Jean-auguste-dominique Ingres / Ellsworth Kelly

by de Chassey, Eric

• ISBN13: 9788888493619
• ISBN10: 8888493611
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2010-06-19
• Publisher: Scb Distributors

Summary

Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres / Ellsworth Kelly serves as the exhibition catalog to the French Academy of Rome Villa Medici exhibition of the same name, which will open in June 2010. Neither the exhibition, nor the catalog try to compare the styles or formal qualities, but rather seek to understand what links the work of this American artist when he lived in Paris and the French painter whose work inspired academicism and many innovations in modern art. The catalog presents the never before seen works of Ellsworth Kelly along with a selection of Ingres' drawings and paintings. The exhibition was jointly conceived by Kelly and Eric de Chassey, the director of the French Academy in Rome, and curated in a fashion that supports the visitor's vision. The catalog reflects the visual juxtaposition between the artists' respective works and the way that the memory of one influences the way in which the viewer understands the other. This beautiful and unique exhibition captures the connection between line and form and the duality between fragmentation and unity in both artists' work. The catalog reflects the striking visual efficiency of the exhibition, while maintaining the individual readability of each work for an exceptional presentation of art across time and space. The catalog will include critical texts in three languages (French, Italian, and English) by Eric de Chassey and Whitney curator Carter Foster.