Flamenco, Avant-garde and popular culture in Spain
- from: 05.07.2008
- to: 31.08.2008
- In: Petit Palais, Musée des Beaux-Arts de la Ville de Paris
Between Andalusian tradition and European modernity
An exhibition to understand the relationship between Andalusian culture and artistic avant-garde
agenda
July 5 to August 31, 2008
Practical
Petit Palais, Avenue Winston Churchill, 75008 Paris
Subject of the exhibition
In association with the Museo Nacional - Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, Madrid, the Petit Palais pays tribute to flamenco with an exhibition titled "Flamenco, Avant-garde and popular culture in Spain. 1865-1936".
Flamenco, emblem of the Andalucian culture, is a vector of the Spanish modernity. The exhibition presents the relations between this popular art and the artistic vanguards of 1865 to 1936.
Flamenco brings together culture of the elite and popular culture. On the one hand, avant-garde artists - Picasso, Man Ray, Miró, Goncharova, Picabia - use flamenco motifs as a pretext for formal experimentation. On the other hand, popular media - caricature, advertising and movies - contribute to the construct of an ambivalent Spanish identity articulated around the themes of festivals, beauty, identity, as well as poverty, excess and death.
Works
The museography, dispersed across 10 rooms, presents a demanding and singular selection to the public eye, with over 150 works by 60 artists: painting, sculpture, engraving, drawing, photography and costume which, through their aesthetic power, demonstrate the emotional force associated with flamenco.
Documentary and fictional films will complement the exhibition.
The works are drawn from private collections and museums in Europe, the United States and Israel.
- Updated: 04.09.2008
