ARTISTS
To Open Eyes. Artists鈥� Gaze
鈥淭he meaning of art is: Learn to see and to feel life鈥�, as affirmed in 1940 by Josef Albers, a German-born artist and professor living in the United States. For him, art is inseparable from life, and he encourages us 鈥渢o open eyes.鈥� This expression applies to both his conception of pedagogy and his artistic process.
This exhibition focuses on the way in which artists invite us to decentre our gaze and thereby transform our relationship to art, society and the world. Neither chronological nor narrative, the tour is shaped by visual, formal or thematic connections. It reveals affinities between works from various mediums, periods and contexts of creation, reflecting the wealth and diversity of the collections of the Mus茅e National d鈥橝rt Moderne.
鈥淭o Open Eyes鈥� is a free-flowing journey offering an open and non-exhaustive panorama of major movements and ruptures that have marked the history of art in the 20th and 21st centuries, through to recent creations reflecting contemporary issues. The works offer insights into our relationship with history and spirituality, the place of the body in art and society, but also on the way in which utopias shape our imaginaries.
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鈥淭he meaning of art is: Learn to see and to feel life鈥�, as affirmed in 1940 by Josef Albers, a German-born artist and professor living in the United States. For him, art is inseparable from life, and he encourages us 鈥渢o open eyes.鈥� This expression applies to both his conception of pedagogy and his artistic process.
This exhibition focuses on the way in which artists invite us to decentre our gaze and thereby transform our relationship to art, society and the world. Neither chronological nor narrative, the tour is shaped by visual, formal or thematic connections. It reveals affinities between works from various mediums, periods and contexts of creation, reflecting the wealth and diversity of the collections of the Mus茅e National d鈥橝rt Moderne.
鈥淭o Open Eyes鈥� is a free-flowing journey offering an open and non-exhaustive panorama of major movements and ruptures that have marked the history of art in the 20th and 21st centuries, through to recent creations reflecting contemporary issues. The works offer insights into our relationship with history and spirituality, the place of the body in art and society, but also on the way in which utopias shape our imaginaries.
Artists on show
- Aldo Loris Rossi
- Alice Anderson
- Caroline Achaintre
- Caroline Mesquita
- Claes Oldenburg
- Claire Falkenstein
- Claude Parent
- Donald Judd
- Gordon Matta-Clark
- Haegue Yang
- Huguette Caland
- Jackson Pollock
- Josef Albers
- Joseph Beuys
- Judy Chicago
- Julie Mehretu
- Juliette Roche
- Kiki Kogelnik
- László Moholy-Nagy
- Louise Bourgeois
- Louise Nevelson
- Marcel Breuer
- Marcel Duchamp
- Marina Abramovi膰
- Marina Abramovi膰 & Ulay
- Mathias Goeritz
- Michael Heizer
- Michelangelo Pistoletto
- Mimosa Echard
- Myriam Mihindou
- Olivier Mourgue
- Paul Klee
- Paul Virilio
- Piero Manzoni
- Pierre Soulages
- Robert Smithson
- Rosemarie Castoro
- Sarah Lucas
- Simon Hantaï
- Sonia Andrade
- Ulay
- Vera Molnár
- Yves Klein
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