Hervé Telemachus.
Somogy| N° d'inventaire | 19857 |
| Format | 24.6 x 28 |
| Détails | 272 p., 130 illustrations, paperback with flaps. |
| Publication | Paris, 2016 |
| Etat | Nine |
| ISBN | 9782757210512 |
One of the most influential French artists of his generation, Hervé Télémaque (born in Haiti in 1937) began his career as a painter in New York before settling permanently in Paris, where he contributed to the emergence of the Narrative Figuration movement in the early 1960s. Initially situated at the intersection of Surrealism and Pop Art, his work draws as much on his personal history as on a profound reflection on the object, which allows Télémaque to playfully explore the relationship between image and language. A long-time follower of the "clear line" and often combining painting and real objects, Télémaque has throughout his career taken a poetic and political view of the world, without ever denying his Haitian roots. With a collection of paintings that demonstrate the diversity of his work, his critical acuity and his delightful irony, the retrospective organized by the Centre Pompidou at the Clément Foundation in Martinique constitutes the first exhibition of this importance in the region and marks Télémaque's grand return to the Caribbean.
One of the most influential French artists of his generation, Hervé Télémaque (born in Haiti in 1937) began his career as a painter in New York before settling permanently in Paris, where he contributed to the emergence of the Narrative Figuration movement in the early 1960s. Initially situated at the intersection of Surrealism and Pop Art, his work draws as much on his personal history as on a profound reflection on the object, which allows Télémaque to playfully explore the relationship between image and language. A long-time follower of the "clear line" and often combining painting and real objects, Télémaque has throughout his career taken a poetic and political view of the world, without ever denying his Haitian roots. With a collection of paintings that demonstrate the diversity of his work, his critical acuity and his delightful irony, the retrospective organized by the Centre Pompidou at the Clément Foundation in Martinique constitutes the first exhibition of this importance in the region and marks Télémaque's grand return to the Caribbean.