Wols, Natural histories, Center Pompidou
du 4 mars 2020 au 18 mai 2020
WolsFrom March 4 to May 18, the Center Pompidou graphic arts gallery is hosting an exhibition dedicated to the artist Wols.
Of Wols, who died in 1951, we often only remember the tragic destiny so closely linked to history: the choice of exile while Germany was consumed by Nazism; the precariousness of the undocumented emigrant; internment in camps in the southern zone after the outbreak of the conflict; the wanderings, after the war, in Saint-Germain-des-Prés where he completed his slow suicide through alcohol.
The exhibition aims to reread his drawing, in the light of his other practices, writing, photography and painting. Conceived as an initiatory journey, it is divided into five sections – trap, transmute, concentrate, decompose, splash – describing the way in which Wols transposes the world he perceives into his images.
Wols, Exposition Centre Pompidou - vidéo
Wols, Histoires naturelles, Centre Pompidou - vidéo