In creating his architectural center in 1976, Victor Vasarely made a gesture of exceptional significance and generosity. This French artist of Hungarian origin (Pécs 1906 – Paris 1997), internationally recognized as the father of Op Art, a specialist in optical and kinetic effects, as well as a brilliant advertising illustrator, created in Aix-en-Provence “La Cité polychrome of happiness “, bringing together visual artists, architects and urban planners, and wished to promote a social art accessible to all.
Vasarely Foundation, hall n°5
Reflecting on the art and avant-garde look that Victor Vasarely focused on the role of the artist in the twentieth century, the Foundation was created to popularize art without cultural or social discrimination: an art for all; accessible to everyone.
Avant-garde architecture, the Foundation is thought of as a gigantic lumino-kinetic sculpture where the optical animations of the facade prefigure the kinetic games of the 42 monumental integrations that we discover inside the building.
The most famous works of Victor Vasarely are presented to the Foundation in the form of monumental works allowing the visitor to appreciate the outcome to which Vasarely brings geometric abstract painting under the name of kinetic art. Vasarely was one of the promoters of this movement, as well as his son Yvaral, visual artist and graphic designer. The Foundation presents their works, as well as those of contemporary artists who work on the interactions between the work and the public in temporary exhibitions.
Conference
Modern and contemporary portraits and self-portraits, part two, Tuesday the 30th of June 2020 at 10:30 am
A conference by Agnès Ghenassia,
If the procedures of deformation and of disfigurement are always numerous and varied. Several artists underline the character of the “social mask” of the face, victim of a standardisation of the aesthetic models. Finally, others use the portrait to denounce the everyone for oneself. A society whose individuals have stopped communicating with each other.
Tuesday 7th of avril 2020 at 10:30 am
ENTRY FEE MEMBERS : 5€
NON MEMBERS: 7€
In compliance with health measures (distancing, wearing a mask), reception will be limited to 70 people with compulsory registration by email to joachim.rothacker@hotmail.fr
If the number of registrants is too large, Agnès Ghenassia will offer this conference a second time at a later date.
Fondation Vasarely
Jas de Bouffan
1 avenue Marcel Pagnol
13090 Aix-en-Provence
