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Art & Resistance on the C么te d鈥楢zur
During WWII and the defeat of France in 1940 the normally tranquil South of France took on a more febrile atmosphere. As the initially designated 鈥淔ree Zone鈥� as opposed to the 鈥淥ccupied Zone鈥� to the North, the C么te d鈥橝zur became a haven for political and cultural refugees. Some hoping for visas to escape via Marseille to the United States or elsewhere. Others in hiding, or Jews seeking immunity in the Italian Zone to the South Eastern corner. Amidst the maelstrom various artist colonies formed, and through this exhibition we explore the stories of some of these artists in the context of wider historical events.
Christine Boumeester and Henri Goetz as non-French citizens found themselves 鈥渋llegal aliens鈥� in Paris, and escaped to Carcassonne in the South, where they found the Belgium Surrealists Ubac, Magritte and poet Scutenaire. The couple started making fake identity papers for people needing to escape, as well as contributing to the underground journal 鈥淟a Main 脿 la Plume鈥�, until they were betrayed in 1942 and fled to Nice under false names.
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During WWII and the defeat of France in 1940 the normally tranquil South of France took on a more febrile atmosphere. As the initially designated 鈥淔ree Zone鈥� as opposed to the 鈥淥ccupied Zone鈥� to the North, the C么te d鈥橝zur became a haven for political and cultural refugees. Some hoping for visas to escape via Marseille to the United States or elsewhere. Others in hiding, or Jews seeking immunity in the Italian Zone to the South Eastern corner. Amidst the maelstrom various artist colonies formed, and through this exhibition we explore the stories of some of these artists in the context of wider historical events.
Christine Boumeester and Henri Goetz as non-French citizens found themselves 鈥渋llegal aliens鈥� in Paris, and escaped to Carcassonne in the South, where they found the Belgium Surrealists Ubac, Magritte and poet Scutenaire. The couple started making fake identity papers for people needing to escape, as well as contributing to the underground journal 鈥淟a Main 脿 la Plume鈥�, until they were betrayed in 1942 and fled to Nice under false names.
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