Le Corbusier. The World of Le Corbusier: Collages and Drawings
Maruani Mercier is pleased to present an exhibition of colourful and expressive works on paper by Le Corbusier.
Born Charles-脡douard Jeanneret, the Swiss-born artist and architect better known as Le Corbusier made his name after moving to Paris in 1917. Together with the French painter Am茅d茅e Ozenfant he created and led a variation of the Cubist movement called Purism, where objects are represented as elementary forms devoid of detail. After 1925 the movement gave way to melodic figural compositions which would leave a lasting impact on the future generations of Abstract Expressionists.
Le Corbusier鈥檚 influence has few parallels within the 20th century; his unique and visionary approach to art and architecture established a new modern vision for living that has become an integral part of 21st century life. Drawing remained a central aspect of Le Corbusier鈥檚 multi-faceted artistic practice throughout his career as a means through which to express himself in a more personal manner, and as a vehicle through which to attain a pure form of poetry. It was an indispensable medium not only for communicating his utopian architectural visions but also for exercising his artistic and purely plastic ideas. His works on paper exhibited at The World of Le Corbusier: Collages and Drawings exemplify the thoughts of the artist in the creative moment.
Combining many pertinent motifs from his developing post-Purist oeuvre, Maruani Mercier presents a collection of colorful and expressive works on paper providing a panorama of Le Corbusier鈥檚 visual lexicon. Having evolved since the rigid and tightly structured Purist compositions, these works incorporate three important themes: bulls, female figures, and still lifes, all surrounded by the ever present elements of interior architecture and landscape. These works provide a view into the arsenal of signs he would develop into the new and distinctive visual language of his mature career.
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Maruani Mercier is pleased to present an exhibition of colourful and expressive works on paper by Le Corbusier.
Born Charles-脡douard Jeanneret, the Swiss-born artist and architect better known as Le Corbusier made his name after moving to Paris in 1917. Together with the French painter Am茅d茅e Ozenfant he created and led a variation of the Cubist movement called Purism, where objects are represented as elementary forms devoid of detail. After 1925 the movement gave way to melodic figural compositions which would leave a lasting impact on the future generations of Abstract Expressionists.
Le Corbusier鈥檚 influence has few parallels within the 20th century; his unique and visionary approach to art and architecture established a new modern vision for living that has become an integral part of 21st century life. Drawing remained a central aspect of Le Corbusier鈥檚 multi-faceted artistic practice throughout his career as a means through which to express himself in a more personal manner, and as a vehicle through which to attain a pure form of poetry. It was an indispensable medium not only for communicating his utopian architectural visions but also for exercising his artistic and purely plastic ideas. His works on paper exhibited at The World of Le Corbusier: Collages and Drawings exemplify the thoughts of the artist in the creative moment.
Combining many pertinent motifs from his developing post-Purist oeuvre, Maruani Mercier presents a collection of colorful and expressive works on paper providing a panorama of Le Corbusier鈥檚 visual lexicon. Having evolved since the rigid and tightly structured Purist compositions, these works incorporate three important themes: bulls, female figures, and still lifes, all surrounded by the ever present elements of interior architecture and landscape. These works provide a view into the arsenal of signs he would develop into the new and distinctive visual language of his mature career.
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