Commissariat
Agnès de la Beaumelle, Honorary Chief Curator, Centre Pompidou
Marie-Laure Bernadac, Honorary Chief Curator, Musée du Louvre
Denis Hollier, Professor of Literature, French Department at New York University
dates
Apr 03 → Sep 14, 2015
place
Galerie 3
Expert advisor
Jean Jamin
Partnership
The Leiris & Co. exhibition is organised in partnership with the musée du quai Branly and the Bibliothèque littéraire Jacques Doucet.
At the crossroads of art, literature and ethnography, this exhibition dedicated to Michel Leiris (1901-1990) is the first of its kind. As a prominent 20th century intellectual, though relatively unknown, Leiris was both a poet and an autobiographical writer, as well as a professional ethnographer and very close friend of many great artists and writers of his times.
Encompassing nearly 350 works, including many masterpieces by his closest artist friends (Miró, Masson, Giacometti, Picasso, Bacon…), African and Caribbean artefacts and works of art, a wide array of manuscripts, books, films and music, this exhibition aims at shedding light upon Michel Leiris' multi-faceted character, his passions and commitments. It equally sets out to highlight the innovative aspect of his oeuvre and the pertinence of his ideas, which, at a time of globalisation and post-colonial studies, have made him an essential contemporary reference.
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