Press release - Paris Musées
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Press release - Paris Musées
Press release DECORUM Artists' Rugs and Tapestries 11 October 2013 – 9 February 2014 Opening: Thursday 10 October 6-9 pm Press preview: Thursday 10 October 11 am - 2 pm The Musée d’Art moderne de la Ville de Paris is spotlighting the art of textile with the exhibition Decorum: over a hundred rugs and tapestries from modern artists (Francis Bacon, Pablo Picasso) and the contemporary scene (Dewar & Gicquel, Vidya Gastaldon). Decorum is a chance to discover often unknown ventures into weaving by major artists and such lesser known ones (as Guidette Carbonell). As a guide to influences and points of comparison, the exhibition also includes anonymous works from different periods and places. The virtues of rugs and tapestries – they are visual and tactile, artistic and functional, and readily transportable: Le Corbusier called his tapestries 'Muralnomad' – mean they transcend the usual limitations of the decorative arts and interior design. Until the late 19th century painters like Lotto, Holbein and Delacroix restricted themselves to drawing tapestry cartoons or including Oriental carpets in their pictures. In the course of the 20th century, however, the European avant-gardes revolutionized textile art and practice: artists began weaving their own rugs, drawing on works from earlier periods or ethnic and geometrical motifs. Often bearing a political or feminist message since the 1960s, rugs and tapestries have enjoyed a marked rise in popularity since the turn of the new millennium. Young contemporary artists like Caroline Achaintre and Pae White are now producing original works that blend tradition, modernity and non-Western influences, as well as resorting to new techniques like digital weaving. Caroline Achaintre Moustache-Eagle, 2008 Courtesy Saatchi Gallery, London © Caroline Achaintre Director Fabrice Hergott Exhibition curator Anne Dressen Visitor information Musée d’Art moderne de la Ville de Paris 11 avenue du Président Wilson 75116 Paris Tél. 01 53 67 40 00 www.mam.paris.fr Open Tuesday - Sunday 10 am – 6 pm Late night opening : Thursday until 10 pm An ARC exhibition Admission Full rate : 8 € Concessions : 6 € (over-60s, teachers, jobseekers, large family cardholders) Half price: 4 € (ages 14-26, minimum welfare benefit recipients) Free for under-14s Educational activities Information and bookings This is an exhibition that challenges the standard notions of tapestry as a minor or anachronistic art form. It also evokes a little-known aspect of the history of the MAM, which had its own Textile Art department in the 1980s. As guest artistic director, London artist Marc Camille Chaimowicz has designed the exhibition in collaboration with Christine-Ilex Beinemeier. The environmental music (“furniture music”) serving as a backdrop is a playlist chosen by art historian Jean-Philippe Antoine. The richly illustrated catalogue is co edited with Skira-Flammarion (graphic design by Huz&Bosshard). Following page: list of artists included in the exhibition Tél. 01 53 67 40 80 Press officer Marine Le Bris Email : [email protected] Tél. : 01 53 67 40 50 Rejoignez le MAM / Artists included in the exhibition (subject to confirmation): 1880-1940 Anni Albers Francis Bacon Giacomo Balla Braquenié Brothers Sonia Delaunay Frederick Etchells (Omega Workshop) Gustave Fayet Le Corbusier Fernand Léger Märta Måås Fjetterström Gustave Miklos William Morris Pablo Picasso Otto Prutscher Hannah Ryggen Ivan da Silva Bruhns Sophie Taeuber Arp Evelyn Wyld 1940-1970 Brassaï Lucien Coutaud Marcel Gromaire Maria Lai Jean Lurçat Mathieu Matégot Barbro Nilsson Jean Picart-Le Doux Carol Rama Dom Robert Victor Vasarely 1970-1980 Magdalena Abakanowicz Olga de Amaral Atelier Wissa Wassef Pierrette Bloch Alighiero Boetti Louise Bourgeois Geta Brătescu Jagoda Buic Guidette Carbonell Pierre Daquin Noa Eshkol Lissy Funk Françoise Giannesini Elsi Giauque Piero Gilardi Thomas Gleb Daniel Graffin Josep Grau-Garriga Helen Frances Gregor Sheila Hicks Jules Leclercq Aldo Mondino Verner Panton Mariette Rousseau-Vermette Wojciech Sadley Kay Sekimachi Maryn Varbanov 1980-2000 John M Armleder Pierre Buraglio David Hammons Mike Kelley François-Xavier Lalanne Bertrand Lavier Albert Oehlen Nathalie du Pasquier Elizabeth Radcliffe Gerwald Rockenschaub Dieter Roth & Ingrid Wiener Judith Scott Rudolf Stingel Rosemarie Trockel Franz West Since 2000 Caroline Achaintre Leonor Antunes Stefano Arienti Atelier E.B. Michel Aubry Tauba Auerbach Mark Barrow et Sarah Parke Nina Beier Michael Beutler Anna Betbeze Gillian Carnegie Marc Camille Chaimowicz Claude Closky Isabelle Cornaro Alexandre da Cunha Dewar & Gicquel Latifa Echakhch Marius Engh Ryan Gander Vidya Gastaldon Yann Gerstberger Jim Isermann Sergej Jensen Abdoulaye Konaté Karin Mamma Andersson Mai-Thu Perret Présence Panchounette Willem de Rooij Shirana Shahbazi Vincent Vulsma Nadia Wallis Pae White