Exhibition catalog of the Museum of Modern Art in Paris.
Nicolas de Staël.
Paris Museums
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| N° d'inventaire | 29747 |
| Format | 24 x 30 |
| Détails | 304 p., illustrated, publisher's hardcover. |
| Publication | Paris, 2023 |
| Etat | Nine |
| ISBN | 9782759605552 |
Presenting more than two hundred paintings, drawings, engravings and notebooks from public and private collections, this retrospective, organized chronologically, takes a new look at Staël's work, trying to stay as close as possible to his graphic and pictorial research.
Far from myth, it is about showing the artist at work, fascinated by the spectacle of the world - whether he is confronted with a landscape, a football match, a ballet, or a piece of fruit placed on a table. Working on several canvases simultaneously, Staël works for many months before condensing his research into one or more manifesto paintings. In this experimental approach, drawing plays a leading role, as does the desire to explore new formats, mediums, and tools.
From his dark, textured canvases of the 1940s to his luminous paintings painted before his untimely death in 1955, Staël's work deliberately disrupts the distinction between abstraction and figuration, in the passionate pursuit of an ever denser and more concise art.
Thanks to a selection of famous and little-known works, this book allows us to take the measure of a pictorial quest of rare intensity.
Far from myth, it is about showing the artist at work, fascinated by the spectacle of the world - whether he is confronted with a landscape, a football match, a ballet, or a piece of fruit placed on a table. Working on several canvases simultaneously, Staël works for many months before condensing his research into one or more manifesto paintings. In this experimental approach, drawing plays a leading role, as does the desire to explore new formats, mediums, and tools.
From his dark, textured canvases of the 1940s to his luminous paintings painted before his untimely death in 1955, Staël's work deliberately disrupts the distinction between abstraction and figuration, in the passionate pursuit of an ever denser and more concise art.
Thanks to a selection of famous and little-known works, this book allows us to take the measure of a pictorial quest of rare intensity.
Far from myth, it is about showing the artist at work, fascinated by the spectacle of the world - whether he is confronted with a landscape, a football match, a ballet, or a piece of fruit placed on a table. Working on several canvases simultaneously, Staël works for many months before condensing his research into one or more manifesto paintings. In this experimental approach, drawing plays a leading role, as does the desire to explore new formats, mediums, and tools.
From his dark, textured canvases of the 1940s to his luminous paintings painted before his untimely death in 1955, Staël's work deliberately disrupts the distinction between abstraction and figuration, in the passionate pursuit of an ever denser and more concise art.
Thanks to a selection of famous and little-known works, this book allows us to take the measure of a pictorial quest of rare intensity.