LES DÉTOURS DE L'ABSTRACTION

History recorded Kandinsky’s shock when, for the first time, in 1896, he found himself in front of the series of Monet’s Meules/Haystacks, an experience which he turned into the ground-breaking birth of abstraction. More than a century later, while the theoretical not to say political challenges which have gone hand in hand with the adventure of abstraction no longer have any currency, the fact still remains that abstract art is still endlessly evolving and diversifying, with a great freedom of tone. It is this feature which the exhibition of the Mudam Collection Les Détours de l’abstraction is intent on emphasizing, focusing on the dissolution of the motif and the appearance of forms.

Curators
Marie-Noëlle Farcy
Clément Minighetti