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The exhibition
After Isadora Duncan dancing, Saveurs d'artistes, in the kitchen of painters or The Soul of the ForestThe Musée d'arts de Nantes continues to showcase its collections, with thematic displays in room 21 of the Palais.
This time, the exhibition is devoted to Nantes painter James Guitet (1925-2010). With a presentation of works drawn exclusively from the collections of the Musée d'arts de Nantes, notably its graphic arts cabinet, the museum aims to (re)discover one of the first painters trained at the École des beaux-arts de Nantes to turn to abstraction in the 1950s.
The retrospective display, from the 1950s to the 2000s, is complemented by several works by contemporaries (Natalia Dumitresco, Martin Barré, Daniel Dezeuze), allowing visitors to grasp possible biographical, technical and artistic similarities.
The presentation of James Guitet's paintings and works on paper is also an opportunity to go back in time to the Museum's own history. James Guitet's works in the collections offer a glimpse of the museum's first acquisitions and exhibitions of abstract art, from the 1960s (donated by Gildas Fardel, "James Guitet, pendant 30 ans" exhibition in 1974) to the present day (donated by the artist in 2006).
Curator:
Salomé Van Eynde, exhibition manager, Musée d'arts de Nantes.
Caption and credit:
James Guitet, La Porte, 1982. Work in 2 parts. Acrylic on canvas, 288 x 275 cm. Nantes, Musée d'arts de Nantes © Adagp, Paris 2024. Photo: © Gérard Blot/Agence photographique de la Réunion des Musées Nationaux - Grand Palais des Champs Élysées