Matisse Godon, New York — Tahiti

  • Dated: Octo­ber 2017
  • Media: Expat time

Matisse Godon, New York

The Matisse museum in north­ern France reg­u­larly invites con­tem­po­rary artists to enter into a dia­logue with its per­ma­nent col­lec­tions. Its lat­est show, sub­ti­tled Archi­tec­ture du rêve, gave local artist Alain Godon carte blanche on the theme of travel. It was inspired by Matisse’s jour­ney to Tahiti in 1930, evoked in the cut-​out works of the artist’s lat­ter years. London-​based Godon, once a graf­fiti artist, presents appar­ently sim­plis­tic paint­ings, char­ac­terised by vivid colours and out­lines defined by thin black strokes. Among the 150 works on dis­play are 49 draw­ings, 10 sculp­tures and five orig­i­nal instal­la­tions. Matisse, one of the 20th century’s most rev­o­lu­tion­ary artists, was born in Le Cateau– Cam­bré­sis. He founded the museum in 1952 by donat­ing 82 works.

Other arti­cles…

  • Jan­u­ary 2015
  • Feb­ru­ary 2015
  • Feb­ru­ary 2015
  • ALAIN GODON’S MIAMI EXHIBIT
    March 2015
  • Alain Godon présente une série de sculptures et de tableaux
    Feb­ru­ary 2015
  • Alain Godon, poète moderne
    Feb­ru­ary 2015
  • Barnes Art Exhibit
    Jan­u­ary 2015
  • Faites le tour du monde avec  Alain Godon
    Feb­ru­ary 2015
  • Alain Godon Exhibition
    May 2015
  • GODON AROUND THE WORLD
    March 2015
  • Guide, art incontournable
    Feb­ru­ary 2015
  • Front de mer touquettois totalement inédit
    July 2016
  • Alain Godon
    Sep­tem­ber 2015
  • Le monde est son terrain de jeu
    Jan­u­ary 2015
  • Le Monde vu par Alain Godon
    Feb­ru­ary 2015
  • Le tour du monde en 80 œuvres
    Feb­ru­ary 2015
  • Around the World in Eighty Works
    Feb­ru­ary 2015
  • Alain Godon insolite
    Novem­ber 2015