Germaine Richier Exhibition
Dominique Lévy Gallery
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On view in the landmark building at 909 Madison Avenue where both galleries reside, Germaine Richier will present more than forty important sculptures ranging from early torsos and figures, to startling hybrids of humans crossed with bats, toads, spiders, and vegetal organisms, that brought the artist international recognition before her untimely death at the age of 57. The exhibition traces the evolution of a defiantly independent vision and the artistic trajectory of a woman whose life was imprinted indelibly by two World Wars; who began her career in the studio of Antoine Bourdelle; and who went on to break convention and leave a vivid mark on the history of Modern art.
The exhibition complements Richier’s sculptures with a selection of photographs by her contemporary Brassaï, who documented the artist’s studio and captured the defying power of her work. Brassaï’s portraits of Richier convey the unique magical chaos of her environment. As depicted in these photographs, Richier surrounded herself with a wild jumble of sculptures spanning different periods of her output — a veritable sculptural forest that has inspired the installation design for Germaine Richier in New York. Visitors to the exhibition will discover there a deliberately dense, non-chronological, and eccentric installation, where sculptures and photographs overflow into the stairwells and draw visitors on a journey into the artist’s world.
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Schedule
from February 27, 2014 to April 12, 2014
Opening Reception on 2014-02-27 from 18:00 to 20:00