« Barbara Chase-Riboud. The Josephines » commémore le 50ᵉ anniversaire de la rencontre de l’artiste avec Josephine Baker lors de sa dernière performance (ainsi que le 50ᵉ anniversaire de sa disparition) et célèbre les 100 ans de ses débuts à Paris. Cette exposition d’envergure met en lumière l’héritage intemporel de Josephine Baker à travers une approche artistique saisissante, en présentant des œuvres qui capturent l’énergie et l’élégance de l’une des figures les plus emblématiques du XXᵉ siècle. À l’issue de sa rétrospective historique dans huit musées parisiens, Barbara Chase-Riboud dévoilera les sculptures monumentales « Josephine Black/Black » (2022) et « Josephine Red/Red » (2022), accompagnées d’œuvres complémentaires, dont la première présentation de nouvelles formes issues de sa célèbre série « La Musica » (1990–2025), ainsi que des œuvres sur papier.
« My connection with Josephine Baker began when I first arrived in Paris in 1961 and found an atelier at 48 Rue Blomet. It was only after I had bought the atelier and I had began to work there that I realized that Rue Blomet was the site of the famous Le Bal Nègre, where Josephine had started her whole career in Paris. Just next door, down the street. I thought it was this incredible sign that something was going to happen between us. »
Barbara Chase-Riboud
« My connection with Josephine Baker began when I first arrived in Paris in 1961 and found an atelier at 48 Rue Blomet. It was only after I had bought the atelier and I had began to work there that I realized that Rue Blomet was the site of the famous Le Bal Nègre, where Josephine had started her whole career in Paris. Just next door, down the street. I thought it was this incredible sign that something was going to happen between us. »
Barbara Chase-Riboud
© Barbara Chase-Riboud Courtesy of the artist and Hauser & Wirth
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