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Roberto Matta: Paintings, Drawings and Sculptures 1939 - 1996

Past exhibition
15 October - 21 December 2024 St-Honoré
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Press release

To mark its pre-opening, Mitterrand gallery is opening its very first exhibition at 95 rue du Faubourg Saint-Honoré, History is round like the Earth by Chilean artist Roberto Matta (15 October to 21 December). The exhibition brings together some thirty works - paintings, sculptures and drawings - covering each decade from the 1930s to the 1990s. An original text by American art historian Terri Geis will also be published for the occasion.

 

Affiliated with Surrealism and currently featured in the exhibition at the Centre Pompidou, Matta began producing drawings in the 1930s that were freely inspired by the landscapes he discovered during his travels in Latin America. With André Breton’s encouragement, he worked between Europe and the United States, where he met the pioneers of Surrealism and became associated with the Abstract Expressionists (Arshile Gorky, Robert Motherwell, etc.).

 

In addition to his historical relationship with different movements of modern art, this exhibition intends to revisit the abundant work of the Chilean artist and examine its singularities. Matta's illuminated, almost psychedelic aesthetic, halfway between esotericism and anticipation, makes him a forerunner of science fiction in the field of plastic art. Combining futuristic architecture, technological-industrial constructions and biomorphic figures, these compositions are in turn reflections on the historical-political context (authoritarian regimes of the twentieth century) and a more metaphysical projection of the human condition. Through its freedom, its great pictorial diversity and its insight into society, Matta's work appears now more relevant than ever.

 

“I was very young, quite inexperienced [...] they looked at my pictures and said, so you’re a Surrealist? I didn’t even know what that meant.” — Roberto Matta

 

DOWNLOAD THE TEXT "HISTORY IS ROUND LIKE THE EARTH" BY TERRI GEIS

 
Works
  • Roberto Matta, Objet du Dialogue, 1956
    Roberto Matta, Objet du Dialogue, 1956
  • Roberto Matta, Sans titre, c. 1947-49
    Roberto Matta, Sans titre, c. 1947-49
  • Roberto Matta, Flux de psycho-espace, 1973
    Roberto Matta, Flux de psycho-espace, 1973
  • Roberto Matta, Sans titre, 1952
    Roberto Matta, Sans titre, 1952
  • Roberto Matta, Sans titre, 1939
    Roberto Matta, Sans titre, 1939
  • Roberto Matta, Mi duse - Ma duse, 1990
    Roberto Matta, Mi duse - Ma duse, 1990
Press
  • Matta au goût du jour

    Céline Lefranc, Connaissance des Arts, November 21, 2024
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