Jean Dubuffet.CENTRE GEORGES POMPIDOU Centre Georges Pompidou (constructed 1971–1977 and known as the Pompidou Centre in English) is a complex in the Beaubourg area of the IVe arrondissement of Paris, near Les Halles and the Marais. The French are at their best when honoring their own. The grand centenary retrospective for Dubuffet promises to be definitive, including more than 280 paintings and 100 drawings chosen by Daniel Abadie of the Jeu de Paume Jeu de paume was originally a French precursor of lawn tennis played without racquets. The players hit the ball with their hands, as in palla, volleyball, or certain varieties of pelota. Jeu de paume literally means: game of palm (of the hand). and Sophie Duplaix of the Pompidou. Though the earliest piece in the show dates from 1927, the exhibition takes off in coruscating cor·us·cate intr.v. cor·us·cat·ed, cor·us·cat·ing, cor·us·cates 1. To give forth flashes of light; sparkle and glitter: diamonds coruscating in the candlelight. 2. style with his art brut work, only realized once the artist was already in his forties (a wine merchant's career finally abandoned). All the great series are represented, from the fecund fe·cund adj. Capable of producing offspring; fertile. , unglamorous Corps de Dames cycle through the labyrinthine L'Hourloupe paintings to the airy Non-lieux of the year before his death in 1985. As a bonus, reconstructed sets from the artist's infrequently seen stage work Coucou Bazar are promised. Sept. 12--Dec. 31. |
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