Rhythms and Vibrations
group exhibition
Galerie Lelong & Co.
4 June 2020 ›
24 July 2020
Galerie Lelong & Co.
13, rue de Téhéran
75008 Paris
https://www.galerie-lelong.com/en/expositions/82/rythmes-et-vibrations
Paris Gallery Weekend:
from Thursday 2 to Sunday 5 July 2020, 12 – 7 pm
Right from the start of abstract art, there was a split between two lines, indicating seemingly opposed tendencies: on the one hand a structured and economical art, often proscribing curves, seeming to privilege the cerebral and programmatic, and on the other, a warmer and more informal art in which spontaneity and sensitivity imposed their rhythm. Yet these two lines have never ceased overlapping and enriching each other. In the case of many painters, they co-exist or succeed one another.
This group exhibition includes works by Etel Adnan, James Brown, Nicola De Maria, Günther Förg, Samuel Levi Jones, Sean Scully and Juan Uslé.
Dès l’origine de l’art abstrait, deux lignes ont bifurqué, indiquant des tendances apparemment opposées : d’une part un art construit et économe, proscrivant souvent les courbes, semblant donner la primeur à la pensée et au programme, d’autre part, un art plus chaleureux et informel où la spontanéité et la sensibilité imposent leur rythme. Mais ces deux lignes n’ont jamais cessé de s’interpénétrer et de se nourrir mutuellement. Chez de nombreux peintres, elles cohabitent ou se succèdent.
