Exposition from 22.12.2020 until 29.08.2021
9 participants accepted per group.
Guided visit in English by Ruud Priem.
Modern french painting from the MNHA
One of the strengths of the MNHA’s collection of international art is the ensemble of paintings by Supports/Surfaces, an artistic movement from 1966-1972 which helped to shape contemporary French art, both in painting and sculpture.
The MNHA holds one of the most important public collections of Supports Surfaces at European level. It was carefully built up over many years, and is still actively strengthened with donations and purchases. In this exhibition important acquisitions from recent years are shown, focusing on works by two founding members of the Supports/Surfaces movement: Patrick Saytour (b.1935) and Claude Viallat (b.1936).
Supports/Surfaces had its birthplace in the south of France, where most of the group’s earliest members lived and worked, in cities like Montpellier, Nîmes and Nice. Viallat and Saytour, who were born in the latter two cities, respectively, were part of a group of twelve artists, notably with Vincent Bioulès, Louis Cane, Daniel Dezeuze, Jean-Pierre Pincemin and Bernard Pagès, along with several others who were closely affiliated. From the start, their work was marked by an interest in materiality, a lyrical use of color and expansive ideas of what constitutes a painting. - Read more.
Visual : Patrick Saytour - Pliage.
Bärbel Aubert accueillera les Amis des Musée pour ce Midi de l'Art.
VERY IMPORTANT
Following the recent sanitary recommendations, the museums and other cultural institutions are obliged to limit the groups to a few participants (including the guide).
In case you wish to attend a visit, it is mandatory that you are member of the Amis des Musées, have registered and that you will be present at the visit under condition that you received a due confirmation.
Without a due confirmation we would regret to refuse your participation to the visit.
For the visit we recommend the respect of the security recommendations by wearing a mask, disinfecting your hands and keeping a distance of 2 meter minimum to to the other participants.
