Germaine Richier.
Editions of the Centre Pompidou| N° d'inventaire | 26290 |
| Format | 23 x 30 |
| Détails | 304 p., illustrated, publisher's hardcover. |
| Publication | Paris, 2023 |
| Etat | Nine |
| ISBN | 9782844269416 |
Born in 1902, Germaine Richier was the first female artist to have her work exhibited during her lifetime at the Musée National d'Art Moderne in 1956. Continuing the great tradition of bronze statuary, her work forged new images of men and women after the Second World War, playing on assemblage and hybridization with the forms of nature. More than sixty-five years later, the retrospective organized jointly by the Centre Pompidou and the Musée Fabre takes a new look at this major artist.
A synthesis of the most recent research, the catalog demonstrates Germaine Richier's central place in her time and, more broadly, her decisive impact on the history of 20th-century sculpture. The book brings together essays that reconsider her work, both sculpted and graphic. Carte blanche given to writers such as Mika Biermann, Marie Darrieussecq, Maryline Desbiolles, Philippe Lançon, but also to the philosopher Geneviève Fraisse, the anthropologist Charles Stépanoff, and the artist ORLAN, testify to the contemporary resonances of her sculpture, which constantly questions our relationship to nature, identity, and finitude. An anthology of texts gives the artist a voice, while a richly illustrated chronology, accompanied by excerpts from previously unpublished correspondence, restores both the singularity of her career and the originality of her creation.
Born in 1902, Germaine Richier was the first female artist to have her work exhibited during her lifetime at the Musée National d'Art Moderne in 1956. Continuing the great tradition of bronze statuary, her work forged new images of men and women after the Second World War, playing on assemblage and hybridization with the forms of nature. More than sixty-five years later, the retrospective organized jointly by the Centre Pompidou and the Musée Fabre takes a new look at this major artist.
A synthesis of the most recent research, the catalog demonstrates Germaine Richier's central place in her time and, more broadly, her decisive impact on the history of 20th-century sculpture. The book brings together essays that reconsider her work, both sculpted and graphic. Carte blanche given to writers such as Mika Biermann, Marie Darrieussecq, Maryline Desbiolles, Philippe Lançon, but also to the philosopher Geneviève Fraisse, the anthropologist Charles Stépanoff, and the artist ORLAN, testify to the contemporary resonances of her sculpture, which constantly questions our relationship to nature, identity, and finitude. An anthology of texts gives the artist a voice, while a richly illustrated chronology, accompanied by excerpts from previously unpublished correspondence, restores both the singularity of her career and the originality of her creation.