Picabia's Dada Revolution Illuminated at Céret Museum of Modern Art
The "Picabia Méditerranée" exhibition at the Musée d'Art moderne de Céret showcases the Catalan phase of Francis Picabia, beginning in 1916. Featuring approximately one hundred pieces, the display includes loans from the Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía and Museo Nacional Thyssen-Bornemisza. It opens with "Embarras" (1914) and contrasts Picabia's mechanomorphic style with works by Marcel Duchamp, Albert Gleizes, and Juliette Roche. Additionally, the exhibition emphasizes the Dada-influenced magazine "391," initiated by Josep Dalmau in Barcelona in 1917 and active until 1924. Picabia's "Manifeste dada" was published in 1919, alongside the provocative drawing "La Sainte Vierge" (1920). The exhibition will be available until November 29.
Key facts
- Exhibition 'Picabia Méditerranée' at Musée d'Art moderne de Céret focuses on Picabia's Catalan period from 1916.
- Around 100 works are displayed, including loans from Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía and Museo Nacional Thyssen-Bornemisza.
- The exhibition opens with 'Embarras' (1914), a watercolor and pencil on paper from Picabia's mechanical period.
- Picabia developed a mechanomorphic language after abandoning figurative painting in 1913 during a stay in New York.
- The Dada-inspired magazine '391' was launched in Barcelona in January 1917 with support from gallerist Josep Dalmau.
- '391' ran for 19 issues until 1924, serving as Picabia's polemical platform.
- In 1919, Picabia published a 'Manifeste dada' in '391' alongside Duchamp's mustachioed Mona Lisa.
- Picabia's drawing 'La Sainte Vierge' (1920) features a black ink blot interpreted as a critique of the Immaculate Conception.
- The exhibition includes works by artists who exiled in Barcelona, such as Marie Laurencin, Serge Charchoune, and Sonia Delaunay.
- The final section examines the influence of Spanish folklore and flamenco on exiled artists.
- Picabia's depictions of Spanish stereotypes like mantillas and fans are humorous and inspired by Ingres.
- The exhibition runs until November 29 at the Musée d'Art moderne de Céret.
Entities
Artists
- Francis Picabia
- Marcel Duchamp
- Albert Gleizes
- Juliette Roche
- Marie Laurencin
- Serge Charchoune
- Hélène Grünhoff
- Robert Delaunay
- Sonia Delaunay
- Natalia Gontcharova
- Louis Aragon
- Pablo Picasso
- Georges Clemenceau
- Jean-Roch Dumont Saint Priest
- Josep Dalmau
- Otho Lloyd
- Otto von Wätjen
- Olga Sacharoff
- Béla Szilárd
- Andrée Compère
- Dagoussia-Mouat
- Gabriël Buffet
- Gabriële Buffet
- Kees van Dongen
- Sacharoff
- Arthur Cravan
- Tristan Tzara
- Natalia Goncharova
- Gwendoline Corthier-Hardoin
- Michael Gibson
- Man Ray
- Alfred Stieglitz
Institutions
- Musée d'Art moderne de Céret
- Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía
- Museo Nacional Thyssen-Bornemisza
- Bibliothèque littéraire Jacques Doucet
- Fundación Mapfre
- Galerie 1900-2000
- Connaissance des Arts
- Musée de Céret
- Josep Dalmau gallery
- Musée Picasso de Barcelone
- Musée Thyssen
- International Herald Tribune
- Musée d'art moderne de Paris
- Musée d'Art Moderne de Céret
- Beaux Arts Magazine
Locations
- Céret
- France
- Barcelona
- Spain
- New York
- United States
- Madrid
- Paris
- Cuba
- Tossa de Mar
- Albi
- Fontevraud
- Portugal
- Pyrénées-Orientales
- Cannes
- Catalonia