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Distributed on behalf of the Fondation Cartier, Paris Inaugurated on October 20, 1984, the Fondation Cartier pour l'art contemporain will celebrate its 30th anniversary this year. Following the release of , which showcased the remarkable Fondation Cartier building in Paris, this companion volume recounts thirty years of great exhibitions, events, and encounters in the museum's history. Conceived as a dictionary of the Fondation Cartier, this second publication presents the contributions of numerous artists, thinkers, and authors to the institution from its creation to the present day. This richly illustrated publication favors a playful nonlinear reading of its nearly two hundred entries and invites readers to delve into a history full of surprise, diversity, and eclecticism.
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A richly illustrated publication documenting thirty years of contemporary art at the Fondation Cartier
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In 2014, for its 30th anniversary, the Fondation Cartier pour l'art contemporain published a box set of two lavishly illustrated books recounting its history through the lens of the values it has espoused and embodied: boldness, avid curiosity and commitment to the artists.
The second volume relays the voices of important figures who are close to the Fondation Cartier--artists, advisors, art critics, friends-- and who have shaped the history of the institution. Bringing together 2,000 archival images, including unpublished photographs and rare documents (sketches of exhibition set design, personal archives of artists), this book offers a chronological journey throughout the exhibitions, performances and main events that took place since the creation of the Fondation Cartier in 1984.
Synopsis
Inaugurated on October 20, 1984, the Fondation Cartier pour l'art contemporain will celebrate its 30th anniversary this year. Following the release of
Fondation Cartier pour l'art contemporain, Volume 1, which showcased the remarkable Fondation Cartier building in Paris, this companion volume recounts thirty years of great exhibitions, events, and encounters in the museum's history.
Conceived as a dictionary of the Fondation Cartier, this second publication presents the contributions of numerous artists, thinkers, and authors to the institution from its creation to the present day. This richly illustrated publication favors a playful nonlinear reading of its nearly two hundred entries and invites readers to delve into a history full of surprise, diversity, and eclecticism.
About the Author
Since it was founded in 1984, the Fondation Cartier pour l'art contemporain has become recognized throughout the world for its support of both new and well-established artists, and for its groundbreaking exhibitions in the flexible modular space designed by Jean Nouvel.