Mythologies Quotidiennes
Paris: Musee d'Art Moderne de la ville de Paris, 1964. Original. Softcover. Plain white card wraps, stapled. Dj of lavender and white paint (looks to be original/unique) and large, black lettering. Multiple sky blue end papers. 28 pp. with bw images. Good- (Tear to head of spine, handwritten inscription in INK on front cover [what was she thinking!?], age toning to white card wraps, and art museum ex-lib. plate; contents quite good and with no extraneous marks, tears, chips, toning, etc.). Item #153758
Text in French. Catalogue from the exhibition, Mythologies Quotidiennes (Daily Mythologies), held at the Musee d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, July to October 1964. With an introductory essay by Gassiot-Talabot, the catalogue of 115 works, and advertisements. "The exhibition in July 1964 at the Musee d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris marks the symbolic beginning of the movement known as Narrative Figuration. Organized by artists Bernard Rancillac and Herve Telemaque and critics Gérald Gassiot-Talabots and Marie-Claude Dane, the exhibition reveals every artist's pure and formalistic "statement." Willingly using the grotesque, humor, and derision, these painters introduce the presentation with successive scenes or by juxtaposition or transformation of images. This movement began when abstraction was declining and comics, film and photography emerged as arts in their own right. Mythologies Quotidiennes features 34 artists who, like their American counterparts, put contemporary society and its images at the heart of their work. But, unlike their American counterparts, their work is more social and political." Artists included are Alleyn, Arnal, Arroyo, Atila, Berni, Bertholo, Bertini, Bettencourt, Beynon, Brusse, Buri, Cremonini, Dado, Fahlstrom, Foldes, Gaitis, Geissler, Gironella, Golub, Gracia, Kalinowski, Klasen, Kramer, Monory, Pistoletto, Rancillac, Faynaud, Raysse, Recalcati, Requighot, Saint-Phalle, Saul, Telemaque, and Voss. The woman who inscribed the catalogue to the ICA (Institute of Contemporary Art) on the front cover was Mrs. H. Fahnestock, the wife of millionaire Harris Fahnestock. Mrs. Fahnestock had her own wealth, was a philanthropic society lady, and annually paid any and all debts of the Boston Symphony. The exact nature of the catalogue cover is a subject which begs more research. It is certainly an original artwork for this publication, but the artist and the edition size remain unknown.
OCLC: 316865245
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