Dear Mr Edward Munch

Chicago Build Up article starts off by explaining to the readers what we already know, what draws us to something; loneliness, obsession, lust, depression. These draw us into viewing exhibits at museums, movies, or plays. And then the article goes into saying these are what is drawing the crowds to the Art Insitute of Chicago's exhibit called "Becoming Edvard Munch: Influence, Anxiety and Myth". A exhibit of the work of Edward Munch, one of the greatest bohemians in the art world. The writer of the article goes into explaining Munch and his being known for his screaming aliens and melodramatic deceptions. And of course his loony, lonely, and ill life. The article goes into talking about the curator of the exhibit Jay A. Clarke and how Clarke sees Munch as a seeker of his own sensation and a self-promoter. Then the article goes into talking of how this showing of Munch's artwork was censored by the Artist Union of Berlin and just what is in the exhibit. "Close to 150 works gives viewers a clear sense of the context of Munch's achievement, both through his travels across Europe and, more directly, by his admiration for artists.." Pedro wrote before he goes into descussion of how each piece is places before or after another for the effect on when viewed. Pedro write this article not giving the readers the entire effect of the exhibit or saying just what pieces are shown, this effect is possibly for us to want to go and experience the exhibit on our own. He also relates Edward Munch's art to his (Munch's) contemporaries and to artists before Munch's time who may have inspired him (Munch) or given him the idea to paint the way he did. The article is written for a reader who is somewhat aware of the art world and the players in it. With his just examining of the work itself and doing just common research on the other artists and then just talking with the curator it gives a better read. Chicago Build Up may have sounded like a shut down toward the "Becoming Edward Munch: Influence, Anxiety and Myth" exhibit but it wasn't the complete shut down that I was expecting to read, and maybe that was Pedro's purpose, draw us in with a drama title and surprise us through it all.