André Masson : il n'y a pas de monde achevé / sous la direction de Chiara Parisi.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Parisi, Chiara, editor.

Masson, André, 1896-1987, artist.

Centre Pompidou-Metz, issuing body, host institution.

Standardized Title:

André Masson (Centre Pompidou-Metz)

Language:

French

Subjects (All):

Masson, André, 1896-1987--Exhibitions.

Masson, André.

Surrealism--France--Exhibitions.

Surrealism.

Surrealist artists--France--20th century.

Surrealist artists.

Painting, French--20th century--Exhibitions.

Painting, French.

Surrealist artists--France--Influence.

Genre:

exhibition catalogs.

Exhibition catalogs.

Physical Description:

295 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), facsimiles, portraits ; 33 cm

Other Title:

Il n'y a pas de monde achevé

Place of Publication:

Metz : Centre Pompidou-Metz, [2024]

Summary:

"One of the greatest exponents of automatic drawing and sand pictures, André Masson (1896--1987) was actively involved in, and acutely aware of, the upheavals of his century, both historical and intellectual. He had fruitful relationships with the artists and thinkers of his time, and his drawings and paintings influenced the beginnings of American Abstract Expressionism, forming the best-known part of an oeuvre whose overall power is not yet fully appreciated. A painter who experimented in new techniques and a unparalleled draughtsman, Masson was also a sculptor, a theatre and opera set designer and an art critic. An insatiable reader with an encyclopaedic knowledge, he was passionately interested in Western and Far Eastern mythology and philosophy. He was also a remarkable poet and writer. The work of this free and rebellious spirit is imbued with the deep conviction that the only 'justification for a work of art ... is to contribute to the expansion of human beings, the transmutation of all values, the denunciation of social, moral and religious hypocrisy and consequently the denunciation of the dominant class, responsible for imperialist war and fascist regression'. To mark the hundredth anniversary of the Surrealist Manifesto, the Centre Pompidou-Metz is paying tribute to the exceptional figure of André Masson, whose liberating thought remains as powerful as ever today. The exhibition will trace the artist's career, painting a picture of a multifaceted artist, open to collaborations and to the world, incessantly pursuing experimentation guided by the 'dictates of the unconscious' and a desire for the infinite. From the 'Forests' that he painted following his traumatic experience of the First World War to the Eastern-style paintings (inspired by Chinese painting from the past) which he produced in Aix-en-Provence in the 1960s, and from his Spanish period to his exile in America, this large retrospective will explore the various aspects of André Masson's work as well as his close links with the intellectuals, poets, film makers, playwrights and artists of his time. More than half a century after the exhibition organised by the Museum of Modern Art in New York in 1976, the Centre Pompidou-Metz will bring together 150 works, including paintings, drawings, sculptures, periodicals and archive documents never before exhibited from important public and private American, German, Swiss, Belgian, Italian and French collections (including the Centre Pompidou, the Musée National d'Art Moderne, the Museum of Modern Art and the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York, the Baltimore Museum of Art, the Peggy Guggenheim collection in Venice and the Museo Nacional Centro Reina Sofía). Thanks to these exceptional loans, the exhibition will highlight the richness and uniqueness of the man who described himself as the 'rebel' of Surrealism."-- Centre Pompidou-Metz website.

Engagé et sensible aux bouleversements de son siècle, qu?ils soient historiques ou intellectuels, André Masson (1896-1987) est l?un des plus grands peintres du XXe siècle. Sa présence non doctrinaire parmi les surréalistes, l?invention du dessin automatique et des tableaux de sable, ses complicités fructueuses avec les artistes et penseurs de son temps, l?influence de ses dessins et de ses toiles sur les débuts de l?expressionnisme abstrait américain, forment la part la plus connue d?une œuvre qui reste encore à lire dans la puissance de sa globalité. À l?occasion du centième anniversaire du Manifeste du surréalisme, le Centre Pompidou-Metz rendra hommage à la personnalité exceptionnelle d?André Masson dont la pensée émancipatrice demeure puissamment actuelle. L?exposition, dont le présent catalogue rend compte, retracera le parcours de l?artiste en dressant le portrait d?un artiste protéiforme, ouvert aux collaborations et au monde, en quête d?une incessante expérimentation guidée par la ± dictée de l?inconscient ? et un désir d?infini. Près d?un demi-siècle après l?exposition anthologique organisée par le Museum of Modern Art à New-York en 1976, le Centre Pompidou-Metz rassemblera près de 150 œuvres, entre peintures, dessins, sculptures, revues et archives inédites, en provenance d?importantes collections publiques et privées américaines, allemandes, suisses, belges, italiennes et françaises (Centre Pompidou, Musée national d?art moderne, Museum of Modern Art et Solomon R. Guggenheim à New York, Baltimore Museum of Art, collection Peggy Guggenheim à Venise, Museo Nacional Centro Reina Sofía ?). Forte de ces prêts exceptionnels, l?exposition mettra en lumière toute la richesse et la singularité de celui qui se nommait lui-même le ± rebelle ? du surréalisme.00Exhibition: Centre Pompidou Metz (29.03-02.09.2024).

Contents:

Led têtes d'lljetu

Le début des annéees 1920

1924-1927 La révolution de l'automatisme

1927 Les premières peintures de sable

Fin des années 1920, Résurgence de la violence

1934-1937 L'Espagne

1938-1940 La deuxième période surréaliste

1941-1945 L'exil américain

1946-1960 La période aixoise

Les années 1960

De la nature prodigieuse à la calligraphie

Il n'y a pas de monde achevé.

Notes:

Catalog of an exhibition held at the Centre Pompidou-Metz, France, from March 29-September 2, 2024.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 278-281).

ISBN:

9782359830736

2359830732

OCLC:

1435845433