Alberto Giacometti
Collection of the Alberto and Annette Giacometti Foundation, Paris
13 October 2012–9 January 2013
Fundación Proa
Av. Pedro de Mendoza 1929
Buenos Aires, Argentina
T 54 11 4104 1000/1001
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Organized by Alberto and Annette Foundation,
Base7 Projetos Culturais and Fundación Proa
Curator: Véronique Wiesinger
For the first time in Argentina, Fundación Proa presents Alberto Giacometti: Collection of the Alberto and Annette Giacometti Foundation, Paris, a major exhibition of the artist’s work curated by Véronique Wiesinger and organized by the Alberto and Annette Giacometti Foundation, Base7 Projetos Culturais and Fundación Proa, with the support of Tenaris – Techint.
Alberto Giacometti: Collection of the Alberto and Annette Giacometti Foundation, Paris offers a comprehensive overview covering 50 years of artistic production, from his early beginnings until the 1960s. The clusters of work formulated by the curator are the discovery of primitive art; the question of the human head; objects; cages and frames; the dimensions of representation; figures, busts and monuments. Each of them betrays the artist’s aesthetic concerns, which are also reflected in his writings and interviews.
The exhibition catalogue, a joint venture of the Alberto and Annette Giacometti Foundation and Fundación Proa, includes texts by the curator, Giacometti’s own writings, a biography of the artist, reproductions of works, as well as never-before-published research on Giacometti’s ties to South America. It constitutes, therefore, essential reference material on the artist in the Spanish language.
Sponsor
Tenaris – Techint
Opening times
Tuesday to Sunday, 11–7pm
Daily guided tours
Tuesday to Friday, 5pm
Saturday and Sunday, 3pm and 5pm
educacion [at] proa.org
Alberto and Annette Giacometti Foundation, Paris
Base7 Projetos Culturais
Fundación Proa
*Image above:
Alberto Giacometti, Le Nez, (The Nose), 1947 (1949 version). Bronze, 80.9 x 70.5 x 40.6 cm.
Giacometti Foundation Paris, inv. 1994-0017. © Giacometti Estate / SAVA, 2012.
