Yan Pei-Ming
dal 14/6/2012 al 18/9/2012
Segnalato da
14/6/2012
Yan Pei-Ming
Musee des Beaux-Arts, Nantes
A perfect day. The artist, invited to present his work in the chapelle de l'Oratoire, has chosen to emphasise the museum's remarkable collection of baroque paintings. Confronting the museum's Italian and Flemish masterpieces, Ming continues his analysis of occidental heritage.
Beinaschi and Rubens invite Yan Pei-Ming
The artist, Yan Pei-Ming, invited to present his work in the chapelle de l’Oratoire, has chosen to emphasise the museum’s remarkable collection of baroque paintings.
Born in Shanghai in 1960, Yan Pei-Ming moved to Dijon in 1980, where he attended the School of Fine Arts. Famous for his Mao portraits, characterized by large formats painted in grisaille, the artist is known for a gestural painting, expressing passionately the features of its models.
During his residency at the Villa Médicis in 1993, he created a monumental piece of art, inspired by a Chinese tale, The 108 Outlaws, depicting the people around him in Rome and all of those who came by to visit him. In this way, he mixed up, with talent, the past and the present.
For his exhibition in Nantes, Ming will finally bring an old project to life. Indeed, even if he is not familiar with Christian culture because of his origins, he has been exposed to it frequently since his arrival in France. Thus, he was hoping to find a suitable place to carry out his large self-portraits which express an attitude of meditation. The chapelle de l’Oratoire is exactly the sort of place that can accommodate such paintings. Confronting the museum’s Italian and Flemish masterpieces, Ming continues his analysis of occidental heritage, which he begun at the Louvre where he took La Joconde as a subject, while conceiving and developing the landscape in which Leonardo da Vinci placed his model.
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Dans le cadre du Voyage à Nantes
Sans cimaise et sans pantalon
June 15th 2012 - August 19th 2012
During the Museum of Fine Arts'renovation and expansion, its collection is being shown SANS CIMAISE ET SANS PANTALON in eight special places in Nantes (as well as the Palais Tokyo, Paris). By displaying the paintings ans sculptures in unusual places, curator Alain Séchas aims to increase awareness of the quality of the city's collection and to draw the public into a greater appreciation of the history of art.
Press contacts
Véronique Triger: T 02 51 17 45 40 / veronique.triger@mairie-nantes.fr
Adeline Biguet: T 02 51 17 45 85 / mba.communication@mairie-nantes.fr
Chapelle de l'Oratoire
Musée des Beaux-Arts de Nantes
Place de l'Oratoire - 44000 Nantes, France
from Tuesday to Sunday, from 10 am to 7 pm (except Monday)