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Paris in winter: thank heaven for Morandi. (Art).
Going to exhibitions this winter in Paris was not for the fainthearted. It required a willingness to endure the overblown, the repetitive, and, at times, the downright disgusting, although fortunately there were occasional alternatives to the hard stuff. In the overblown and repetitive category, the Centre Georges Pompidou offered an obsequious retrospective of Jean Dubuffet (September 13-December 31, 2001) organized on the principle that if two or three works of a given period were worth looking at, then fifteen--whatever their merits--were even better.
It began well enough, with his seldom-seen earliest works and a selection of the faux-naif paintings that ...
- Confusions.(Être présent au monde, nouvel accrochage des collections...
- Magazine article from: Etc. Montreal Trémeau, Tristan June 1, 2007 700+ words
tre prsent au monde, nouvel accrochage des collections permanentes Homo Economicus, Zones de...ce qui concerne Fart contemporain, une sculpture monumentale de Dubuffet et une galerie nmnicipale d'art contemporain o, chaque anne...
- Dubuffet's Raw Delights
- Newspaper article from: The Washington Post Hank Burchard September 22, 1995 700+ words
JEAN DUBUFFET was a serious artist, but it is to laugh...iconoclast's painting and sculptures. Dubuffet (1901-85) may have been a dedicated...that could be called childish or nutso. Dubuffet would have accepted either description...
- Jean Dubuffet: Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris.(Brief Article)
- Magazine article from: Artforum International Adams, Brooks February 1, 2002 700+ words
Jean Dubuffet (1901-85) was a big deal to an adolescent...of Picasso and Ivan Albright took to Dubuffet like one of their own, just as their...embraced French Impressionism, to which Dubuffet's work provided many not-so-subtle...
- Four Sculptures by Jean Dubuffet Installed on Park Avenue Between 54th and 57th...
- Press release article from: PR Newswire September 26, 2003 700+ words
...Four large-scale sculptures by Jean Dubuffet were installed this week along Park Avenue...This is the second installation of Dubuffet's work on Park Avenue. The first...Building at 52nd Street on Park Avenue. Dubuffet's sculpture has also been a fixture...
- El niño de mil años.(Jean Dubuffet, pintor Francés)(TT: The thousand year...
- Magazine article from: Epoca January 31, 2000 700+ words
"Los Dubuffet de Dubuffet", en Madrid La obra de Jean Dubuffet (El Havre, 1901 - Pars, 1985) se caracteriza esencialmente por la fuerza y la aparente inocencia de sus formas y contenidos. l crea el concepto y la corriente artstica que se...
- Postcards from oblivion. (renewed interest in France of artist and composer...
- Magazine article from: The Economist (US) August 17, 1991 700+ words
...Number 137 is home to the Fondation Dubuffet, and the electronic woofs and tweets...from it are part of what the late Jean Dubuffet referred to as "la musique qu on fait...everyday. This is only one part of a wider Dubuffet experience, open to would-be initiates...
- Dubuffet's Land Of Milking Funny; National Gallery Opens Its Doors to His `Art...
- Newspaper article from: The Washington Post Jo Ann Lewis September 24, 1995 700+ words
Witty French artist Jean Dubuffet (1901-1985), whose proposed sculpture...early paintings and two sculptures by Dubuffet have now elbowed their way into two...date from the first two decades of Dubuffet's career, from 1943 to 1962, when...
- Smithsonian's Hirshhorn showcases works by French artist Jean Dubuffet....
- Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service Myers, Chuck July 9, 1993 700+ words
...few of the materials French artist Jean Dubuffet incorporated into his artwork, instilling...One of the most prolific periods in Dubuffet's productive career is the focus of...fascinating mixed media renditions. ``Jean Dubuffet 1943-63: Paintings, Sculptures...
