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Gilot Françoise

The Years in France


  • Silvana
  • Expo: 16/07/2021 - 31/10/2021, Musée Estrine, Saint Rémy de Provence
  • by Elisa Farran, Annie Maïllis
The work of Françoise Gilot's 'French years' reveals the archaeology of an artistic production that is little known in France: the artist had dared to leave Picasso, tell her story about life with him, and emigrate to the USA, thus cutting herself off from critics and galleries that followed stricThe international movement to reassess the work of women artists, of which Françoise Gilot's oeuvre is certainly an important part, should restore this extraordinary artist to her rightful place in the art world.

ISBN 9788836649600 | EN | HB
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Publisher Silvana
ISBN 9788836649600
Author(s) Elisa Farran, Annie Maïllis
Publication date September 2021
Edition Hardback
Dimensions 260 x 240 mm
Illustrations 90 col. & bw ill.
Pages 120
Language(s) English ed.
Exhibition Musée Estrine, Saint Rémy de Provence
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The work of Françoise Gilot’s ‘French years’ reveals the archaeology of an artistic production that is little known in France: the artist had dared to leave Picasso, tell her story about life with him, and emigrate to the USA, thus cutting herself off from critics and galleries that followed strict orders from the genius.
‘I don’t paint what I see but rather what concerns me’: Françoise Gilot’s dictum sums up an oeuvre based entirely on a search for her identity through painting, drawing, or engraving, in her still lifes as well as in her portraits, in her choice of figurative art or abstraction. This quest is the origin of a multiplicity of approaches from which a dynamic emerges, shifting the artist toward abstract art with pure, brilliant colours, which would become her trademark, as in the Labyrinth Series, in which Theseus, her mythical alter ego, loses his bearings in order to find himself.
The international movement to reassess the work of women artists, of which Françoise Gilot’s oeuvre is certainly an important part, should restore this extraordinary artist to her rightful place in the art world.

Saint-Rémy-de-Provence, Musée Estrine, July - December 2021