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February 21 - June 28, 2008
Jean Miotte
Masterpieces from the Permanent Collection
Jean Miotte was born in Paris in 1926 and is one of the prime movers of
informel art. He has been creating works of art since 1948, working from
1958 with Sam Francis, Joan Mitchell, Jean-Paul Riopelle and Nicolas de
Staël at the Paris Gallery of Jaques Dubourg. Having had his works exhibited
throughout the world in subsequent decades, with wide media coverage, Jean
Miotte is now acknowledged as one of the most celebrated French
representatives of Informal painting: His works are currently to be found in
museums and major galleries in Europe, America and Asia. The artist works
and lives in Paris, southern France and New York.
Jean Miotte is known for his powerful use of colour. All his works are
characterized by a directness in which his expressive gesture acquires a key
role. He transforms the canvas into a vibrant surface, an area of tension
between colours in which a considered formal consciousness as well as
artistic spontaneity leave their imprint.
In 1990 55 international important artists of this time were invited to work
on Freedom and the UN Declaration of Human Rights together with the UN as
the supporter of this project. The artists selected one article of the human
rights for an artistical analysis. The first presentation took place in
Centre Pompidou, Paris. Memoir of Liberty embodies the concept that the
global need for recognition of human rights is as vital now as 1948, when
Rene Cassin first presented the Declaration of Human Rights to the United
Nations.
The Exhibition is a renewal of the conviction that the issue of human
rights is critical to the survival of our world.
Artists:
Alechinsky, Ben, Chia, Corneille, Indiana, Jenkins, Lewitt, Lichtenstein,
Lindstrom, Rauschenberg, Miotte, Schteinberg, Tapies, Tinguely, Viera da
Silva, Wesselman and others.
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