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ALBERTO GIACOMETTI AT THE GRIMALDI FORUM IN MONACO
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ALBERTO GIACOMETTI AT THE GRIMALDI FORUM IN MONACO

From July 3 till August 29

Alberto Giacometti holds a special place among emblematic 20th century artists . Both painter and sculptor , tempted by surrealism and deeply attached to reality , this melancholy dreamer has left a considerable legacy . It questions the artist ' s perception , but also human existence as such , in all its vagaries and finitude .

© Succession Alberto Giacometti ( Fondation Giacometti , Paris + ADAGP , Paris ) 2021
Fondation Giacometti © Succession Alberto Giacometti ( Fondation Giacometti , Paris + ADAGP , Paris ) 2021
This summer , the Grimaldi Forum in Monaco is offering an exceptional retrospective : ‘ Alberto Giacometti . The marvelous reality ’.
Held under the curatorship of Emilie Bouvard , scientific director of the Giacometti Foundation collections , this exhibition brings together some 230 works . Accompanied by photographs and presented in an original scenography , it introduces the visitors to the artist ’ s intimacy , following his different periods and grasping his favourite themes among which are the silhouette ,
Alberto Giacometti in his workshop , May 1954 Photo : Arnold Newman / Arnold Newman Collection / via Getty Images
Fondation Giacometti © Succession Alberto Giacometti ( Fondation Giacometti , Paris + ADAGP , Paris ) 2021
L ’ homme qui marche II ( The Walking Man II ), 1960 Plaster 188,5 x 29,1 x 11 cm
Annette noire ( Black Annette ), 1962 Oil on canvas 55 x 45,8 cm
Fondation Giacometti © Succession Alberto Giacometti ( Fondation Giacometti , Paris + ADAGP , Paris ) 2021
L ’ objet invisible ( Invisible Object ), 1934-35 Plaster 153 x 32 x 29 cm
Fondation Giacometti © Succession Alberto Giacometti ( Fondation Giacometti , Paris + ADAGP , Paris ) 2021
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Le Nez ( Nose ), 1947 Plaster 82,5 x 71 x 37 cm the female body and an ever changing face to be explored . Amazing enough by someone who used to declare : ‘ Only reality is capable of awakening the eye , of tearing it away from its solitary dream , its vision , to force it into the conscious act of seeing ’.
Large bronzes , plasters , paintings , drawings , prints ... This retrospective will take you on the artist ’ s journey in search of the absolute an ever elusive form that used to fascinate and amaze him . Be it particular characters or anything he would see around — small objects in his workshop , the Parisian suburbs or the landscapes of his Swiss childhood … Everything is sublimated by the acuity of the artist ’ s perception , taking us on his inner journey . An absolutely fascinating experience .
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