On the centenary of Hantaï's birth (1922-2008), the Foundation Louis Vuitton organises a major retrospective exhibition of the artist's work. French of Hungarian origin, the artist received the first prize from the Maeght Foundation in 1967, then the national grand prize for plastic arts in 1980, as well as representing France at the 40th Venice Biennale in 1982. The exhibition will present around 120 works from the years 1957-2000, with mostly unpublished large formats exceptionally loaned by the artist's estate, as well as about 15 works which he donated to public institutions or from large private collections, in France or abroad. Hantaï was strongly influenced by Matisse and Pollock.
An in-situ intervention by Daniel Buren will be designed as a tribute to the artist. The catalogue by Anne Baldassari, curator of the exhibition, will include contributions from Zsuzsa Hantaï, Anna Hantaï, Anne Baldassari, Jean- Luc Nancy (), and Georges Didi-Huberman.
AUTHOR: Anne Baldassari is a French heritage officer, former director of the Picasso Museum in Paris and was in charge of the curation of the exhibitions Icons of Modern Art. The Shchukin Collection and Icons of Modern Art. The Morozov Collection.
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Published to accompany an exhibition at the Fondation Louis Vuitton from 27 April-28 August 2022 .
An exceptional exhibition at the Fondation Louis Vuitton showing around 120 paintings of Simon Hantaï, some of them never shown before in a museum
120 colour illustrations
By:
Simon Hantaï
Imprint: Gallimard
Country of Publication: France
Dimensions:
Height: 300mm,
Width: 290mm,
Weight: 3.079kg
ISBN: 9782072979897
ISBN 10: 2072979897
Pages: 368
Publication Date: 29 June 2022
Audience:
General/trade
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ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Out of Print
Interviews 18 “He lived in his painting” Interview with Zsuzsa Hantaï by Anne Baldassari 31 “Paint what makes you paint” Interview with Daniel Buren by Anne Baldassari Essays 43 We Paint Only For Jean-Luc Nancy 46 Buried, Born, Risen Georges Didi-Huberman 52 Simon Hantaï: The World Is Infinite Jean Louis Schefer 57 Didascalies Preface to the essay “Simon Hantaï,” 1992 Anne Baldassari 61 “This fold will lose its frown” Anne Baldassari Chronology 90 A Story of a Life Simon Hantaï, 1922–2008 Anne Baldassari Album of works 140 “Folding as method” 154 “The big book of small paintings” 164 “Sign paintings” “ Writings” 182 Mariales 192 Catamurons 204 Panses 220 Meuns 232 Études 244 Blancs 258 Tabulas 286 Sérigraphies and Laissées 300 “The last studio” 328 Hantaï – Buren – Parmentier 338 Tabulas lilas, Suaires 352 Solo exhibitions 356 Group exhibitions 362 Bibliography
Anne Baldassari is a French heritage officer, former director of the Picasso Museum in Paris and was in charge of the curation of the exhibitions Icons of Modern Art. The Shchukin Collection and Icons of Modern Art. The Morozov Collection.
