GERMAINE RICHIER
28 OCTOBER 2006 – 5 FEBRUARY 2007
GERMAINE RICHIER is the first retrospective dedicated to the French sculptor
in Italy and marks the return of the artist to the limelight as one of the most
important sculptors of the twentieth century.
Curated by Luca Massimo Barbero, it is the first comprehensive showing of Richier’s
work in Italy, and the first large-scale exhibition anywhere since the 1996 retrospective
at the Fondation Maeght. Originated by the presence of an important work by Richier,
Tauromachy (1953), in the collection of Peggy Guggenheim, the exhibition presents
a selection of almost 70 works, including bronze sculptures, small casts, lithographs
and drawings.
The show, which extends from the temporary exhibition galleries to the garden,
is made possible by the collaboration with the Archives Françoise Guiter
in Paris. The exhibition is accompanied by a catalogue published by the Peggy
Guggenheim Collection, with essays by the Archives Françoise Guiter, Luca
Massimo Barbero, and Giorgio Mastinu, which devotes particular attention to the
iconographic repertoire of Germain Richier, including photographic prints of
the works that Germaine Richier commissioned from Brassaï. The programs
of the Peggy Guggenheim Collection are supported by the Peggy Guggenheim Collection
Advisory Board, Institutional Patrons and Intrapresæ Collezione Guggenheim.
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