Traces du Sacré
Oh, lucky Parisians! The Pompidou has a massive exhibit up now called Traces du Sacré, which is a survey of artistic interpretations of religion and the mystical experience throughout the 20th century. According to e-flux:
'With “Traces du Sacré,” already promising to be one of the major artistic events of the year, the Centre Pompidou returns to the tradition of major multidisciplinary exhibitions that made its reputation, offering a visual exploration of one of the most pressing issues of our time.
Following what has come to be called “the disenchantment of the world,” a significant strain of modern art has found its roots in the turmoil attendant upon the loss of conventional religious belief, a terrain that continues to nourish the development of contemporary forms.
Taking in the whole history of twentieth-century art, from Caspar David Friedrich to Kandinsky, from Malevich to Picasso, and from Barnett Newman to Bill Viola, the exhibition looks at the way in which art to continues to testify, in often unexpected ways, to the existence of a universe beyond, remaining, in a thoroughly secularised world, the profane vehicle of an ineluctable need to rise above the quotidian.
This broad selection of paintings, sculptures, installations and videos brings together some 350 major works – many of them never seen before in France – by almost 200 artists of international renown.
The distinctively multidisciplinary character of the exhibition will be reflected in the Centre’s regular ancillary events, with a programme of film, concerts, video and live performance, a lecture series and a literary colloquium expanding on the theme.'
It is up through August 11th of this year, and then travelling to Munich. Hmmm, maybe another European jaunt is in order for me. Who wants to be my sponsor?
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