I love the Rodin Museum, but I must admit, I have'nt been for years..However, this is the last few days of a very interesting exhibition of works by a variety of artists entitled 'Work in Progress, Rodin and the Ambassadors' this exhibition is until 4th September.
Jean Arp, Marcel Duchamp, Joan Miro, Jean Fautrier, Lucio
Fontana, Jean Dubuffet, Alberto Giacometti, Willem De Kooning, Joseph Beuys,
Marcel Broodthaers, Eduardo Paolozzi, Anthony Caro, Cy Twombly, Eric Cameron,
Richard Serra, Bruce Nauman, Haim Steinbach, Sophie Ristelhueber, Ugo
Rondinone, Douglas Gordon, Urs Fischer...
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| Auguste Rodin, 'Etude de robe de chambre pour Balzac' © Musée Rodin. Photo: Christian Baraja |
'Works in Progress, Rodin and the Ambassadors' examines the way in which Rodin’s work is perceived and strives to show not only how his sculpture developed but also how it was and continues to be reinterpreted. The exhibition compares 100 or so works by Rodin (1840-1917) with about 30 post-1945, modern and contemporary works.'
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| Joseph Beuys, 'Infiltration homogène pour piano à queue; La Peau' © Adagp, Paris 2011. Photo: CNAC/MNAM Dist.RMN |
'This re-appraisal of Rodin’s work also owes something to art, eg. the production of several artists from the postwar period to the present day. Their preoccupations, not only with material and modelling but also with highlighting fragments or combining different components, have had repercussions on the manner in which Rodin is considered and contemporary art is viewed. From Marcel Duchamp (1887-1968) to Urs Fischer (born 1973), each of these artists has become an “ambassador” for a certain way of looking at the world, at art, at present and past works.'...
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