Using painting to"question the image"... This is what the Musée d'art Moderne de Paris is proposing with its latest exhibition, Toyen, l'écart absolu, from March 25 to July 24, 2022. An exhibition devoted to Czech artist Marie Čermínová, known as "Toyen", and her singular career, presented successively in Prague, Hamburg and Paris.
Born in Prague, the artist traversed the 20th century"always at the confluence of its most agitating events". A surrealist painter at the forefront of her country, she joined forces with Jindrich Styrsky in the 1920s to create "Artificialism", a movement that claimed"total identification of the painter with the poet" and constituted"a striking prefiguration of the 'lyrical abstraction' of the 1950s".
An artist who fled to Paris in 1948, refusing her country's totalitarianism, and joined the Surrealist group. A movement in which she would occupy a special place, pursuing to the end"her quest for the link between desire and representation". The museum retraces this artistic journey in its entirety, through the 150 works that make up this exhibition. Shall we go, friends?
Dates and Opening Time
From March 25th, 2022 to July 24th, 2022
Location
Musée d'Art Moderne de Paris
11, avenue du Président Wilson
75116 Paris 16
Prices
Tarif réduit: €11
Plein tarif: €13
Official website
www.mam.paris.fr
More information
Open Tuesday to Sunday, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
