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International 03 Art Exhibitions 2020 International 23.07.2020 > 08.11.2020 Art Exhibitions 2020 1 Nicolas Composition 1949, Oil on canvas de Staël 162.5 x 114 cm Centre Pompidou Pompidou Centre A unique retrospective of the work of Nicolas de Staël, a major artist of the French art scene from 1945 onwards. The exhibition aims, through several of his masterpieces, to present the excep- tional career of this artist who placed the dialectic between abstraction and figuration at the heart of his extra- ordinary and all-too-brief oeuvre. Born in Saint Petersburg in Russia in 1914, Nicolas de Staël studied in Belgium before moving to France in 1938 where he first became known through an exhibition at the Galerie Jeanne Bucher in Paris in 1944. Living and working in a period in which abstraction was trium- Málaga phant, the artist returned to figuration in 1952 with cut-back and powerfully constructed forms. After moving to the South of France in 1953, his work was cut short in 1955, when the artist took his own life in his studio in Antibes. 3 The exhibition includes a total of twenty- The first chapter (1946-1948) reveals the 2 five works, including 9 paintings and artist’s painted and drawn production, Les Musiciens, sixteen works on paper, some of which based on an austere abstraction (La Vie Souvenir de Sidney Bechet are large-format. The Centre Pompidou Dure, 1946). The following section 1953, Oil on canvas holds a reference collection of works by (1949-1951) shows the artist’s evolution 161.9 x 114.2 cm Nicolas de Staël. This entire collection towards cutting the space of the Donation is part of the exhibition presented in painting into thick areas of paint (Les 3 Málaga, offering a journey in four Toits, 1951-1952).The third section L’Orchestre 1 2 sequences. (1952-1953), where the artist’s return to 1953, Oil on canvas figuration manifests itself, allows us to 200 x 350 cm Works 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 take stock of the shock that the Gift of Sophie & Jérôme Seydoux Collection Centre Pompidou, Paris, discovery of the Mediterranean light 4 Musée national d’art moderne, constituted for the artist (Le Lavandou, Les Toits Centre de création industrielle 1952). Its landscapes and nudes with 1952, Oil on Isorel © Adagp, Paris abbreviated and powerfully masonry 200 x 150 cm Work 4 forms are distinguished by significantly 5 © Adagp, Paris more vivid colours. It was also the time Le Lavandou when music played an important role 1952, Oil on canvas, mounted in the work of Nicolas de Staël (Les on wood Musiciens. Souvenir de Sidney Bechet 195 x 97 cm 45 and the monumental Orchestre, 1953). Gift of Mr & Mrs Jacques Dubourg www.centrepompidou-malaga.eu International 25.07.2020 > 08.11.2020 Art Exhibitions 2020 Fantastic Women Surreal Worlds from Meret 3 Oppenheim to Frida Kahlo 3 Louisiana Museum of Modern ArtLouisiana Kay Sage At the Appointed Time 1942, Oil on canvas Newark Museum of Art, Bequest of Kay Sage Tanguy 4 Bridget Tichenor The Surrealists/ The Specialists 1956, Oil on Mazonite 40 x 30.2 cm Private Collection Mexico © Bridget Tichenor 5 Jane Graverol 4 5 The School of Vanity 1967, Oil & collage on A major exhibition of female Surrealists models, but soon they broke out of the cardboard with more than 260 works by 34 artists traditional roles and manifested them- 62 x 98 cm from the USA, Mexico and Europe. selves with their own works. Rosine Ortmans, It features works by the following © Jane Graverol artists: Eileen Agar, Lola Álvarez Bravo, The exhibition shows how they worked 6 Rachel Baes, Louise Bourgeois, Claude within themes, which in many cases Louise Bourgeois Cahun, Leonora Carrington, Ithell were already associated with Surrealism, Torso, Self-Portrait Colquhoun, Maya Deren, Germaine but also how they differ from the male 1963-64, Bronze, painted Dulac, Nusch Éluard, Leonor Fini, Jane artists. The aspect that most clearly white, wall piece Graverol, Valentine Hugo, Frida Kahlo, differentiates the female Surrealists 62.9 x 40.6 x 20 cm Rita Kernn-Larsen, Greta Knutson, from their male colleagues is the Collection the Easton Foundation Jacqueline Lamba, Sheila Legge, inversion of perspective. © The Easton Foundation Dora Maar, Emila Medková, Lee Miller, 7 Humelbæk Suzanne Muzard, Meret Oppenheim, The female artists sought a (new) Meret Oppenheim 6 Valentine Penrose, Alice Rahon, Edith female identity model. This often Venus Primitive Rimmington, Kay Sage, Jeannette involved an investigation of their own 1962 (1933), Painted terracotta, 1 2 Tanguy, Dorothea Tanning, Elsa reflections and playing with various glaced straw Leonora Carrington Frida Kahlo Thoresen, Bridget Tichenor, Toyen, roles. In a wealth of self-portraits and 64 x 26.5 x 20 cm Portrait of the Late Self-Portrait with Thorn Remedios Varo, Unica Zürn. depictions of female figures, they show © Kunstmuseum Solothurn Mrs Partridge Necklace and Hummingbird a playful, self-aware approach to the 1947, Oil on wood 1940, Oil on canvas mounted Goddess, she-devil, doll, fetish, child- image of the female body and female 100.3 x 69.9 cm onto board woman or wonderful dream-creation – sexuality. In addition, they incorporated Private Collection Collection of Harry Ransom Center, the woman or the idea of the feminine the political events and literature of the © Leonora Carrington The University of Texas at Austin was the central element in the male time as well as myths from other Surrealists’ imaginations. At first the cultures in their works and extended female artists became part of the the visual language of Surrealism in 7 inner circle of Surrealism primarily as many respects. www.louisiana.dk International 25.07.2020 > 31.08.2020 Art Exhibitions 2020 Madeleine 1 Pfull 4 Salon Nino Mier Madeleine Pfull’s paintings focus on a Opposite page complex world that is deeply rooted in Pink Lady the everyday. An aesthetic that ‘refuses 2020, Oil on linen to see the ordinary and everyday as 121.9 x 101.6 meaningless’. Her works transform 1 banality into something intriguing and Navy Lady 1 highlights it as a multi-facetted micro- 2020, Oil on linen cosm. Pfull celebrates the moderate 110 x 150 cm behavior and average looks of the 2 women in her paintings whilst also Bathtub echoing their hidden emotional as well 2020, Oil on linen as social ambivalence, emphasized 152.4 x 106.7 cm further by their ordinary surroundings. 3 In situations in which a moment can be Book Lady endless, and time passing reveals itself 2020, Oil on linen Cologne as an almost symbolic parameter, these 182 x 122 cm usually invisible characters expose their 4 inner selves. 2 Installation view They scrunch up their face while having a smoke on the sofa, deeply relax in an armchair, spill milk on the floor and immerse into a hidden space of their own. An emotional inner room that Madeleine Pfull subtly captures in stages of solitude, of tedium, of anxiety: in moments where they feel safe. Pfull’s women, to some extent, emulate our own emotional states. This is achieved by exaggerating their facial expressions through an almost hyper- real and historically charged style of painting. By looking at their faces we feel their doubts and their strengths. We begin to empathize with them by imagining their fictitious life stories whilst also questioning: What was their 3 past? What have they been through? 5 And what had happened to them that Pfull’s new paintings take up this notion Seen from the outside, they can be initiated their introspection? Instead of 5 of time passing and transfer the viewer perceived as the ‘invisible women’ – the answering these questions or engaging Spilt Milk 1 into a private and quieter atmosphere: ones we all know. The ones that usually into an emotional dialogue with the 2020, Oil on linen an environment into which her now hide away their emotions. Failure only viewer, Pfull’s characters constantly 182.9 x 111.2 cm singular characters retreat. happens in moments of total privacy. withdraw themselves in front of us. www.miergallery.com International 30.07.2020 > 29.08.2020 Art Exhibitions 2020 Terry O’Neill 1 David Bowie with Every Picture tells a Story Elizabeth Taylor Beverly Hills, 1975 3 A Retrospective 185 x 125 cm Maddox Gallery Maddox This retrospective showcases a series of captivating works including images of Elton John, Brigitte Bardot and David Bowie in the distinctive snapshot aesthetic that O’Neill is famous for. Amongst these pieces will be some of O’Neill’s rarer work, some of which was only released last year, including a recently colourised image of Frank Sinatra on the Miami Boardwalk. Terry O’Neill’s candid images have given us a rare, up close and personal view of some of the world’s most iconic figures. Spanning over 60 years, no other photo- Gstaad grapher has embraced the span of fame, capturing the icons of our age. 4 7 2 Michael Caine 1970 79 x 60 cm 3 Audrey Hepburn South of France, 1966 125 x 185 cm 4 David Bowie 1975 70 x 73 cm 5 Faye Dunaway 1 2 6 Morning after winning the Oscar, 1976 From the faces of film to fashion, movie 93 x 93 cm stars to musicians and presidents to pop 6 stars, Terry has become one of the Brigitte Bardot world’s most collected photographers. Spain, 1971 His work now hangs in national art 158 x 105 cm galleries and private collections around 7 the world. In the first retrospective since Roger Moore his death, the show includes a portfolio as James Bond, 1970 of witty and strikingly original images 69 x 55cm 5 from the famous photographer.