ALBERTO GIACOMETTI A RETROSPECTIVE MARVELLOUS REALITY
PRESS KIT EXHIBITION 3 July to 29 August 2021 GRIMALDI FORUM MONACO IN COLLABORATION WITH FONDATION GIACOMETTI FONDA TION- GIACOMETTI 1960 © Succession Alberto Giacometti (Fondation Giacometti, Paris + Adagp, Paris) Adagp, + Paris Giacometti, (Fondation Alberto Giacometti 1960 © Succession Homme qui marche II, Homme qui marche Alberto Giacometti, Alberto Giacometti,
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ALBERTO GIACOMETTI, A RETROSPECTIVE. MARVELLOUS REALITY
p.5 Foreword by Sylvie Biancheri Managing Director of the Grimaldi Forum Monaco
p.6 Curator’s note by Émilie Bouvard Exhibition curator, Director of Collections and Scientific Programme at the Fondation Alberto Giacometti “Verbatim” by Christian Alandete, Artistic Director at the Giacometti Institute
p.8 Exhibition trail Note of the scenographer William Chatelain Focus on the immersive space: Giacometti’s studio VERBATIM DE CHRISTIAN ALAN- DETE DIRECTEURp.13 Selection ARTISTIQUE of worksDE L’INS exhibited- TITUT GIACOMETTI p.22 Alberto Giacometti’s Biography
p.26 Around the exhibition Exhibition catalogue Children workshops A Giacometti summer on the Côte d’Azur
p.30 Complementary visuals for the press
p.38 The partners of the exhibition
p.40 The Fondation Giacometti
p.42 Grimaldi Forum Monaco
p.46 To discover also this summer at Grimaldi Forum Exhibition “Jewelry by artists, from Picasso to Koons - The Diane Venet Collection”
p.48 Practical information and press contacts Grimaldi Forum Monaco - 2021 ALBERTO GIACOMETTI, UNE RETROSPECTIVE. LE RÉEL MERVEILLEUX
Grimaldi Forum Monaco - 2021 ALBERTO GIACOMETTI, A RETROSPECTIVE. MARVELLOUS REALITY
OREWORD OF SYLVIE BIANCHERI
F I Collections andScientific Programme curator ÉmilieBouvard, Director of remarkably coordinated bythe To enhancethisexhibition, artistic output. offering his prolific a complete view of the painterinallhisvariousphases, fame -butalsothedraughtsman and Man others, hisiconicstatues like not onlythesculptor-with, among This exhibition aimsat introducing public looks at hisoeuvre. 20th century, renewing theway organised the onthismajorartist of thebiggestretrospectivesof ever Giacometti, weare presenting one 230 works granted bytheFondation Thanks totheexceptional loanof coming summer. event inmore thanonerespect this Giacometti, promises tobeamajor this exhibition, devotedto Alberto - Dalí, Bacon, Picasso, and Warhol - presented at GrimaldiForum Monaco SYLVIE BIANCHERI, GENERAL MANAGER OF THE GRIMALDIFORUMMONACO F exhibitions of artists previouslyexhibitions of n keeping withthebigmonograph OREWORD , whichbrought himinternational Walking © GrimaldiForum Monaco2021-OliviaMarocco Portrait Sylvie Biancheri of retrospective. sequences plannedespeciallyforthis exhibition spaceandin14original of oeuvre overthe2,500square metres understand acomplex andtangible the artist andgivethemthekeys to closer totheextraordinary works of intends tobringthespectators scenographerChatelain William at Fondation Giacometti, our “ Giacometti inhissearch forthe retrospectivereveals Alberto theartist,journey of thisdidactic Through theparticular andpersonal Marvellous reality FOREWORD OFSYLVIE BIANCHERI ”. ”. 5 Grimaldi Forum Monaco - 2021 ALBERTO GIACOMETTI, UNE RETROSPECTIVE. LE RÉEL MERVEILLEUX
Grimaldi Forum Monaco - 2021 ALBERTO GIACOMETTI, A RETROSPECTIVE. MARVELLOUS REALITY CURATOR’S NOTE T and theParisian suburbs. hischildhoodinSwitzerlandof things from dailylife, landscapes loved, objectsinhisstudio, small him, withouthierarchy, peoplehe to represent what hesaw around often repeated, whilehesought facing “marvellous”reality, ashe wonderment:theartistsign of Giacometti’s art willbeunderthe This journeyinto Alberto recent years. Giacometti, themostimportant in the sculptorandpainter Alberto retrospective theoeuvre of of time inMonaco, anexceptional this summer2021, forthefirst the GrimaldiForum topresent DIRECTOR OFCOLLECTIONS AND SCIENTIFICPROGRAMME AT FONDATION GIACOMETTI CURATOR: ÉMILIEBOUVARD, EXHIBITIONCURATOR, C most importantinrecent years” painter Alberto Giacometti, the thesculptorand the oeuvre of “An exceptional retrospective of URATOR’S NOTE goes intopartnership with he Fondation Giacometti and thecreation the great of to hisworkfrom lifemodels period, from his return tofiguration his youthtothesurrealistworks of hiscreativeof output, from the It willoffer acompleteoverview to express himself. prints, withwhichGiacometti used bronzes), painting, drawings, all mediums-sculpture (plaster, prominence toallphasesand The exhibition’s trail willgive theartist’sof intimacy. to thespectator placedat theheart presented willbringwonderment theworksand therichnessof The exhibition’s scenography © Photo:Fondation Giacometti, Paris Portrait ÉmilieBouvard of CURATOR’S NOTE 6 Grimaldi Forum Monaco - 2021 CURATOR’S NOTE ALBERTO GIACOMETTI, A RETROSPECTIVE. MARVELLOUS REALITY © Photo:Fondation Giacometti, Paris The Giacometti Institute Portrait Christian Alandete, of artisticdirector at visitor withmarvellousdiscoveries, among several masterpieces, willpresent the photographs, thisexhibition, displaying together more than230 works alongside thepost-waryears.icons of Gathering studio byrevealing thedetoursand The trail willreproduce the thespiritof exhibition intofourteen originalsequences. The curators havecoordinated this (1960). (1945), Object them: with marvellousdiscoveries” masterpieces, willpresent thevisitor exhibition,“This displayingseveral Spoon Woman (1934-35), The Nose (1947)and Woman withChariot (1927), “ us withrenewed attention. the viewertolookthrough Giacometti’s eyesat theworld around thewholeexhibition,that willbethecentral themeof encourages pleasures,simplest of theoriginaltake onthe“marvellousreality” the apandemic that hasdeprivedusforalongperiodof out of perhaps lessforhistalentsinpaintinganddrawing. Coming anartistcareer well-knownforhisworkasasculptor but of Monaco istheopportunity theprolific toembrace thewholeof ARTISTIC DIRECTOR OF THE GIACOMETTI INSTITUTE VERBATIM OFCHRISTIAN ALANDETE This firstretrospective theoeuvreAlberto of of Giacometti in Invisible Walking Man
sculpture, andtheremarkable painterwho artist experimenting at theverylimitsof will alsoencounteranotherGiacometti, the brother Diego, hisclosefriends. The visitor work withhismodels:wife Annette, his and melancholiaaswellhisrelentless also discoverhisrelationship withsolitude particularly prominent butthepublic will head, theface, thefemalebody-willbe by theartist -therepresentation the of creative process. The themespreferred questionings that markGiacometti’s Giacometti’s oeuvre. around newtopicswithregard to Alberto by ÉditionsSkira, andgathers specialists theexhibition,the spiritof ispublished The richlyillustrated catalogue, trueto landscapeandstilllife.of also practised, next toportraits, thegenres “ CURATOR’S NOTE 7 Grimaldi Forum Monaco - 2021 ALBERTO GIACOMETTI, UNE RETROSPECTIVE. LE RÉEL MERVEILLEUX
Grimaldi Forum Monaco - 2021 ALBERTO GIACOMETTI, A RETROSPECTIVE. MARVELLOUS REALITY HE EXHIBITION’S TRAIL T complete retrospective Alberto of and lithographs, make itthemost 230 sculptures, paintings, drawings pieces,prolific numberof nearly work allthemore motivating asthe a real challengeandmakes the this scenographic project hasbeen Working withauniquecollection, sculptedworks.ensemble of backdrop forsuchanimpressive that medium, had never beenthe originally conceivedtowelcome for theEspaceRavel, whichwas Giacometti, anewexperience sculptor andpainter Alberto theto workontheoeuvre of Portrait William Chatelain ©GrimaldiForum of Monaco2021
T NOTE BY THE SCENOGRAPHER WILLIAM CHATELAIN, GRIMALDI FORUMMONACO T HE EXHIBITION’S TRAIL HE given metheopportunity he Fondation Giacometti has order, Giacometti’s his works of prelude retracing inchronological amusicscore:character firsta of by room. The trail hastherhythmic curator, hasallocated theworks Émilie Bouvard, theexhibition metres. extended overnearly 2,500square Giacometti presented tothisday, oeuvre: bronzes, plasters, The publicwilldiscoveraprotean oeuvre. way welookat Alberto Giacometti’s This originalapproach renews the exhibition toaclose. sculpture absolute synthesiswiththeiconic sculpture,Limits of tofinishasthe Women orGoddesses?, and At the Reality, Loves andFriendships, Melancholia, Solitude, Marvellous Animated Sculptures, Nature, rooms: Heads, Fayum Portraits, the1940stohisdeath.of Ten to haunttheartist from theend figure follow, that was amotif thehumanobsessional themeof period. Variations onthequasi- and abstraction thenhissurrealist cubismyouth; thetemptation of Walking Man THE EXHIBITION’S TRAIL THE bringingthe 8 Grimaldi Forum Monaco - 2021 THE EXHIBITION’S TRAIL ALBERTO GIACOMETTI, A RETROSPECTIVE. MARVELLOUS REALITY © Head of Studies and Design of Spacesat GrimaldiForum Studies andDesignof Monaco © Head of that will besupported withdialogues and specific toourpractice, animmersive space becomes apretext forstating what is space intheartist’s creative process illustrating that working theimportance of thetrail,At theheart of thestudio big perspectives. certain piecesenablesmeat timestouse busts orallowingadialoguebetween Giacometti’s works. Bringingclosersome volumes, at times more intimate, echo rooms whosescale,of dimensionsand The trail asuccession takes theformof have tobediscovered from allangles. median axiswillbechosenforthosewhich will dictate theirpositioninthespace. A I’m usedtoproducing. Itistheworks that scenographic take, different from what paintings, drawings that willinstruct my approach, different from what I’musedto certain distancing. That alsochangesmy apiece,in front of soIhavetorespect a reality, musthavethepublicmarvelling Finally, theexhibition subtitle, marvellous prints structure thetrail. quote perroom, andbigphotographic is punctuated withasigning system:one better. That voluntaryminimalambiance grey, “black”tostandout forthat seriesof “Fayum Portraits” istheonlyonepaintedin rails. The wall reserved forthesection furniture, thepicture andforthecolourof remains constant. Ichosewhiteforthe by pared downfurniture whoseline theworksThe isfurthered highlightingof models. relationships Giacometti hadwithhis animated photographs showingthespecial THE EXHIBITION’S TRAIL THE 9 Grimaldi Forum Monaco - 2021 THE EXHIBITION’S TRAIL ALBERTO GIACOMETTI, A RETROSPECTIVE. MARVELLOUS REALITY jourplan int.indd1 shaped andhollowedthesculpture so theartistThe has facetted, handof artwork. thevisitoronto direct thegazeof therailspodiums andthebottom-to of either erase orunderlinethestructures - in asubtlewayandvariousplaces, to A specialplaceisgiven tolightthat comes answer withasimpleevocation. disappear asmuchpossibleorbringan known finally, andthescenography must amultipleworklittle-the visitorinfront of producing. placing Here itisaquestionof © Bureau d’EtudesetDesignd’EspacesduGrimaldiForum Monaco L'uomo checammina The WalkingMan L'homme quimarche Ai limitidellascultura sculpture At thelimitsof Aux limitesdelasculpture Donne odee? Women orgoddesses? Femmes oudéesses ? Ritratti, amorieamicizie Portraits, lovesandfriendships Portraits, amoursetamitiés Spazio immersivo:lostudiodiGiacometti Immersive space:Giacometti’s studio :l’atelierEspace immersif deGiacometti Il reale meraviglioso Marvellous reality Le réel merveilleux Melencolia Melancholia Melencolia Natura Nature Nature Sculture animate Animated sculptures Sculptures animées Ritratti delFayum Fayum portraits Portraits duFayoum Teste Heads Têtes Da manichinoamodello From themannequintomodel Du mannequinaumodèle La tentazionedell'astrazione abstraction The temptation of La tentationdel'abstraction La famigliaGiacometti The Giacometti family La familleGiacometti USCITA EXIT SORTIE Boutique INGRESSO ENTRANCE ENTRÉE public asithasamazedmeandstirred I hopethat thisscenography willamazeour light sources inourexhibitions before! Giacometti. We haveneverusedsomany already collaborated withtheFondation Stefanova, alightingdesignerwhohas experienced, theexternalVyara visionof our interiorlightingteam, already well- That isthereason whywehaveaddedto considered, workbywork, casebycase. the lightmustbeaccurate andcarefully much that toreally appreciate hiswork, my creativity! THE EXHIBITION’S TRAIL THE 01/06/2021 11:42 10 Grimaldi Forum Monaco - 2021 THE EXHIBITION’S TRAIL ALBERTO GIACOMETTI, A RETROSPECTIVE. MARVELLOUS REALITY studio. his thelife of the visitorintoheart of the narrativesupport aimed of at projecting essential tohisworking process, are the he hadwithhismodels, andthesittings The artist’s work, thespecialrelationships hisartthe ultimate residue contribution. of Giacometti “ hislife.from 1926totheendof Itwasfor hisworkstudio wastobetheheart of in the14tharrondissement inParis, this artist, located at 46rueHippolyte-Maindron the thedailylifeandpracticeThe of siteof strong theexhibition. contextual elementof enables visitorstoimmersethemselvesina the GrimaldiForum Monacothat each year installation, theemblematic signature of producing animmersiveaudiovisual Giacometti willbethepretext for This summer, Alberto thestudioof Spacesat GrimaldiForum Studies andDesignof Monaco © Head of FOCUS ON THE IMMERSIVESPACE: GIACOMETTI’S STUDIO his otherself, theessenceand ” permanent movement. thestudioina reconstructed viewof an elegantblackandwhite, whichoffers the walls, agiganticanimated fresco, in thestudio’sof planonthefloor, andon In thisinstallation there isarepresentation as hefacesIsaku Yanaihara. mini-narratives relating Giacometti’s work from theinside. Hewanders, following exhibition seesandunderstandsthestory thestage,the centre of thevisitorto could aswellbethespectator himself. At the artist andthevisitor- Yanaihara -who Giacometti’sof life;adialoguebetween the studiowillpresent atangibleevocation artist from 1956, viewsof projections of philosophy professor whoposedforthe Giacometti andIsaku Yanaihara, a Japanese testimonies anddialoguesbetween Relying onmoments, anecdotes, THE EXHIBITION’S TRAIL THE 11 Grimaldi Forum Monaco - 2021 THE EXHIBITION’S TRAIL ALBERTO GIACOMETTI, A RETROSPECTIVE. MARVELLOUS REALITY editing. it tothevisitormake theirownvisual viewpoints anddiffracted images, leaving thestudio.the middleof Itoffers different three wallsandtwodouble-sided panelsin The 4mn.45s. filmwillbeprojected on the reconstructed studio. reinvesting thespacewith hisgestures in artist at work, paintingormodelling, audio-visual programme presents the Fondation Giacometti, thisimmersive theUsing theveryrichimagelibrary of © Head of Studies and Design of Spacesat GrimaldiForum Studies andDesignof Monaco © Head of this exhibition benoticed. production, thisinstallation willsurely make player incontemporary documentary and 2016, and AnimaViva, aninnovating Forum haspreviously collaborated in2015 cultural mediation, withwhichGrimaldi Made byMosquito, apioneerinnumeric in English. a spatialised soundambience, issubtitled The soundcommentary, supplementedwith More informations onwww.grimaldiforum.com and recycled 5years ago, 73%today! wastewerebeen measured: sorted 13%of sortedincrease andrecycled of wastehas reduction involume, aconsiderable scenographies. Inaddition toanoverall focusing onthewastegenerated bythe eco-design approach foritsexhibitions on environment-, initiated in2016an itsactivityactions tolimittheimpactof Grimaldi Forum Monacohas-amongmany Certified ISO14001since2008, the REDUCE, REUSE, RECYCLE THE EXHIBITION’S TRAIL THE 12 Grimaldi Forum Monaco - 2021 ALBERTO GIACOMETTI, UNE RETROSPECTIVE. LE RÉEL MERVEILLEUX
Grimaldi Forum Monaco - 2021 ALBERTO GIACOMETTI, A RETROSPECTIVE. MARVELLOUS REALITY S ELECTION OF WORKS EXHIBITED S 153 x3229cm Plaster 1934-35 The InvisibleObject Alberto Giacometti © Succession Alberto Giacometti (Fondation Giacometti, Paris + ADAGP, Paris) 2021 Collection Fondation Giacometti ELECTION OF WORKS EXHIBITED space. Your head, here, now, whenIlookatitasemerges from theemptiness on that background of bluesky,on thatbackground of itlooks strange, whatcanyoudoaboutit… ” “Solitude isnotpsychological, onecannotdoanythingaboutit. Itexists in Alberto Giacometti, Interviewwith Jean Clay, 1963 evoking the“obscure it André Breton renamed title with“now, thevoid”. thethe homonymyof and loss, suggestedby mourningas animageof the void. Itcanberead piece wasHandsholding thisThe initialtitleof THE INVISIBLEOBJECT by Alberto Giacometti.by Alberto the lastsurrealist works sculpture isalsooneof by anassemblage, this strange figure inspired left himdissatisfied. A to make thishead, which that inspired thesculptor Firstfromthe World War and Breton foundamask in Saint-Ouen, Giacometti a visittotheflea market for psychoanalysis. During to thesurrealists fondness desire” sodearobject of SELECTION OF WORKS EXHIBITED The InvisibleObject , 13 Grimaldi Forum Monaco - 2021 SELECTION OF WORKS EXHIBITED ALBERTO GIACOMETTI, A RETROSPECTIVE. MARVELLOUS REALITY shape of theneckthat resembles agun. shape of thebutt of thespectator,space of creating unease animpressionreinforced of bythe suspending ahead thecage. whosenosepokes outof Itinvadestheexternal theSuspended Ball,of Giacometti emphasiseditsdisturbingcharacter by seemed tostretch endlesslyafter lifehasleft thebody. Usingagainthedevice Meurs, whomhehadmetwhentravelling. Hewasfascinated bythenosethat traumatising experience. In1921, Pieter hewitnessedthedeath of Van that deeplydisturbedtheartist in1946, andwhichechoesaprevious This strikinghead suspendedinthevoidisrepresentation anightmare of THE NOSE SELECTION OF WORKS EXHIBITED ADAGP, Paris) 2021 (Fondation Giacometti, Paris + © Succession Alberto Giacometti Collection Fondation Giacometti 82,5 x7137cm Plaster 1947 The Nose Alberto Giacometti 14 Grimaldi Forum Monaco - 2021 SELECTION OF WORKS EXHIBITED ALBERTO GIACOMETTI, A RETROSPECTIVE. MARVELLOUS REALITY © Succession Alberto Giacometti (Fondation Giacometti, Paris + ADAGP, Paris) 2021 Collection Fondation Giacometti 188,5 x29,111cm Plaster 1960 Walking ManII Alberto Giacometti Alberto Giacometti, Interviewwith Jean Clay, 1963 by makingmyfigures slender…” on hislegs. Onedoesn’tfeelhisweight. Subconsciously, that’s whatIwantedtodo, torepresent thatlightness, in thestreet weighsnothing, alotless inanycasethanthesamemandead orpassed out. Hekeeps hisbalance “In reality, Iwasannoyedbylife-sizesculptures thatfivestrong mencan’tlift. Annoyedbecauseamanwalking The artist wasthencommissioned before beingreworked in1960. was madein1947itsfirstversion Giacometti’s mosticonicsculpture, Walking Man WALKING MANII original plaster. sculpture presented here isthe his mostuniversaldimension. The existence, representing manin Giacometti paidhomagetohuman anyanecdotal element,devoid of With that sculpture at humanscale, when theartist decidedtogiveup. project wasabandonedin1961, Large Head different figures: a replaced thethree menwiththree Walking inspiration hissculpture for theproject asked himtouseas Bank inNew York. The architect square outsidetheChaseManhattan for aworktobeplacedonthe , created in1948. Giacometti anda SELECTION OF WORKS EXHIBITED , whichhasbecome Tall Woman Walking Man Three Men . The The . , a , 15 Grimaldi Forum Monaco - 2021 SELECTION OF WORKS EXHIBITED ALBERTO GIACOMETTI, A RETROSPECTIVE. MARVELLOUS REALITY admired somuch. funerary portraitsGiacometti of thefrontal aspectoftheCoptic eyes, staringahead,isreminiscent gaze ofthemodel,withwideopen give themanintensevibrancy. The several successivelines,which details ofthefaceare paintedin contour oftheheadaswell the beginningof1960s.The in manyotherpaintingsmadeat dark tonesofthisportraitare found frame outlinedbytheartist.The pictorial spaceisdefinedbya a whitemargin allaround. The does notfillthecanvas,leaving an almosthomogenousgrey which afterwards. Thebackground isof enhanced withwhitehighlights favourite models.Inthisportrait,Annette’s figure ispaintedinblack,then coloured ingrey, She cametoliveinParis1946and,untiltheendofartist’s life,shewasoneofhis (1923-1993)metGiacomettiinGeneva1943,andbecamehiswife1949.Annette Arm DARK ANNETTE like to have you pose for me for months. You pose so well! We shouldn’t let it go! I beg you not to leave me high moment, I’d precise this At continue! to inspired sufficiently feel portrait,I your drawing started I’ve that “Now and dryafter myfirstattempt! I’maskingyou, please! Let’s continue!” © Succession Alberto Giacometti (Fondation Giacometti, Paris + ADAGP, Paris) 2021 Collection Fondation Giacometti 55 x45,8cm Oil oncanvas 1962 Dark Annette Alberto Giacometti Alberto Giacometti, InterviewwithGotthard Jedlicka, 1953 SELECTION OF WORKS EXHIBITED 16 Grimaldi Forum Monaco - 2021 SELECTION OF WORKS EXHIBITED ALBERTO GIACOMETTI, A RETROSPECTIVE. MARVELLOUS REALITY womb andrelates toancestral Goddess-mothers. him. The sculpture presents thespectator witha hollowed volumesuggestinga bought from hisfriendthepainterSerge Brignoni, couldalso haveinspired hisfriends. someof a commonobjectinthecollectionsof A Kota reliquary, the1920s.of Dananthropomorphic Itisreminiscent spoonsfrom of West Africa, Spoon Woman SPOON WOMAN © Succession Alberto Giacometti (Fondation Giacometti, Paris + Adagp, Paris) Collection Fondation Giacometti 146,5 x51,621,5cm Plaster 1927 Spoon Woman Alberto Giacometti isGiacometti’s onlylarge format sculpture dating from theend SELECTION OF WORKS EXHIBITED 17 Grimaldi Forum Monaco - 2021 SELECTION OF WORKS EXHIBITED ALBERTO GIACOMETTI, A RETROSPECTIVE. MARVELLOUS REALITY 1933 at galeriePierre Colle, under Walking Woman(I) WALKING(I) WOMAN that Giacometti sawat theLouvre. figure evokes theEgyptianstatuary The hieratic that frontal aspectof central stageinhisoeuvre tocome. and thewalkingeffigy were totake The thestandingwoman figures of ended withaflowerandfeathers. a head, andtwomobilearmsthat acellobywayofgiven theneckof surrealist theme. At thetimeitwas the title © Succession Alberto Giacometti (Fondation Giacometti, Paris + Adagp, Paris) Collection Fondation Giacometti 150 x27,537,5cm Bronze 1932 Walking Woman(I) Alberto Giacometti “Mannequin” was presented in , arecurrent SELECTION OF WORKS EXHIBITED 18 Grimaldi Forum Monaco - 2021 SELECTION OF WORKS EXHIBITED ALBERTO GIACOMETTI, A RETROSPECTIVE. MARVELLOUS REALITY 1943 -1945 Woman withchariot Alberto Giacometti © Succession Alberto Giacometti (Fondation Giacometti, Paris + ADAGP, Paris) 2021 Fondation Giacometti 163,5 x3836cm Plaster, wood Woman withchariot in massivecubicbases. already stretched andoften secured that becamegradually smaller, but had beenworkingonsculptures his father inMaloja. From 1938, he the studiothat heinheritedfrom he made during theSecond World War when Giacometti wassettled inSwitzerland CHARIOTWOMAN WITH by verticality. female figure whosebodyismarked the firsttimeafter 1940ahieratic Woman withchariot SELECTION OF WORKS EXHIBITED represented for in in 19 Grimaldi Forum Monaco - 2021 SELECTION OF WORKS EXHIBITED ALBERTO GIACOMETTI, A RETROSPECTIVE. MARVELLOUS REALITY giant primitivegoddess, remote and Woman IV Men TallStanding Women the workingprocess, hemadefour which wasnevercompleted. During Chase Manhattan BankinNew York, sculpture tobeplaced outsidethe commission foramonumental In 1958, Giacometti received a TALLIV WOMEN female nude. artist’s lastsculpture focusedonthe beyond thehumanscaleandis gave himhisfirstopportunity togo confided in1965. the biggestscalepossible”, theartist the desire toknowwhat Icoulddoin inaccessible. “Ialwayshadalittle bit Paris) 2021 © Succession Alberto Giacometti (Fondation Giacometti, Paris + ADAGP, Fondation Giacometti 270 x31,556,5cm Bronze 1960 -1961 Tall WomanIV Alberto Giacometti andtwo presents the image of a presents theimageof SELECTION OF WORKS EXHIBITED Large Heads Tall WomanIV , two . Walking Tall
20 Grimaldi Forum Monaco - 2021 SELECTION OF WORKS EXHIBITED ALBERTO GIACOMETTI, A RETROSPECTIVE. MARVELLOUS REALITY of ahead seenfromof afar. extreme thefigure stretching soastoapproach of more andmore theperception the face”. Giacometti optedforthosetwoviews, fullfaceandprofile, through an Ilookat youfullface,“When Iforget theprofile. Ilookat theprofile, If Iforget simultaneous viewsbyaccentuating theprofile in aformsharpasflintstone. head inprofile, theheads created inthe1940s and50sattempted toconveytwo thosefrom thebeginningwereif fullface, eliminating anypossibilitytoseethe flattened headsto theshapesof the1920s. that hehadmadeat theendof But Towards the1950s, the1940sandbeginningof Giacometti wentback theendof TALLHEAD THIN SELECTION OF WORKS EXHIBITED Adagp, Paris) (Fondation Giacometti, Paris + © Succession Alberto Giacometti Collection Fondation Giacometti 64,6 x39,124,9cm Bronze 1954 Tall thinhead Alberto Giacometti 21 Grimaldi Forum Monaco - 2021 ALBERTO GIACOMETTI, UNE RETROSPECTIVE. LE RÉEL MERVEILLEUX
Grimaldi Forum Monaco - 2021 ALBERTO GIACOMETTI, A RETROSPECTIVE. MARVELLOUS REALITY B IOGRAPHY OF GIACOMETTI B garde andmadesculptures intheneo- Borgonovo, smallvillageintheGrisons Assisi, Florence andNaples. Witnessed Travelled toItaly(Venice, Padua, Milan the SwisspainterGiovanniGiacometti the agony of Peterthe agonyof vanMeurs, aDutch sculpture fortheir garden inthesouth Viscounts of Noaillescommissioned a Viscounts of (Switzerland). Hewasthefirstchildof Carl Einsteinwhomhebefriended, as Ottilia (1904-1937)andBruno(1907- archivist withwhomhewastravelling December 1920to July 1921. Visited 2012) followed. The familysettled in and Georges Bataille. Becameclose encouraged him. MetHans Arp and and theÉcoledes Arts etMétiersin Became acquaintedwiththeavant- IOGRAPHY OF ALBERTO GIACOMETTI well as Jean Cocteau, Louis Aragon Met thepainter André Massonwho Stampa and inasummerhouse to thesculptorHenriLaurens. The Went totheÉcoledesBeaux-Arts (1868-1933) and Annetta Stampa and Perugia). LivedinRome from to Venice viathe Alps. That death (1871-1964). Diego(1902-1985), Maloja, Lake Sils. ontheedgeof made along-lastingimpression. Birth of BirthAlberto of Giacometti in 10 OCTOBER 1901 of France,of inHyères. 1918 -1919 1920-1921 cubist style. Geneva. 1925 1929 studio. Chaumière, in Antoine Bourdelle’s at the Académie delaGrande Settled inParis tostudysculpture JANUARY 1922 arrondissement. Hippolyte-Maindron, inParis’ 14th Settled inthestudioat 46rue 1926 Archives of theFondationArchives of Giacometti Photo :anonymous Alberto Giacometti andthesculpture BIOGRAPHY OF ALBERTO GIACOMETTI Man inplaster, circa 1927. 22 Grimaldi Forum Monaco - 2021 BIOGRAPHY OF GIACOMETTI ALBERTO GIACOMETTI, A RETROSPECTIVE. MARVELLOUS REALITY Archives Fondation Giacometti Photo: anonymous circa 1933. Alberto Giacometti inthestudio, withtheCubeinplasterforeground, Hit byacar, anaccidentthat left himwithalimp. Lived inSwitzerland, spendingtime inGeneva, Stampa andMaloja. Met Annette Arm (1923- His sisterOttilia diedgivingbirth toSilvio. 1993) whobecamehiswife andmodel. 1942-1945 1938 1937 Colle. First soloexhibition inParis, at GaleriePierre 1932 part initsactivities, publications andexhibitions. Joined André Breton’s surrealist group andtook which continuedtilltheSecond World War. with theinteriordecorator Jean-Michel Frank, assistant andtechnician. Beganacollaboration Diego joinedhiminParis andbecamehis 1930 Simone deBeauvoir and Jean-Paul Sartre. Spent timewithPablo Picasso, aswellwith 1939-1941 that lastedseveral years. with whomhestarted relationship anonandoff Met IsabelNicholas(Rawsthorne), aBritish artist Pierre Tal-Coat. Kept companywithBalthus, Francis Gruberand resulted inhisrupture withthesurrealist group. from lifemodels. This aestheticturningpoint Begun aresearch heads made onaseriesof abstraction. refused tojoin, afewworks closeto inspiteof the magazine Abstraction-Création but Spent timewiththegroup gravitating around 1935 Levy Gallery. First soloexhibition inNew York, at the Julien 1934 Giovanni. Death of 1933 25 JUNE BIOGRAPHY OF ALBERTO GIACOMETTI 23 Grimaldi Forum Monaco - 2021 BIOGRAPHY OF GIACOMETTI ALBERTO GIACOMETTI, A RETROSPECTIVE. MARVELLOUS REALITY Returned toParis, where Diegohadlooked after who started posingforhim. Othersessions took figures. Hisworks are gradually characterised by place in the summers of 1957,place inthesummersof 1959, 1960and Women Venice of intheFrench Pavilion at the Married Annette Arm. Istaughtlithography by Made thefirst Yanaihara, a Japanese philosophyprofessor, the studio. Reconnected withtheParisian art Venice Biennial. BecamefriendswithIsaku Exhibited a series of femalefigures called Exhibited aseriesof Guggenheim (New York), the Arts Council First exhibition at GalerieMaeght, inParis a stretching and thinning of thefigures.a stretching andthinning of First retrospectives inmuseumsat the Walking Man (London) andinGermany. SEPTEMBER 1945 and literary milieus. , aswellfemale Fernand Mourlot. 1956 1955 1949 1947 1961. 1951 Collection Leiden UniversityLibraries ©Leiden University/JoostElffers FondationArchives of Giacometti Emmy Andriesse Photo: hisstudioinParis,Alberto Giacometti comingoutof 1948. with theexhibition at theGalerieMaeght. essay “Les Peintures deGiacometti” tocoincide Derrière lemiroir Alberto Giacometti”, publishedinthemagazine their conversations inanessay, The “Studio of and drawings till1957. Genetwrote down Met Jean Genet, whoposedforpaintings 1954 arts andliterature. from lifemodels, theworldof from friendsof sculptedanddrawn portraitsMade aseriesof Annette Arm settled inrueHippolyte-Maindron. 1946 Absolute York. Jean-Paul Sartre wrote First exhibition at Pierre Matisse GalleryinNew JANUARY 1948 drawings withbiro. hisbronzes.Began paintingsomeof First 1950 aspreface tothecatalogue. , in1957. Sartre publishedthe BIOGRAPHY OF ALBERTO GIACOMETTI In search of the In search of 24 Grimaldi Forum Monaco - 2021 BIOGRAPHY OF GIACOMETTI ALBERTO GIACOMETTI, A RETROSPECTIVE. MARVELLOUS REALITY paintings from 1960to1965. Was asked totake Completed three versionsof the 31st Venice Biennial. Publication thefirst of Archives of FondationArchives of Giacometti GiacomettiPhoto: Annette studio,1960. August Alberto Giacometti withtheplasterof Tall Woman IV, his inthecourtyard of part inacommissionfortheChaseManhattan became his mistress and posed for a series of became hismistress andposedforaseriesof and a Plaza inNew York (notcompleted). Choseto Was awarded theGrand Prix desculpture at gather forthat project a Met Caroline Tamagno (1938-2015)who Walking Man Tall Women monograph by Jacques Dupin. , forwhichhemademany andtwo Head Walking Man , a , a Large Heads Tall Woman attempts. 1962 1960 1958 , four . Paris sansfin lithographsStarted toworkonthecollection of 1959 Lotar becamehisassistantandmodel. he madeseveral pieces. The photographer Eli Aimé MaeghtinSaint-Paul-de-Vence, forwhich theFondationInauguration of Marguerite and 25 hismother January: deathAnnetta. of 1964 Passed awayat thehospitalinCoire. 11 JANUARY1966 David Thompson’scollection. in Zurich’s Kunsthaus, G. withthepurchase of from Alberto Giacometti-Stiftung, established 16 December, creation collectors byagroup of Went forthefirsttimetoUnited States. On Louisiana Museum(Humlebeak, Denmark). Modern ArtMuseum of (New York) andthe Retrospectives at Tate Gallery (London), 1965 which herecovered. Had surgery after contracting cancer, from 1963 for Godot Created the decor forSamuelBeckett’s 1961 . , at Tériade’s request. BIOGRAPHY OF ALBERTO GIACOMETTI Waiting 25 Grimaldi Forum Monaco - 2021 ALBERTO GIACOMETTI, UNE RETROSPECTIVE. LE RÉEL MERVEILLEUX
Grimaldi Forum Monaco - 2021 ALBERTO GIACOMETTI, A RETROSPECTIVE. MARVELLOUS REALITY A ROUND THE EXHIBITION 7. 6. 5. 4. 3. 2. 1. EXHIBITION CATALOGUE (CO-EDITED WITH SKIRA) A quest”, Serena Bucalo-Mussely Alberto“The paintings of Giacometti, anecessary stage inanimpossible “Alberto Giacometti andmelancholia”, ÉmilieBouvard “The theatre theworld”, of HugoDaniel “Edge. Alberto Giacometti’s landscape”, Pierre Wat “It’s thepatter two little feet. of The artist’s studio”, Camille Paulhan “Alberto Giacometti’s venture intoabstraction” GuitemieMaldonado “Marvellous reality”, Catherine Grenier ROUND THE EXHIBITION ROUND THE Section XIV “Walking Man” Section XIII “At sculpture” thelimitsof Section XII “Women orGoddesses?” Section XI “Portraits, lovesand friendships” Section X “Marvellousreality” Section IX “Solitude” Section VIII “Melancholia” “Nature”Section VII Section VI “Animated Sculptures” Section V “Fayum portraits” Section IV “Heads” Section III“From themannequintomodel” abstraction” Section II“The temptation of Section I“The Giacometti family” regard to Alberto Giacometti’s oeuvre: gathers specialistsaround newtopicswith the works presented intheexhibition. It exhibition, thecatalogue reproduces all Richly illustrated andtruetothe 288 pages Co-edited withSkira Price: €35 Bilingual French-English edition Format 21x32cm AROUND THE EXHIBITION AROUND THE 26 Grimaldi Forum Monaco - 2021 AROUND THE EXHIBITION ALBERTO GIACOMETTI, A RETROSPECTIVE. MARVELLOUS REALITY Giacometti’s favouritemethod. Man The children reproduce thesculpture #4 clay. “Giacometti-like” modelling basefrom ablock of The children constructahead orabustwith #3 in grey andbrown toneswithsoft pastels. painting inblackbiro, thencolourinthesurface figure the andthegeneral constructionof Annette: theyreproduce the thedrawing of The children workfrom apaintedportrait of #2 methods forsketching. (as Giacometti usedtodo)andlearn various their portrait withapencil, takingturnstosit The children take aclassmate asmodeltomake #1 THEMES PERDAY CHILDREN’S WORKSHOPS Number of participants perday: Number of Age: Dates: Drawing from amodel Sculpture withwire Modelling Portrait inclayusingwire asasupport, Alberto 7-11 years old From 12to23 July 2021, from MondaytoFriday 20 Walking inspired theartist like mountains andtrees. the exhibition helpstoidentifythesources that The Stampa natural reproduced decorof in #5 Still life AROUND THE EXHIBITION AROUND THE 27 Grimaldi Forum Monaco - 2021 AROUND THE EXHIBITION ALBERTO GIACOMETTI, A RETROSPECTIVE. MARVELLOUS REALITY icons. This retrospective willoffer thevisitors to figuration tothecreation thepost-war of youthtohissurrealistof period, from thereturn present hisart, anexhaustive viewof from works mediums heusedtocreate hiswork. Itwill the artist’s variousphasesandthedifferent works, thisexhibition willgiveprominence to Giacometti andgathering togethernearly 230 Organised inassociation withtheFondation august). A retrospective. important inrecent years. ( theartist of Alberto Giacometti, themost Monaco willbeheldalarge retrospective For thefirsttime at theGrimaldi Forum #1 AT THE GRIMALDIFORUMMONACO as wellhisfamily: This summer, twouniqueexhibitions withmultiplethemeswillhighlightthegreat artist Alberto Giacometti A SUMMER WITH GIACOMETTI ON THE CÔTE D’AZUR! © GrimaldiForum Monaco2021-OliviaMarocco Giacometti. and theScientific Programme at Fondation curator ÉmilieBouvard, Collections director of discoveries withinatrail coordinated bythe at thesametimemasterpiecesandmarvellous Marvellous reality. Alberto Giacometti.
3 july/29 invites thepublictodiscovertalents Curated byPeter Knapp, thisexhibition 3 july/14november). Giacometti ( Giovanni, Augusto, Alberto, DiegoandBruno artists from theexceptional Giacometti family: proposes aworldpremiere bygathering five Fondation Maeght, inSaint-Paul-de-Vence, Succession Alberto Giacometti/ Fondation Giacometti, Paris + ADAGP, Paris 2021 II Works: Caption photoright: Archives Fondation Maeght©Olivier Ansellem the post-waryears inSwitzerland. architect, amajorrepresentative modernityin of for hisdecorative art pieces, andBruno, the hands”and Alberto’s“pair of favouritemodel, thetwobrothers,the workof Diego, theother his cousin, non-figurative precursor art; of finally, Augusto,Swiss modernityaswelltheworkof hisfather Giovanni, thekeyof paintersof oneof famous works, thevisitorswilldiscoverwork architecture. AroundGiacometti’s Alberto chosen fields:painting, sculpture, design and each memberintheir and art influencesof #2 AT FONDATION MAEGHT , 1960; Walking ManI Large Head , 1960. , 1960; The Giacomettis. A creative family. Walking ManII , 1960; Standing WomanI AROUND THE EXHIBITION AROUND THE ,1960; Standing Woman 28 Grimaldi Forum Monaco - 2021 AROUND THE EXHIBITION ALBERTO GIACOMETTI, A RETROSPECTIVE. MARVELLOUS REALITY exhibition offers anopportunity toshedlighton origins. With more than300works, thisunusual public discovershisfamilyenvironment andhis exhibition at Fondation Maeghtproposes the To better understandthisexceptional artist, the theartist’sthe heart of intimacy. presented willamazethespectator placed at theworks theexhibition andtherichnessof of facing “marvellous”reality. The scenography wonderment, Giacomettitheme of that of Giacometti’s practice willtake placeonthe his variousphases. This journeyinto Alberto the sculptorandalsomanthroughout will present thedraughtsman, thepainter, works onpaperalongsidearichiconography more than50paintings, 70sculptures and80 hisprolificexhibition willshowpart output: of 20th century. Over2,500square metres, this the waywelookat the that majorartist of the retrospective at GrimaldiForum willrenew To discoverorrediscover Alberto Giacometti, Riviera. The complementarynature thesetwoexhibitions willconstituteaperfectGiacometti of triptothe and objectscomingfrom private collections paintings,a seriesof films, archive photographs Fondation Maeghtwillbepresented alongside the and drawings belongingtothecollectionof century. Alberto Giacometti’s mainsculptures the20th of thefirsthalf modernity movementof the thisfamilyat theturnof the importance of for thesecondexhibition”. “1 ticket fortheexhibition =1reduced ticket theGiacomettis’ artisticknowledge of vision: allow theirrespective publicstoacquire abetter Forum Monacopropose aspecialoffer that will d’Azur, theFondation MaeghtandtheGrimaldi For ontheCôte this“Giacometti summer” (Paris) andtheFondation Giacometti (Paris). (Swizerland), theMuséedes Arts Décoratifs (Switzerland), theKunstmuseum inBasle in Chur(Switzerland), theMASIinLugano or museumslike theBündnerKunstmuseum AROUND THE EXHIBITION AROUND THE 29 Grimaldi Forum Monaco - 2021 ALBERTO GIACOMETTI, UNE RETROSPECTIVE. LE RÉEL MERVEILLEUX
Grimaldi Forum Monaco - 2021 ALBERTO GIACOMETTI, A RETROSPECTIVE. MARVELLOUS REALITY VISUALS FOR THE PRESS indicating the name of theauthor.’indicating thenameof immediateinformationandindirect relation withthelatter,purpose of clearly ontheproviso of architectural artwork, thewritten, bymeans of audiovisualoronlinepress, withtheexclusive cannot forbid: The reproduction ortherepresentation, integral orpartial, avisual, of graphic or underneath) mustbeauthorisedinwriting. theworkhasbeenpublished, ‘When theauthor Any otherusethanthatpermitted forthepress (articleL. theCopyright Code 122-5of Obligatory mention:©Succession Alberto Giacometti (Fondation Giacometti + ADAGP) 2021 No storingonadatabaseandnotransfer toathird partyare authorised. pixels perinch, maximumsize:600x600pixels). On Internet, onlyimagesinaverage orlowdefinitioncanbeused(maximum resolution: 100 theimage,Any modificationof cutorsuperimpositionisnotauthorised. Minimum caption:author, title, date. CONDITIONS OFUSE DOSSIER OTHERADDITION TOIN THIS IN THEVISUALS V ISUALS FOR THE PRESS VISUALS FOR THE PRESS 30 Grimaldi Forum Monaco - 2021 VISUALS FOR THE PRESS ALBERTO GIACOMETTI, A RETROSPECTIVE. MARVELLOUS REALITY LIST OFPHOTOGRAPHS OF ALBERTO GIACOMETTI Images. Newman Collection /viaGetty / Arnold Newman © Arnold Giacometti FondationArchives of Photo : Arnold Newman studio, May1954 Alberto Giacometti inhis © Courtesy SophieMalexis Giacometti FondationArchives of Photo :ÉmileSavitry with Alberto Giacometti inhisstudio The Night , Paris, 1946 VISUALS FOR THE PRESS 31 Grimaldi Forum Monaco - 2021 VISUALS FOR THE PRESS ALBERTO GIACOMETTI, A RETROSPECTIVE. MARVELLOUS REALITY © Sabine Weiss© Giacometti Archives delaFondation Photo :Sabine Weiss studio, Paris, July 1954 Alberto Giacometti inhis Scheidegger-Archiv, Zurich © 2021Stiftung Ernst Giacometti FondationArchives of Photo :ErnstScheidegger studio inStampa, 1961 Alberto Giacometti inhis VISUALS FOR THE PRESS 32 Grimaldi Forum Monaco - 2021 VISUALS FOR THE PRESS ALBERTO GIACOMETTI, A RETROSPECTIVE. MARVELLOUS REALITY Scheidegger-Archiv, Zurich © 2021Stiftung Ernst Giacometti FondationArchives of Photo :ErnstScheidegger his studio, 1959 the plasterof Alberto Giacometti workingon The Gordon Parks Foundation. © Courtesy and copyright of Giacometti FondationArchives of Photo :Gordon Parks Alberto Giacometti, Paris, 1951 square onasunnymorning Untitled ( Man crossing a Walking Man in ), ), VISUALS FOR THE PRESS 33 Grimaldi Forum Monaco - 2021 VISUALS FOR THE PRESS ALBERTO GIACOMETTI, A RETROSPECTIVE. MARVELLOUS REALITY LIST OF WORKS OF ALBERTO GIACOMETTI Adagp, Paris) (Fondation Giacometti, Paris + © Succession Alberto Giacometti Collection Fondation Giacometti 27 x11,113,8cm Plaster circa 1914-1915 Diegoasachild Head of Alberto Giacometti Adagp, Paris) (Fondation Giacometti, Paris + © Succession Alberto Giacometti Collection Fondation Giacometti 54 x1915cm Painted plaster 1947 Head onrod Alberto Giacometti VISUALS FOR THE PRESS 34 Grimaldi Forum Monaco - 2021 VISUALS FOR THE PRESS ALBERTO GIACOMETTI, A RETROSPECTIVE. MARVELLOUS REALITY Adagp, Paris) (Fondation Giacometti, Paris + © Succession Alberto Giacometti Collection Fondation Giacometti 18,3 x13,6cm Blue ballpointonpaper Circa 1959 Man Heads of Alberto Giacometti Adagp, Paris) (Fondation Giacometti, Paris + © Succession Alberto Giacometti Collection Fondation Giacometti 13,9 x44,1cm Plaster 1946 Simone deBeauvoir Alberto Giacometti VISUALS FOR THE PRESS 35 Grimaldi Forum Monaco - 2021 VISUALS FOR THE PRESS ALBERTO GIACOMETTI, A RETROSPECTIVE. MARVELLOUS REALITY Adagp, Paris) (Fondation GiacomettiParis + © Succession Alberto Giacometti Collection Fondation Giacometti 29 x22,7cm Watercolour circa 1914 Self-portrait Alberto Giacometti Adagp, Paris) (Fondation Giacometti, Paris + © Succession Alberto Giacometti Collection Fondation Giacometti 57 x6147,3cm Bronze 1950 The Forest Alberto Giacometti VISUALS FOR THE PRESS 36 Grimaldi Forum Monaco - 2021 VISUALS FOR THE PRESS ALBERTO GIACOMETTI, A RETROSPECTIVE. MARVELLOUS REALITY Adagp, Paris) (Fondation Giacometti, Paris + © Succession Alberto Giacometti Collection Fondation Giacometti 272 x34,954cm Bronze 1960 Tall WomanI Alberto Giacometti Adagp, Paris) (Fondation Giacometti, Paris + © Succession Alberto Giacometti Collection Fondation Giacometti 170 x120,5cm Oil oncanvas circa 1961 Tall Nude Alberto Giacometti VISUALS FOR THE PRESS 37 Grimaldi Forum Monaco - 2021 ALBERTO GIACOMETTI, UNE RETROSPECTIVE. LE RÉEL MERVEILLEUX
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