“ON COMMENCE PAR LE DÉBUT, ON FINIT PAR LA FIN” ROBERT COMBAS, GREATEST HITS 24.02 PRESSS 15.07.2012 RELEASESE Musée d’art contemporain Cité internationale 81 quai Charles de Gaulle 69006 LYON - FRANCE T +33 (0)4 72 69 17 17 F +33 (0)4 72 69 17 00 www.mac-lyon.com ROBERT COMBAS RETROSPECTIVE Robert COMBAS, Greatest Hits du Monde Combas, 1986 BRÈGUE EN ENTRELARD ON THE LEFT OF THE CANVAS BETWEEN JEAN-LOUIS LAMARCHE LEPEN AND PAULETTE FRAGONARD. WHILE THEY ARE SNOGGING, JEAN-LOUIS DOES A CAESAREAN ON PAULETTE WITH A LANCE THAT DELACROIX USED TO PAINT A BATTLE. FOLON’S KILLER (GRANDSON OF THE MAN IN THE IRON MASK, TWIN OF A WELL-KNOWN KING WHOSE NAME I FORGET) TELLS ALL AND SUNDRY THAT HE DID THE DEED OF DARKNESS WITH A CONGER EEL AS BIG “AS AQUO” (AS THEY SAY IN THE SOUTH OF FRANCE). YVON LAMBERT PLAYS THE HAIRY HORSE AND CARRIES ON HIS BACK HIS FUTURE SON-IN-LAW, WHO THINKS HE’S A SOLDIER WITH A LANCE. OTTO HAHN IS HAPPY, HE’S JUST BEEN TRANSFORMED INTO A LIVING SCULPTURE WITH A CAP BY THE WIZARD OF OZ. Acrylic on canvas - 214 x 213 cm Collection Lambert in Avignon © Adagp, Paris, 2011 Inauguration : Thursday 23 February 2012 International press contacts: Heymann, Renoult Associées Agnès Renoult Laurence Gillion / Katia Lhammi T +33 (0)1 44 61 76 76
[email protected] [email protected] www.heymann-renoult.com Musée d’art contemporain Cité internationale 81 quai Charles de Gaulle 69006 LYON - FRANCE T +33 (0)4 72 69 17 17 F +33 (0)4 72 69 17 00 www.mac-lyon.com 300 dpi images available on request THE EXHIBITION The fi rst major retrospective of the work of Robert Combas, Greatest Hits brings together over 600 oeuvres chosen from public and private collections in Europe, the United States and Asia, set out over the 3000 square metres of the museum.