Matisse Exhibition Coming to Johannesburg
JOHANNESBURG – The first wide-ranging show of the artist Henri Matisse in South Africa will be presented in Johannesburg later this year, the French Embassy in South Africa said on Monday. The show, “Rhythm and Meaning”, will run at the Standard Bank Gallery from 13 July to 17 September. It will be the fourth major exhibition […]
JOHANNESBURG – The first wide-ranging show of the artist Henri Matisse in South Africa will be presented in Johannesburg later this year, the French Embassy in South Africa said on Monday.
The show, “Rhythm and Meaning”, will run at the Standard Bank Gallery from 13 July to 17 September. It will be the fourth major exhibition of major 20th century modernist painters at the gallery, following Picasso, Marc Chagall and Joán Miro. Matisse died in 1954.
Ben Kruger CEO Standard Bank said in a statement, “The Henri Matisse exhibition will give South Africans the rare opportunity to experience the work of one of the twentieth century’s modern masters first hand. The exhibition forms part of our continued commitment to the support and development of the arts in South Africa from the multi disciplinary Standard Bank Young Artist Awards to grass roots jazz development at the Standard Bank Youth Jazz Festival.”
In collaboration with the Standard Bank, the French Embassy to South Africa, the French Institute of South Africa, and the Musée Matisse in Le Cateau Cambrésis (France), the exhibition will be co-curated by Patrice Deparpe, Director of the Musée Matisse, and Prof Federico Freschi, Executive Dean of the Faculty of Art, Design and Architecture at the University of Johannesburg.
“Of particular interest to South African audiences is the inspiration (Matisse) took from African and other non-Western art forms during the early 1900s while struggling to find a new visual language to express the particular experience of the new, modern age,” said Freschi.
The works will be drawn primarily from the collection of the Musée Matisse – which was established by Matisse himself in 1952 – and will be augmented with works from private collectors, and the Johannesburg Art Gallery. An extensive educational programme, aimed at primary and secondary school learners as well as the general art-loving public, will support the exhibition.
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The gallery is open Mon to Fri: 8.30am – 4.30pm and from 9am to 4pm Sat from 13th July – 17th September.
There are also walkabouts hosted by Wilhelm van Rensburg between 1pm and 2pm.
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