Françoise Gilot: The Years in France

Françoise Gilot’s 'French years' reveal an oeuvre that remains too little known, especially in France: after all, Gilot had dared to leave Picasso, who had instructed galleries and critics to reject her. Published for the artist’s 100th birthday, this book attempts to correct this deliberate eclipse of her accomplishment as a painter. Containing more than 90 colour images of her paintings and drawings, this hardcover book gives a complete overview of formative moments in her career.'I don’t paint what I see but rather what concerns me': whether in painting, drawing or engraving, in her still lifes or in her portraits of Picasso and her children, in her choice of figurative art or abstraction, this dictum holds true. Throughout these shifts, an aptitude for pure, brilliant colour would become her trademark, as in the 'Labyrinth Series', in which Theseus, her mythical alter ego, loses his bearings in order to find himself.
ISBN 9788836649600. Silvana Editoriale . hb. 120 pages. 90 colour ills. 26 x 24 cm.
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