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Félix Vallotton : Fire Beneath the Ice exhibition at the Grand Palais until 20th January 2014

The first Parisian retrospective for Félix Vallotton‘s work since 1979, arranged both thematically and chronologically, spanning the artist’s 43-year career.

The slightly salacious title of the exhibition is undoubtedly because Vallotton painted a number of nudes, but that’s not all you’ll be seeing. The ten rooms have titles that either explqin or intrigue:

– Idealism and the pure line
– Flattened perspectives and devil-may-care lives
– A  photographic regard
– Inhibitions and lies
– The feminine double
– The tragic violence of a black stain
– Icy eroticism
– Opulence of materials
– Mythologies
– Pessimism

Together with the paintings, the artist’s woodcuts will also be shown.

Several publications are being released to increase your knowledge of the artist: L’inconscient de Valloton is an inexpensive 48-page album (10€ here at amazon.fr), the official catalogue costs 45€ (288 pages, 250 illustrations, here ata amazon.fr), “un petit dictionnaire” (in French, here) will help you to understand some of the painter’s obsessions (adultery, fetishism, oppression…), Vallotton, l’expo (here) presentes180 illustrations over 336 pages for just 18.50€ (sound too good to be true, doesn’t it?), and a documentary – Félix Vallotton, la vie à distance – will be available in English on DVD very shortly

Exposition Félix Vallotton : le feu sous la glace <br>au Grand Palais jusqu'au 20 janvier 2014The exhibition Félix Vallotton : le feu sous la glace (Fire Beneath the Ice) is at the Grand Palais (here) until 20th January 2014

Open every day except Tuesdays from 10am – 8pm (10pm Wednesdays). Closed Xmas day

During the school holidays (19th Oct. – 2nd Nov.) open every day except Tuesdays from 10am – 10pm

During the Xmas school holidays (21st December – 4th January) open every day except Tuesdays from 9am – 10pm

Admission: 12€ / 8€ (online booking here)

Official website: here

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