Perahim. 1914-2008. From the avant-garde to blossoming, from Bucharest to Paris.
Lienart| N° d'inventaire | 23863 |
| Format | 24 x 28 |
| Détails | 191 p., publisher's hardcover. |
| Publication | Paris, 2021 |
| Etat | nine |
| ISBN | 9782359063424 |
ules Perahim (1914-2008) was one of the most prominent figures of the Romanian avant-garde of the 1930s. He became known as much for his collaboration with the non-conformist, Dada and surrealist magazines Unu (whose main contributor was Victor Brauner) and Alge (founded with the poet Gherasim Luca, among others), as for his solo exhibitions and his virulent drawings published in social and political protest magazines.
In 1938, on his way to Paris, he stopped in Prague, where he met the Czech avant-garde circles, who organized a solo exhibition for him, but the advance of the Nazis in Central Europe prevented him from continuing his journey. After the Second World War, his deep convictions of a necessary change in Romanian society were shaken over time by a climate hostile to free creation. For years, he devoted himself solely to the decorative arts, scenography and book illustration, while practicing, for his "inner necessity," an art "for the drawer."
In the late 1960s, marked by the rise of national communism, Perahim left Romania, rebuilt his life, and settled in Paris. His work then took off, continuing the dreams he had abandoned. He became a fulfilled and prolific painter of poetic and enigmatic work, with a teeming imagination full of fantasy and humor.
This work, which gives pride of place to the artist's paintings and drawings, is structured around these two key creative moments in the artist's career: the avant-garde period in Bucharest, during the 1930s, then, from the 1960s, the revival of the Parisian years which correspond to the full accomplishment of his art.
ules Perahim (1914-2008) was one of the most prominent figures of the Romanian avant-garde of the 1930s. He became known as much for his collaboration with the non-conformist, Dada and surrealist magazines Unu (whose main contributor was Victor Brauner) and Alge (founded with the poet Gherasim Luca, among others), as for his solo exhibitions and his virulent drawings published in social and political protest magazines.
In 1938, on his way to Paris, he stopped in Prague, where he met the Czech avant-garde circles, who organized a solo exhibition for him, but the advance of the Nazis in Central Europe prevented him from continuing his journey. After the Second World War, his deep convictions of a necessary change in Romanian society were shaken over time by a climate hostile to free creation. For years, he devoted himself solely to the decorative arts, scenography and book illustration, while practicing, for his "inner necessity," an art "for the drawer."
In the late 1960s, marked by the rise of national communism, Perahim left Romania, rebuilt his life, and settled in Paris. His work then took off, continuing the dreams he had abandoned. He became a fulfilled and prolific painter of poetic and enigmatic work, with a teeming imagination full of fantasy and humor.
This work, which gives pride of place to the artist's paintings and drawings, is structured around these two key creative moments in the artist's career: the avant-garde period in Bucharest, during the 1930s, then, from the 1960s, the revival of the Parisian years which correspond to the full accomplishment of his art.