Tarsila do Amaral is on display at the Luxembourg Museum for a major retrospective.
The RMN publishes the catalog of the exhibition which will be held in the Parisian museum until February 2, 2025. There is also the small format book of the same name published by Gallimard in co-publishing with the RMN.
The exhibition will then head to Bilbao to conquer the public of the fabulous Guggenheim Museum.
An artist to discover or rediscover
If you haven’t seen the exhibition yet Painting modern Brazilnow is the time to discover or rediscover the vibrant canvases of the Brazilian artist! Discover our report here.
The sumptuous catalogue, accompanying the exhibition, tells the story of the artist’s career following the route proposed by the museum.
Abundantly illustrated, photographs and documents alternate with fascinating texts under the direction of Cécilia Braschi, art historian.
The official catalog of the exhibition Tarsila do Amaral – Painting Brazil is a perfect extension of the very beautiful exhibition dedicated to the most Parisian of Brazilians. To purchase or browse the official exhibition catalog Click here or Click here
The exhibition notebook
This 64-page book is interesting for several reasons. It offers a synthesis of the artist’s life and work. Numerous illustrations punctuate the reading. As we unfolded the pages, we admired several paintings by Tarsila do Amaral. To browse or buy this book Click here
About the official catalog
A central figure in Brazilian art and the artistic and cultural revival of the early 20th century known as “modernismo”, Tarsila do Amaral (1886-1973) is undoubtedly one of the most popular artists in Brazil.
Tarsila moved to Paris in 1920 and forged her style with Fernand Léger, Albert Gleizes and André Lhote. At the crossroads of two cultures and two continents, his work explores social and racial questions, giving us an indigenous imagination as it is internalized, dreamed or even idealized and landscapes whose telluric and archaic evocations are telescoped by the modern face of the South American metropolises undergoing profound and rapid transformation.
His painting invites us to rethink the divisions between traditions and avant-gardes, centers and peripheries, scholarly and popular cultures while questioning extremely topical notions, such as indigenism, cultural heritage and colonialism. All these references are observed and translated into an original, accessible and modern pictorial vocabulary.
In addition to his production from the 1920s linked to the “modernist”, “Pau Brasil” and “anthropophagic” movements, this catalog shows his work from the 1930s to 1960s and allows us to deepen the political, militant and spiritual dimension of the artist, perfectly anchored in the Brazilian culture of her time and always receptive and permeable to current instances of Western arts. To purchase or browse the official exhibition catalog Click here or Click here
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