The Fondation Louis Vuitton’s new exhibition “Keys to a Passion,” the third phase of its inaugural program, reaffirms its commitment to provide a platform for dialogue, debate, and contemplation, and cements its status as one of the world’s top private cultural initiatives. “Keys to a passion” showcases a selection of iconic works that have been key to the development of modernity and have changed the course of art history in the 20th century. It includes works by artists such as Mondrian, Malevich, Rothko, Delaunay, Léger, Picabia, Munch, Dix, Giacometti, Matisse, Kupka, and Severini.The aim of “Keys to a Passion” is to encourage viewers to take their time and engage in an empathic dialogue the exhibition, and in doing so experience the unique essence and specific aura of each work. Deliberately limited in number and seldom presented next to one another, the works in “Keys to a passion” offer what the Fondation describes as “the potential for a genuine intellectual, sensory, and emotional encounter.”Highlights of the exhibition include Edvard Munch’s “The Scream (1893? 1910?), Kazimir Malevich’s “Complex Presentiment or Bust with a Yellow Shirt” (c. 1932), Mark Rothko’s “No. 46 [Black, Ochre, Red Over Red]” (1957), Robert Delaunay’s “The Cardiff Team” (1912–13), Fernand Léger’s “Three Women [Le Grand Déjeuner]” (1921–22), Claude Monet’s “Blue Waterlilies” 1916–19, Piet Mondrian’s “Composition 10 in Black and White, and “Henri Matisse’s “The Dance,” (1909–10), to name a few.According to the exhibition curator, Suzanne Pagé, the works in “Keys to a passion” come from different horizons, but in their respective eras they all “broke the rules” of art. “They are benchmarks and, like compasses, they continue to guide us,” she says. Adding, “These are touchstones that guided the composition of the collection, just as they have guided countless artists, art professionals, and art lovers … like Bernard Arnault, who wanted to share these works with the public in conjunction with the inauguration of the Foundation.”“Keys to a Passion” is structured around four themes, which according to Pagé, echo the four “lines” that underpin the Foundation’s contemporary collection: Subjective Expressionism, Contemplative, Popist, and Music / Sound. Subjective Expressionism evokes questions about life and death, angst and loneliness; Contemplative investigates the significance of contemplation and meditation as a line of enquiry in the Fondation’s collection; Popist engages with the vitality, momentum, and progress of modern life; and Music explores the close relationship between art and music.In the exhibition catalogue, Bernard Arnault, President of the LVMH group and of the Fondation Louis Vuitton, says that “Keys to a Passion” is an expression of one the Fondation’s key missions, which is to propose a sense of historical perspective for evolving trends in art and contemporary creation through works that it deems to be “keys” to the creations of the 20th century. According to Arnault, the exhibition poses the question: “in the ever-changing realm of creativity, isn’t looking at the past the most convincing way to welcome the most innovative new ideas?”“Keys to a passion” highlights the Foundation’s collaborative relationships with major French and international institutions. Lenders to the exhibition include: The State Hermitage museum, Saint Petersburg; Tate Modern, London; MoMA, New York; The Munch Museum, Oslo; Guggenheim, New York; Gemeentemuseum, The Hague; The Pushkin Museum, Moscow; The Kröller-Müller Museum, Otterlo; The State Russian Museum, Moscow; MNAM-Centre Pompidou, Paris; Kunsthaus, Zürich; MOCA, Los Angeles.“Keys to a Passion” is at the Fondation Louis Vuitton until July 6
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