Georges Mathieu, Capital of the Arts, 1965. Perrotin.
Opening next week on August 28—Georges Mathieu at the Long Museum West Bund in Shanghai, the first major retrospective of work the artist in China
A key figure in the New School of Paris, Mathieu was one of the most original French painters of his generation, founding Lyrical Abstraction in 1946 and becoming one of its most tireless proponents. He was one of the few European painters who significantly impacted the Abstract Expressionist scene in New York. His now legendary public painting sessions anticipated performance art and, from the 1970s onwards, contributed to the emergence of the urban language of graffiti.
On a scale never before seen in Asia, the exhibition will showcase pieces from over four decades of creative activity, offering a unique opportunity to explore Mathieu’s prolific body of work and its vigorous and exhilarating celebration of gesture.