A pillar of urban art in France, the artist from Nice, Ernest Pignon-Ernest, is the subject of an exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art in Nice until October 2. Ernest Pignon-Ernest was born in Nice in 1942.
Conceived by the artist, the exhibition at the MAMAC, built on hundreds of documents and works, offers the discovery of a work process and presents an innovative approach, retracing the exceptional journey of a creative force that exalts memory.
Ephemeral art decorates city walls and gives meaning to events in a permanent way. The paradox of art by Ernest Pignon-Ernest is that by embedding itself, even for just a short time, in the urban landscape, it leaves a lasting impression on people’s minds. Nice, Algiers, Soweto, Ernest Pignon-Ernest has left his mark on many cities around the world, sometimes with impactful images.
Ernest Pignon-Ernest also invests in the baroque architecture of the Saint-Pons Abbey Church overlooking the Pasteur University Hospital with the presentation of the series “Ecstasies”.
The large-format sheets of paper with curves and counter-curves hold portraits of great Christian mystics and seem to levitate above a mirror of water with dizzying reflections.
