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2017–2018

Matisse-Godon

New York–Tahiti, l’architecture du rêve

Musée départemental Matisse, Le Cateau-Cambrésis, France

Matisse-Godon
Exhibition poster, Musée départemental Matisse, Le Cateau-Cambrésis, 2017–2018. Courtesy of Alain Godon.

Invited by the Musée départemental Matisse, Alain Godon explored the role of travel in Matisse’s work through a project connecting New York and Tahiti.

Travel as a Subject

Curated by Patrice Deparpe, the exhibition started from the importance of travel in Matisse’s work and invited Godon to answer it with a journey of his own between New York and Tahiti. The museum announced more than 150 works for the presentation in Le Cateau-Cambrésis, the town where Matisse was born.

Partners

Markowicz Fine Art, Miami, was among the partners credited for the exhibition.

Views of the Exhibition

Matisse-Godon exhibition view: Alain Godon's Statue of Liberty head under scaffolding in the main gallery of the Musée départemental Matisse

Matisse-Godon, Musée départemental Matisse, Le Cateau-Cambrésis, 2017–2018. Photo courtesy of Alain Godon.

Matisse-Godon exhibition view: an ocean-liner painting by Alain Godon beside a wall of framed prints and a bronze sculpture

Matisse-Godon, Musée départemental Matisse, Le Cateau-Cambrésis, 2017–2018. Photo courtesy of Alain Godon.

Matisse-Godon exhibition view: Alain Godon's street lamp and bench installation on a bed of painted leaves

Matisse-Godon, Musée départemental Matisse, Le Cateau-Cambrésis, 2017–2018. Photo courtesy of Alain Godon.

Matisse-Godon exhibition view: Alain Godon's white house installation with a washing line of paintings and a flight of birds

Matisse-Godon, Musée départemental Matisse, Le Cateau-Cambrésis, 2017–2018. Photo courtesy of Alain Godon.

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