The work of painter / sculptor Man de Rougemont (1935-2021) is the topic of a brand new free exhibition on the arts college the place he perfected his craft, the Académie des beaux-arts, near our lodges.
Man de Rougemont was not one to restrict himself to 1 fashion or type of artwork, excelling in portray, sculpture (together with his well-known PVC columns from the Seventies) and even making use of his abilities to rugs.
He joined the École Nationale Supérieure des Arts Décoratifs in 1954 to review portray, and his work was shortly met with success – at was at certainly one of his early exhibitions in New York that de Rougemont was launched to a sure Andy Warhol.
And after quite a few years portray, the Seventies noticed the artist beginning to create cylinders coated with colored and black stripes – a ‘vibrant shambles’, as he known as it.
The exhibition will present the evolution of the artist’s work, breaking it down into 4 predominant durations, with a last room appearing as a type of cupboard of curiosities that reveals a few of Rougemont’s private possessions, friendships and mementos.
In the event you’d wish to be taught extra concerning the artist and his work, a brand new ebook (256 pages, 75€ 😳) is being printed by Éditions Norma to accompany the exhibition. You’ll discover it completely on the bookstore of the Institut de France (the organisers of the exhibition) earlier than the official publication date of sixth September 2024.
And Rougemont stans can be delighted to be taught that one other exhibition of his work opens on nineteenth September 2024 on the Diane de Polignac Gallery. Extra data right here.
The exhibiion Incursion dans l’atelier de Rougemont is on the Pavillon Comtesse de Caen de l’Académie des beaux-arts (right here) from thirteenth July – twenty ninth September 2024
Open daily besides Mondays from 11am-6pm (closed Twenty third-Twenty eighth July)
Free!
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