Françoise Gilot, the French years.
Silvana Editorial| N° d'inventaire | 25185 |
| Format | 25 x 27 cm |
| Détails | 119 p., publisher's hardcover. |
| Publication | Milan, 2021 |
| Etat | Nine |
| ISBN | 9788836647439 |
The works of Françoise Gilot's "French years" reveal the archaeology of a production little known in France: the artist dared to leave Picasso, to tell her truth about the man and to expatriate herself, thus cutting herself off from the galleries and the criticism at the orders of the genius.
"I don't paint what I look at, but what looks at me": Françoise Gilot's formula sums up an entire body of work placed under the sign of the search for self through what the artist paints, draws or engraves, in her still lifes as in her portraits, in the choice of the figurative as well as the abstract. From there, the multiplicity of her approaches from which a dynamic emerges: it leads the artist towards abstraction with saturated, vibrant colors, which will be her trademark as in the Labyrinth series where Theseus, her mythical alter ego, gets lost in order to find himself.
The international movement to re-evaluate female artists, which includes the work of Françoise Gilot, should restore her rightful place to this exceptional artist.
The works of Françoise Gilot's "French years" reveal the archaeology of a production little known in France: the artist dared to leave Picasso, to tell her truth about the man and to expatriate herself, thus cutting herself off from the galleries and the criticism at the orders of the genius.
"I don't paint what I look at, but what looks at me": Françoise Gilot's formula sums up an entire body of work placed under the sign of the search for self through what the artist paints, draws or engraves, in her still lifes as in her portraits, in the choice of the figurative as well as the abstract. From there, the multiplicity of her approaches from which a dynamic emerges: it leads the artist towards abstraction with saturated, vibrant colors, which will be her trademark as in the Labyrinth series where Theseus, her mythical alter ego, gets lost in order to find himself.
The international movement to re-evaluate female artists, which includes the work of Françoise Gilot, should restore her rightful place to this exceptional artist.