Yves Klein, Anthropométrie sans titre (ANT 84), 1960, Collection MAMAC, Nice, © Succession Yves Klein c/o ADAGP Paris, 2024
A dialogue with Yves Klein in the collection of the Nice Matisse Museum.
MAMAC next door
From Tuesday to Sunday 10 am – 6 pm
Until the end of his life, Matisse has been searching for “something beyond real space” and challenging the conventions of traditional painting. With his paper cut-outs, he embraces an artistic radicalism that transcends all pre-existing frameworks during a time when technical progress in aviation “led to a new understanding of the sky, perspectives, and space.” This appropriation of space and this quest for “something beyond real space” resonate with Yves Klein (1928-1962). As early as 1946, Klein “signed the back of the sky with his name, claiming this infinite space as one of his canvases”.
Known for his monochrome propositions and “zones of pictorial sensitivity”, Yves Klein shares affinities with Matisse, whose work extends far beyond the traditional concept of easel painting. For Matisse, colour invades space in works without limits, blurring the edges as pure pigment overtakes the surface.
The Nice Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art (MAMAC) being currently closed for redevelopment, the Nice Matisse Museum shows eight works by Yves Klein. This loan, part of the MAMAC’s off-site exhibition programme, highlights the dynamic collaborative research between the two museums.
Monthly tours
MAMAC offers an immersion into the work of Yves Klein and Henri Matisse one Saturday a month from 11am to 12pm:
¤ Saturday, November 23st, 2024
¤ Saturday, December 21st, 2024
¤ Saturday, January 25th, 2025
¤ Saturday March 1st, 2025
¤ Saturday March 29th, 2025
1-hour tours in French. Reservations required: publics.musee.matisse@ville-nice.fr
Exhibition curator:
Une proposition d’accrochage d’Hélène Guenin, directrice du MAMAC et Aymeric Jeudy, directeur du Musée Matisse
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