Cubism.
Pompidou Center| N° d'inventaire | 22371 |
| Format | 25 x 30.5 |
| Détails | 320 p., 300 ill., bound. |
| Publication | Paris, 2018 |
| Etat | Nine |
| ISBN | 9782844268266 |
Between 1907 and 1914, Braque and Picasso embarked on a profound conceptual transformation of painting and sculpture: Cubism. Breaking away from imitative aesthetics, Cubist works developed a new visual and tactile language and new forms of representation. Through a chronological discourse, the exhibition traces the key concepts that contribute to understanding the evolution of the Cubist movement. A collective and experimental movement, numerous artists are highlighted: Braque, Picasso, Fernand Léger, Juan Gris, the sculptor Henri Laurens, Jean Metzinger, Albert Gleize, as well as the Duchamp brothers, Robert and Sonia Delaunay, and Apollinaire. The exhibition also puts the societal and historical dimensions of the movement into perspective, notably by presenting the critical reception of the time. The catalog offers the keys to understanding this combative movement, as an artistic manifestation engaged with its social, political, and economic context, and supported by the utopia of progress. The catalog will become a reference work: 8 essays, 15 chapters, a rich iconography of more than 350 illustrations, and an illustrated chronology. Finally, the band on the cover uses a technique used by the Cubists: white screen printing on raw cardboard.
Between 1907 and 1914, Braque and Picasso embarked on a profound conceptual transformation of painting and sculpture: Cubism. Breaking away from imitative aesthetics, Cubist works developed a new visual and tactile language and new forms of representation. Through a chronological discourse, the exhibition traces the key concepts that contribute to understanding the evolution of the Cubist movement. A collective and experimental movement, numerous artists are highlighted: Braque, Picasso, Fernand Léger, Juan Gris, the sculptor Henri Laurens, Jean Metzinger, Albert Gleize, as well as the Duchamp brothers, Robert and Sonia Delaunay, and Apollinaire. The exhibition also puts the societal and historical dimensions of the movement into perspective, notably by presenting the critical reception of the time. The catalog offers the keys to understanding this combative movement, as an artistic manifestation engaged with its social, political, and economic context, and supported by the utopia of progress. The catalog will become a reference work: 8 essays, 15 chapters, a rich iconography of more than 350 illustrations, and an illustrated chronology. Finally, the band on the cover uses a technique used by the Cubists: white screen printing on raw cardboard.