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Aaron Mahnke's Cabinet of Curiosities

The Artist

Aaron Mahnke's Cabinet of Curiosities

iHeartPodcasts and Grim & Mild

History, Society & Culture

4.58.7K Ratings

🗓️ 15 September 2020

⏱️ 11 minutes

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Summary

Today's tour will show you artwork from an unlikely painter, and show just how fragile key moments in history really are.

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0:00.0

Welcome to AirNManky's Cabinet of Curiosity's, a production of I Heart Radio and Grimm

0:08.7

and Mild.

0:13.0

Our world is full of the unexplainable.

0:16.3

And if history is an open book, all of these amazing tales are right there on display,

0:22.2

just waiting for us to explore.

0:25.4

Welcome to the Cabinet of Curiosity's.

0:30.0

Museums all over the world are home to the finest works of arts ever created.

0:41.5

New York City's Museum of Modern Art houses pieces by Andy Warhol, Claude Monet and

0:46.3

Jackson Pollock, as well as Vincent Van Gogh's iconic painting, Starry Night.

0:51.0

The Louvre in Paris houses the Mona Lisa by Leonardo da Vinci, her rye smile greeting

0:56.3

each guest who passes by.

0:59.2

Much works invite speculation as to what the artist was thinking when they made it.

1:03.6

What is it telling us?

1:04.7

What does it say about the world at large?

1:07.0

Art is subjective, often up to all kinds of interpretation.

1:11.5

Some pieces, however, transcend simple questions about intent and meaning.

1:16.0

They are made with the same kind of skill other artists only dream of.

1:19.7

These works don't only invite interpretation, they demand it, such with the paintings of

1:25.0

Pierre Brassau.

1:28.2

Brassau exploded onto the Swedish art scene in 1964.

1:32.3

His first exhibition was held in Gertaborga, Sweden, and the critics loved him.

1:36.6

Rolf Enderberg, art critic for the local paper, said,

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