Modern antiquity Picasso, de Chirico, Léger, Picabia Christopher Green, Jens M. Daehner

Catàleg de l'exposició presentada al J. Paul Getty Museum, Villa Getty, Malibú, del 2/11/2011 al 16/01/2012

Conté: "There is no antiquity": modern antiquity in the work of Pablo Picasso, Giorgio de Chirico, Fernand Léger, and Francis Picabia (1906-36) / Christopher Green, p. 1; A timely call: modern representation awakened by antiquity -De chirico, Picasso, and the classical vision / Silvia Loreti, p. 17; An alternative Classicism: Picabia with and against Picasso and De Chirico / Sara Cochran, p. 31; Antiquities made modern: double takes at ancient art / Jens M. Daehner, p. 43; Giorgio De Chirico: enigmas and lies, 1911-34 / Christopher Green, p. 65; Fernand Léger: "mass-produced" classics, 1920-35 / Christopher Green, 1920-35, p. 93; Francis Picabia: transparent strata and classical bodies, 1922-31 / Jens M. Daehner, p. 107; Pablo Picasso: more than pastiche, 1906-36 / Christopher Green, p. 125; Exhibition object list, p. 152; Works cited, p. 155; Illustration credits, p. 160; Index, p. 161

Juxtaposing 20th-century works with ancient objects, this exhibition focuses on how four eminent artists reinvented and transformed the artistic legacy of antiquity. Classicizing creations such as Giorgio de Chirico's enigmatic piazzas, Pablo Picasso's postcubist women, Fernand Léger's mechanized nudes, and Francis Picabia's "transparencies" made the arts of antiquity modern. The Getty Villa—a modern reconstruction of an ancient Roman house—and its antiquities collection provide a unique environment to experience early 20th-century art in relation to the classical past. feed their imaginations and yet remained radical figures in early 20th-century art. These avant-garde artists had no wish to return to a lost past; the antiquity they knew, primarily in museums, was for them a vital element of contemporary life. Their supporters believed that profound affinities existed between ancient and modern works. But these artists did not view antiquity as another culture to be compared with theirs. It was—for each of them in a different way—such a part of their present-day experience that it was in effect modern. exhibition are displayed alongside ancient art, continuing a dialogue between the modern and the antique that is still alive today. Exploring three thematic categories—stories, bodies, and objects—the exhibition illuminates what these 20th-century artists found arresting in ancient culture. As they have embraced and transformed antiquity, their works inform how we now perceive classical art.

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