Georges Mathieu: Gesture, speed, movement.
Pompidou Center/Paris Mint| N° d'inventaire | 31560 |
| Format | 23 x 28 |
| Détails | 128 p., numerous illustrations and photographs, paperback. |
| Publication | Paris, 2025 |
| Etat | Nine |
| ISBN | 9782386540127 |
In March-April 1971, Georges Mathieu (Boulogne-sur-Mer, 1920-Boulogne-Billancourt, 2012), then at the height of his fame, presented his "Medals and Paintings" in the historic rooms of the Monnaie de Paris, at the invitation of its director Pierre Dehaye. Collaborating with the institution since 1967, Mathieu had just produced an exceptional series of medals struck in vermeil, silver and bronze commemorating Eighteen Moments of Western Consciousness.
More than 50 years after this event, the Monnaie de Paris, this time in association with the Centre Pompidou, is organizing in the same spaces a new exhibition dedicated to Georges Mathieu, comparing his pictorial work and his numerous creations for the Monnaie, of which the 10 franc coin (nearly 700 million copies circulated between 1974 and 1987) remains the most emblematic production.
No other painter, at any time, has had such a profound impact on the visual environment of his contemporaries: his abstract images, which have become a signature style, have been embodied in paintings, but also on all modern media, from posters to television credits, including coins and medals, while their author forged an extraordinary public personality.
In March-April 1971, Georges Mathieu (Boulogne-sur-Mer, 1920-Boulogne-Billancourt, 2012), then at the height of his fame, presented his "Medals and Paintings" in the historic rooms of the Monnaie de Paris, at the invitation of its director Pierre Dehaye. Collaborating with the institution since 1967, Mathieu had just produced an exceptional series of medals struck in vermeil, silver and bronze commemorating Eighteen Moments of Western Consciousness.
More than 50 years after this event, the Monnaie de Paris, this time in association with the Centre Pompidou, is organizing in the same spaces a new exhibition dedicated to Georges Mathieu, comparing his pictorial work and his numerous creations for the Monnaie, of which the 10 franc coin (nearly 700 million copies circulated between 1974 and 1987) remains the most emblematic production.
No other painter, at any time, has had such a profound impact on the visual environment of his contemporaries: his abstract images, which have become a signature style, have been embodied in paintings, but also on all modern media, from posters to television credits, including coins and medals, while their author forged an extraordinary public personality.