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Alberto Giacometti Retrospective

2016.03.22 - 07.31

Exhibition

	2016.03.22 Tuesday - 07.31 Sunday

Artist	Alberto Giacometti
Curator	Catherine Grenier,克里斯坦·阿兰黛特
Space Designer	Adrien Gardère
Opening	2016.03.22
Opening Hours	10:00-21:00（Sunday to Thursday）;10:00-24:00（Friday to Saturday）; Closed on Mondays.

Giacometti’s retrospective is curated by Catherine Grenier, director of Fondation Giacometti, who previously served as the deputy director of the National Museum of Modern Art – Centre Pompidou, with the associate curator Christian Alandete. The exhibition will present about 250 works owned by the Fondation Giacometti, which becomes a comprehensive overview of the artist's career spanning half a century, including the most iconic "Walking Man" (1960), "Spoon Woman" 1927 (1953 version), "Walking Woman" (1932), "The Nose" (1947), "The Cage" (1951). The exhibition covers the entire career of Giacometti from his early years, the cubist and surrealist period all the way to the 1960s’ prolific period. Giacometti’s widely acclaimed works, such as portrait drawings, paintings, photographs, manuscripts and other archival material, will provide abundant clues for comprehensive understanding and appreciation of his art. ‘Intimate Paris and vertical New York’shape sharp contrast in Giacometti’s art. The extremely tiny works that he created in his 23-square-meter studio in Montparnasse, Paris and the later works - huge monumental bronze sculptures finished in Manhattan, will form strong visualtensioninthe scene. Hislegendary Paris studio is displayedin full size on site. The existential spirit and humanism conveyed will become the most thrilling part of the exhibition.

The exhibition is not only a comprehensive review of the artist`s creation career, but also tries to reflect theculture and life of an exciting era after the war in the 20th century. Giacometti very early on became aware of the importance of the photographic image, and his atelier rapidly became a space for the mystification of the artist. ThereGiacometti had posed for many greatest photographers of the era including Henri Cartier-Bresson, Man Ray, Irving Penn etc. Giacomettiwas also close tonumerous cultural figures of his age such as Samuel Becket, Jean-Paul Sartre,Jean Genet. An abundantof related works will be presented on site as an inseparable part of the exhibition. This exhibitionattempts to provide multi-dimensional viewing experiences to audiences by restoring the humanistic sceneries of the artist’s time. For example, a Giacometti’s Café will be brought to the museum in full size according to model of one of the café that the artist frequently visited in Paris.

The YuzMuseum has launched a series of public education programs to preheatthe exhibition, helping the audienceunderstand and appreciatethe art ofGiacometti from multiple angles. Before the opening on March 22, 2016, the public education events held at the Yuz Museum included a first “yuztalk” on Giacometti. Adrien Gardère, the leading scenographer and museographer who is creating a spectacular scenography for the exhibition, had a wonderful conversation with Ashok Adicéam, the director of the Yuz Foundation. By defining the museum, its mission and its spaces, as well as presenting the rules which govern the exhibition design, both shared their experience on 15th November.21 public educational events will be organized during the exhibition, including a film screening of "visit Giacometti`s Parisstudio", lectures about Giacometti at the China Academy of Fine Art, Chinese contemporary artists talk about "Portrait =Monument?","Restoring Giacometti - stories behind the exhibition" and so on. Chinese artists will participate in the countdown activity ‘50 Giacometti’, which will provide a vivid reference and inspiration for the audience to understand and appreciate Giacometti. (See the final schedule on the Yuz Museum’s website and the official accounts release)

In 2016, the 50th anniversary of Giacometti's death, a series of commemorative exhibitions about this master will be launched worldwide.London'sTate Britain,ParisPicassoMuseum of Art and other top international art museums will hold exhibitions for Giacometti. The retrospective in YuzMuseum, Shanghai is an important contribution of this round of global commemorations, also the only station in Asia. Comparing to other modern art exhibitions, this show is dedicated to presenting a “contemporary” Giacometti. Bringing this modernist master into a contemporary art space, which is converted from a huge aviation hangar, to have an open conversation with today’s audiences in China and the contemporary art world. The exhibitionwill alsoprovide stronghistorical context to support the Yuz Museum’s rich collection of contemporary art.

About Artist

Alberto Giacometti, one of the greatest sculptors and artists of the 20th century, is widely regarded as the embodiment of the spirit of modernism. Artistic images including the sculpture of "walking man" created by him, owning to the depiction of the postwar human psychology of the 20th century, have become immortal masterpieces in the art history. As one of the spokesmen of the modern art of the 20th century, Giacometti has profound impact onthe development of thepostwarmodern art, and has been an artist acclaimed by the world’s community of artists.Therefore he is widely recognized as "the artist of the artists". He has also influenced many Chinese artists` practice as well as their perception of modern art.

About Curators

Catherine Grenier

Director, Fondation Giacometti

General Curator of the exhibition

Heritage curator and art historian, Catherine Grenier is the Director of the Fondation Giacometti since 2014. She previously served as deputy director of the National Museum of Modern Art – Centre Pompidou where she curated over thirty exhibitions of modern and contemporary artists, including Boltanski installation for Monumenta 2009 at the Grand Palais in Paris and more recently PlurialModernities and Martial Raysse retrospective at Centre Pompidou. Since joining the foundation, she has organized new Giacometti exhibitions at the Galleria d’ArteModerna of Milan, the Fundación Canal of Madrid and the PeraMüzesi of Istanbul and at Fonds Hélène &Edouard Leclerc in Landerneau, Brittany. She has devoted numerous publications to contemporary artists, such as Annette Messager, Christian Boltanski, Sophie Ristelhueber, Maurizio Cattelan, and to modern artists, including Salvador Dalí. She regularly publishes essays, such as "La fin des musées ?" in 2013 and more recently "La manipulation des images dansl’artcontemporain" (Éditions du Regard).

Christian Alandete

Head of programs and editions

Associate curator of the exhibition, Fondation Giacometti

Trained as a curator in the postgraduate program Curatorlab at Konstfack University College of Art, Stockholm. Christian Alandete also hold a Master degree in Cultural Studies at Université Lyon 2. He is currently serving as Head of programs and editions at Fondation Giacometti where he has been coordinating more a dozen publications dedicated to Alberto Giacometti published in collaboration with the foundation. He has been associate curator for Giacometti exhibitions in Istanbul, Landerneau and Shanghai. He curated a dozen exhibitions of contemporary art in France and abroad and since 2008 has been curating the performances program Score (performances) at Fondationd’entrepriseRicard.

About Stage Designer

Catherine Grenier

Director, Fondation Giacometti

General Curator of the exhibition

Alberto Giacometti Walking Man I, 1960 Bronze 180.5 x 27 x 97 cm Collection Fondation Giacometti, Paris, inv. 1994-0186 Estate Giacometti (Fondation Giacometti + ADAGP) Paris, 2015

Alberto Giacometti, Tall Woman IV, 1960,Bronze,270 x 31.5 x 56.5 cm Collection Fondation Giacometti, Paris inv. 1994-0174 Estate Giacometti (Fondation Giacometti + ADAGP) Paris, 2015

Alberto Giacometti, The Nose, 1947 (version in 1949),Bronze,80.9 x 70.5 x 40.6 cm Collection Fondation Giacometti, Paris, inv. 1994-0017

Alberto Giacometti, Black Annette, 1962,Oil on Canvas,55 x 45.8 cm Collection Fondation Giacometti, Paris, inv. 1994-0618 Estate Giacometti (Fondation Giacometti + ADAGP) Paris, 2015