L'Âge atomique, Les artistes à l'épreuve de l'histoire
The exhibition
In Paris, the Musée d’Art Moderne revisits the history of modernity by exploring the imaginary of the atom through the artistic representations that scientific discovery and its applications, notably the nuclear bomb, give rise to. With approximately two hundred and fifty multimedia works and unpublished documentation, the exhibition, both artistic and scientific, proves to be
fascinating.
The remarkable research work of the two curators, Julia Garimorth and Maria Stavrinaki, allows us, via a journey through the history of art from the beginning of the 20th century, to understand that if the atomic age is that of all contradictions, it is above all “a new age of humanity”. By putting into perspective, through their questions, the positivism inherited from the 19th century, the artists and the exhibition reawaken the anxiety inevitably aroused by nuclear power and teach us to grasp a new experience of time.
Excerpt from the article by Guillaume Lasserre published in N°112 of the magazine Art Absolument. Published on January 15, 2025
fascinating.
The remarkable research work of the two curators, Julia Garimorth and Maria Stavrinaki, allows us, via a journey through the history of art from the beginning of the 20th century, to understand that if the atomic age is that of all contradictions, it is above all “a new age of humanity”. By putting into perspective, through their questions, the positivism inherited from the 19th century, the artists and the exhibition reawaken the anxiety inevitably aroused by nuclear power and teach us to grasp a new experience of time.
Excerpt from the article by Guillaume Lasserre published in N°112 of the magazine Art Absolument. Published on January 15, 2025
When
11/10/2024 - 09/02/2025