Matignon, Paris
Group Exhibition
Modern Icons: Portraits of the 20th Century
Helene Bailly Marcilhac[Scroll down for French version / Veuillez trouver ci-dessous la version française] This exhibition highlights the transformations of portraiture in modern art. It aims to showcase aesthetic innovations, conceptual novelties, and the unprecedented issues faced by artists in the 20th century. The five sections that compose it provide a broad panorama of medias, themes, and forms of expression. They serve as an educational introduction to a genre that is in perpetual resurgence. Initiated by the Impressionists, the avant-garde movements have nothing in common but their audacity. Symbolism, Fauvism, Dadaism, Cubism, as well as Futurism and Orphism, the detachment from pompier art opened up many new perspectives for artists. Galerie Helene Bailly presents a rare selection of portraits that provide a window on these avant-garde artists. ***** Cette exposition met en lumière les transformations du portrait dans l’art moderne. Elle veut mettre en lumière les inventions esthétiques, les nouveautés conceptuelles et les problématiques inédites auxquelles se confrontent les artistes du XXe siècle. Les cinq sections qui la composent offrent un large panorama de medias, de thèmes et de formes d’expression. Elles constituent une introduction pédagogique à un genre en perpetuelle réinvention.