Miriam Cahn's Three-Decade Survey at Galerie Jocelyn Wolff

Galerie Jocelyn Wolff in Paris presents a survey of Miriam Cahn's work from 1979 to 2009, featuring around fifty pieces. The exhibition is organized around the abstract painting "Cerveau de ma mère," with works grouped thematically and chromatically rather than chronologically. Cahn, a Basel-based artist, began drawing in the 1970s, working on the floor with charcoal and chalk on paper, sometimes using the street as her studio. In the 1990s, she transitioned to standing and painting in oil. Her practice emphasizes the autonomy of drawing, treating it as equivalent to painting, with each work completed in just a few hours. War, particularly the Gulf and Balkan conflicts, is a recurring subject; she uses the term "clusters" to describe her rapid execution. Cahn aims to reinterpret art history from a female perspective, exploring a pre-cultural world where humans, animals, and plants are not yet separated. Her inscriptions recall Cy Twombly, while her colors produce hallucinatory retinal impacts. The exhibition runs from January 15 to March 7, 2009.