March 2023 Fine Arts

Ivan Messac
Black Panther, Tigre de papier

As the Fondation Gandur pour l’Art prepares its next exhibition entitled Années pop, années choc, 1960-1975 with the Mémorial de Caen, it is of interest to look at the work of artist Ivan Messac and more specifically at his political paintings from the late 1960s that will be shown there. One in particular, which recently was made part of the Foundation, clearly attests to the artist's commitment to reveal the political and societal issues that agitated France in the 1960s.

November 2022 Fine Arts

Il s'en fout – Le contre-procès de Lens

Created in 1971, Il s'en fout – Le contre-procès de Lens is one of Gérard Schlosser's few engaged works[[The artist, who passed this summer, donated the work to the Foundation in December 2020.]]. It recalls one of the tragic accidents in French mines that plunged the country into mourning at the time. Not showing the tragedy itself, the artist takes as his subject the funerals held in homage to the deceased miners. On his diptych, he contrasts, on one panel, the pain of the families who lost a loved one, on the other, the boredom of a politician or of the boss of the company who manages the mine, present to support them symbolically.

June 2019 Fine Arts

Le Voyou by Gérard Fromanger

An exhibition entitled Histoire de l’art cherche personnages… will open on June 19, 2019 at the CAPC musée d’art contemporain in Bordeaux, organized jointly by the Bordeaux institution, the Cité internationale de la bande dessinée et de l’image in Angoulême, and the Fondation Gandur pour l’Art. It provides an opportunity to focus on the work of Gérard Fromanger, in particular Le Voyou.

October 2018 Fine Arts

Drink by Peter Stämpfli

At a time when two historical works (Glacière, 1963 and Escalier de service, 1964) by Peter Stämpfli have just joined the Fondation Gandur pour l’Art, it is a good opportunity to present Drink (1964) and to evoke the methodical and radical approach of the probably most pop Swiss artist. Before painting cars and especially tires, Stämpfli became interested in the early 1960s in the objects and gestures of everyday life that he presented on white backgrounds characteristic of his work during this period.

March 2018 Fine Arts

Cuatrodedos by Eduardo Arroyo

Invited to speak in Geneva at the Museum of Art and History in the context of the Festival Histoire et Cité on 23rd March at 4 pm, Eduardo Arroyo will recount the journey of his emancipation and his voluntary exile. Organised in partnership with the Fondation Gandur pour l’Art, this encounter will retrace his critical stance to Francoist Spain, admirably demonstrated in his 1963 work Cuatrodedos.

November 2017 Fine Arts

The Cigarette by Peter Stämpfli

The Cigarette by Peter Stämpfli is featured in the catalogue of the collection of the Fondation Gandur pour l’Art, directed by Jean-Paul Ameline and entitled Narrative Figuration (Milan, 5 Continents Editions, 2017), which is in the process of being printed and will be in bookstores late November. This piece, a true celebration of daily life and masterly in its simplicity, reminds us of the interest shown in the 1960s in the everyday by one of the most eminent Swiss artists of this movement.

conference

« L’art des années 60, entre combats politiques et luttes sociales » by Yan Schubert

Yan Schubert, curator of the exhibition Années pop, années choc, 1960-1975 and curator of fine art, will present the narrative figuration movement that emerged in the 1960s in the United States and Europe.

July 2023 Exhibition catalogue

Années pop, années choc
1960-1975