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Paris Summer: 7 Best Art Exhibitions 2015

Jackson Davies

The museums of Paris have already graced us with a fantastic selection of art exhibitions since the start of the year. La Toilette Naissance de L?Intime at the Mus?e Marmottan Monet was a particular stand out. While the cooler months are generally reserved for blockbuster exhibitions, the cultural hub that is Paris never fails to deliver on great art. The following is a list of the best summer exhibitions ranging from the usual favourites to contemporary giants.

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1. Pierre Bonnard at Mus?e D?Orsay

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Bonnard is one of the great French post-impressionist artists who worked with a group of artists named Les Nabis, it is only fitting that his oeuvre is shown in the palace of French art, the Mus?e D?Orsay. This exhibition surveys Bonnard?s representation of arcadia, in both figurative and landscape works. Bonnard preferred to work from memory and, like the impressionists, used colour rather than line to suggest form and volume. His works culminate into an emotive and idyllic aesthetic which, as history tells us, places him as one of the most individual painters of the post-impressionist movements.

 

2. Mona Hatoum at Pompidou Centre

Mona Hatoum is a Lebanese born Palestinian contemporary artist whose installation and video work explores violence, separation and imprisonment. This monograph exhibition focuses on Hatoum?s most celebrated art making and her interdisciplinary inclinations. Indeed, her provocative body of work of over one hundred pieces questions the audiences take on the increasingly contradictory and strange world we inhibit. Hatoum?s visceral and confronting work not only shakes complacency but alludes to political tension in the Middle East, which to this day still retains significance in her art.

 

3. Anish Kapoor at Ch?teau de Versailles

Exhibiting at Versailles is one of the greatest honours an artist can receive- Anish Kapoor?s metaphysical and adventurous sculptures make the best of the stunning historic environs. Concerned with the dualities of reality, imagination and vision, Kapoor?s work doesn?t require a political or straight forward response- rather he invites the viewer into a deeper sense of thinking, perhaps even a genuine attempt to ascertain the sublime.

 

4. Le Corbusier at Centre Pompidou


As a pioneer of modern architecture Le Corbusier had a huge influence on urban planning and sought to improve the living conditions of cities, based upon utopian ideals. This exhibition offers a clearer, more concise retrospect to Corbusier?s 50 year career, who has been well represented in other exhibitions before. Featuring a diverse range of architectural drawings, a collection of Corbusier?s paintings and sculptures are also on display to further convey the architect?s creative process.

 

5. Beaut? Congo at Foundation Cartier

The Foundation Cartier is a fabulous exhibition space for contemporary artists, from July 11 the foundation will look at Congolese art from the 1920s until now. Principally focused on painting, this exhibition provides an insightful perspective on Congolese politics and post colonialism in Africa- a rare, but very much welcome treat in the Parisian art scene.

 

6. Henry Darger at Mus?e d?Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris

This Exhibition of Henry Darger?s work follows a recent donation of over 45 works from the artist?s estate, combined with works from other institutions. Darger was an introverted American artist whose wild surrealistic illustrations accompanied his opus Realms of the Unreal ? a decades long literary piece which recounts a tale of war and rebellion. Darger was completely self-taught and has become an icon of Outsider Art, a movement of artistic expression which isolated itself from accepted culture.

 

7 . Patrick Neu at palais de Tokyo


Palais de Tokyo has an overtone of pretention and recent exhibitions have been lacking in substance. However we have high hopes for Patrick Neu, whose works, especially his glass work, evidence his exploration of world memory and past. Neu looks back at characters from the great Flemish painters, Bosch, Holbein, Rubens, and challenges traditional practice by using crystal glass and soot. The smoky, transparent effect is a definitely a successful one.

 

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