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When the European Fluxus group disbanded in 1964 after two eventful
years, Tomas Schmit (1943-2006), who had participated in the
group's actions as a performer, gradually withdrew from performing.
From 1966 he devoted himself primarily to writing and drawing. But
the idea of the stage as a place where an action is performed in
front of and with an audience did not disappear from his art. From
then on, Schmit staged "the performance of drawing" on paper. The
close interlocking of performance and drawing practice that
characterizes Schmit's entire oeuvre will be brought into focus for
the first time in the exhibition of the Kupferstichkabinett, which
will take place in the fall of 2021, and in the accompanying
catalog. At the same time, the project reflects the manifold
spectrum of Schmit's nearly 40 years of comprehensive drawing and
language art.
"Long live painting!" With this rallying cry, Henri Matisse,
greeted his colleague Pierre Bonnard on a 1925 postcard from
Amsterdam. Widely considered two of the greatest painters of French
modernism, they were united by a forty-year-long friendship and a
keen appreciation of each other's work. This catalogue offers
fascinating insights into their artistic dialogue. Focusing
throughout on their creative exchanges, it highlights their
respective contributions to the development of modern art, from the
beginning of the twentieth century to the end of the Second World
War. Comprising over 100 paintings, sculptures, drawings, and
prints, the book makes palpable the many intersections between
their artistic visions, and investigates their shared interest in
subjects such as interiors, still life, landscape, and the nude.
Scholarly essays and thematic introductions to their oeuvres
provide a wealth of information on the two colleagues and friends
gained from their writings and correspondence as well as archival
material. Another highlight is a series of iconic photographs taken
by Henri Cartier-Bresson, who visited both Matisse and Bonnard at
their much-fabled houses in the South of France.
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