Not exact matches
Co-curated by Alfred Pacquement, the former director of the Centre Pompidou (which staged a
groundbreaking retrospective of Hantaï works in 2013), the
exhibition primarily tracks Hantaï's early use of his «pliage» method - an intricate technique of folding and knotting an unstretched canvas before Hantaï painted the configuration, unfolded and then stretched it, so that colourful geometric shards and unpainted negative space were
revealed.
This unique selection of materials documents Wilson's actions and work and
reveals her interest in fellow artists such as Vito Acconci, Carolee Schneemann, Nancy Spero and Lynda Benglis and includes in its entirety Lucy Lippard's
exhibition catalogue for c. 7,500, the
groundbreaking 1973
exhibition of women Conceptual artists, which first declared the significance of Wilson's work.
This
groundbreaking exhibition will explore the wealth of European art to
reveal the hidden presence of Africans in Renaissance society and the many roles they played.