Samuel Beckett
dal 12/3/2007 al 24/6/2007
Segnalato da
12/3/2007
Samuel Beckett
Centre Pompidou, Paris
A retrospective of the rich and unusual work of the great Irish novelist and playwright. Establishing a dialogue between the main themes of Beckett's work and contemporary artists, the exhibition reveals a new vision of the author of Waiting For Godot. Curated by Marianne Alphant and Nathalie Leger.
Retrospective
curated by Marianne Alphant, Nathalie Léger
After Hitchcock and art, Roland Barthes or indeed Jean Cocteau, the Centre Pompidou offers a retrospective of the rich and unusual work of the great Irish novelist and playwright Samuel Beckett (1906-1989). Establishing a dialogue between the main themes of Beckett's work and contemporary artists, the exhibition reveals a new vision of the author of Waiting For Godot.
For the public at large, Beckett is a writer difficult to seize, an
emaciated Irish man with the profile of an eagle. The exhibition the
Centre Pompidou is dedicating to him, in the line of those dedicated to
Roland Barthes or Jean Cocteau, shows a greatly varied work, including an
experimental movie (Film, shot in 1964 with Buster Keaton) and programs
for television. Aside from the elements expected from such a retrospective
(photographs, manuscripts and letters underline the choice of bilinguism
Beckett made, once he settled in France in 1938), the curators wished to
place the work of the Nobel winner face to face with that of artists who
were his contemporaries such as Sol LeWitt or Richard Ryman, or with
current creators who have designed visual or sound installations.
Opening: 13 march 2007
Centre Pompidou
Place Georges Pompidou - Paris
Hours 11- 21
Admission: 10 euro / 8 euro