Program of the 5 lectures /
ÉCOLE DU LOUVRE – REIMS 2018-2019
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TSUGUHARU-LÉONARD FOUJITA, THE JAPANESE PHENOMENON OF MONTPARNASSE
Thematic series of 5 sessions, 1 hour 30 minutes each, Mondays from 6:15 PM to 7:45 PM at the Reims Regional Conservatory, 20 rue Gambetta, Reims by Sylvie Buisson, art historian and curator for the Maillol Museum’s Foujita, Painting in the Roaring Twenties exhibition, international expert on Léonard Foujita, former curator at the Montparnasse Museum. In 2018, France celebrates Foujita: the fiftieth anniversary of his death is listed in the Book of National Commemorations. The Maillol Museum dedicates a first exhibition to him in Paris,
Foujita, Painting in the Roaring Twenties until July 15, and Reims, another city of choice for the artist, two exhibitions from September 14, 2018 to January 12, 2019 at the Carnegie Library, Foujita, Artist of the Book and from November 8, 2018 to February 11, 2019 at the Museum of Fine Arts Foujita, The Elegance of the Line.
There is much news surrounding the artist who preferred the bohemian life in Paris to a predetermined career in Japan. He, who shared the great adventure of 20th-century modern art with Modigliani, Picasso, Soutine, Kisling, Pascin, Van Dongen, Derain, or Vlaminck, contributed to the renown of Paris as the undisputed world capital of the arts.
« I was predicted to be the first painter of Japan, but it was the first painter of Paris that I dreamed of being. I had to go to the source. »
The elegance, refinement, and power of a singular modernity with spiderweb-like lines and subtle nuances of whites, blacks, grays, gold, and poetry, are unparalleled.
In Foujita, East meets West; his self-portraits defy the time he dedicated to art, five women, and thousands of models. The cat remains his confidant until Reims where, converted and baptized in the cathedral, he has rested like a king since 1968, in the heart of his chapel.
This series, based on 5 complementary themes, aims to decipher and deepen the Foujita phenomenon, to unravel the syncretism and extraordinary hybridization of his art, which is simply inimitable.
Monday, October 15, 2018 THE TIGHTROPE WALKER: BETWEEN EAST AND WEST
Monday, November 12, 2018 THE CAT: FOUJITA’S 7 LIVES
Monday, November 19, 2018 THE FIGURE: SELF-PORTRAIT, WOMAN, AND CHILD
Monday, December 03, 2018 THE STILL LIFE: INANIMATE OBJECTS, DO YOU THEN HAVE A SOUL AND THE POWER TO LOVE?
Monday, January 14, 2019 THE SACRED: A SYNCRETISM OF GOLD AND STONES
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