Eric Fischl, Nan Goldin and Willem de Kooning, among others.

Curated by renowned Impressionist expert and art historian Paul Hayes Tucker, DoubleTake features approximately 28 works on loan from collector and philanthropist Paul G. Allen, many of which have not been seen publicly in nearly 50 years.

"For the past 100 years, images by Impressionist masters like Monet and Renoir have so penetrated the cultural landscape that they've almost lost their meaning," said Tucker.

"By pairing them side-by-side with great contemporary and modern works, we can cast a new light on these magnificent canvases and learn to see them in a new way."

"EMP is a wonderful venue for this kind of show -- DoubleTake is an exhibition all about unexpected pairings of art, and EMP as a cultural institution celebrates such creativity," said Robert