Until November 13, 2011
The Maeght Foundation is organizing a retrospective of Eduardo Chillida (1924-2002).
This “sculptor turned blacksmith” (Gaston Bachelard) is famous for his monumental sculptures as well as for his graphic and poetic collages.
This exhibition, which stems from the close relationship the Spanish artist maintained with Aimé Maeght, features nearly 140 works: 80 sculptures and 60 works on paper.
To this artist who wrote, “I have never sought beauty. But when things are done the way they should be, beauty can happen to them,” the Maeght Foundation pays an admiring tribute, enriched by the long-lasting friendship that unites the Chillida and Maeght families.
Between the interior and exterior spaces of the Maeght Foundation, this exceptional retrospective allows the public to discover, in a chronological journey, the different stages of the evolution of this major 20th-century artist’s work.
This unique exhibition gathers works from the Chillida family, the Maeght Foundation’s collections and the Maeght family, as well as loans from some of the largest European collections.
Some of his works are unveiled to the public for the first time.
While Eduardo Chillida is known as the artist of iron, the exhibition organized by the Maeght Foundation is an opportunity to discover the different materials worked by the artist at all stages of his creation: wood, alabaster, chamotte clay, granite, concrete…
This retrospective also presents his work on paper, particularly the engravings and superb collages, full of strength and sobriety, as well as his “gravitations,” a technique created by Eduardo Chillida in the mid-1980s, halfway between collage and sculpture.
