This Thursday, November 17, 2011, at 11:45 AM at the Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art of the City of Nice
The highlight of this tribute is the placement of “La Tulipe” that Arman wished to see displayed on the walls of the Museum. “La Tulipe” is a Triumph Spitfire exploded by the artist in a quarry in Vence, on March 30, 2001, as part of his retrospective exhibition “Passage à l’acte” at the Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art of Nice.
The “Arman Marital Trust,” owner of this work, represented by Corice Canton Arman, the artist’s widow, wished to honor his desire.
Thus, starting from the anniversary of Arman’s birth, this work will now be displayed on the museum walls.
“La Tulipe” will undoubtedly become an iconic work of the Museum, much like César’s “Dauphine,” to which it responds.
The collection of the Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art of the City of Nice is primarily composed of works from the New Realism movement, of which Arman was one of the founders. The Museum has already acquired 21 works by the artist.
Arman, a native of the City of Nice, is one of the founding pillars of the Nice School.
A major French artist from the late 20th century, without him, there probably wouldn’t have been the formation of the “Nouveaux Réalistes” group, a major avant-garde art group in Contemporary Art, whose works are the essential axis of the collections of the Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art of the City of Nice, organized around three very important collections of works by Yves Klein, Niki de Saint-Phalle, and now Arman.
