Opening : vendredi 03.04.26, de 18h à 20h
Curator : Rémi Enguehard

Michel Canteloup, Nashashibi / Skaer et Camille Bernard from the Frac Île-de-France collection.

How can we explore Paul Gauguin’s artistic legacy through the collections of the Frac Île-de-France?

The artist’s works were ubiquitous on the walls of the home of painter and collector Gustave Fayet (1865–1925) in Igny. As major figures in modern painting, the legacies of these two men are understood differently today and reflect the evolution of how artworks are received.

On the one hand, Paul Gauguin’s work is being reevaluated in light of a creativity that only the colonial era and its fantasies allowed him to discover. On the other, the significance of Gustave Fayet in the history of modern art is being reconsidered, reflecting the current interest in the very history of collections, provenance, and the material history of artworks.

Initiated in 1983 and constantly enriched since, the Frac Île-de-France collection also embodies, through the works it holds, the evolution of perspectives on art history, the renewal of sources of inspiration, and the shifting contexts of creation over the past four decades. While some artists in the exhibition reference the painter and his works to position themselves in continuity with or in opposition to his model, other artists renew the relationship with nature and the “elsewhere” that the painter sought during his exile in the Marquesas Islands.

An exhibition as part of the program Le Syndrome de Bonnard, ou l’impermanence des œuvres. 

Hours:
Monday through Saturday: 10:30 AM – 12:30 PM / 2:00 PM – 5:30 PM (closed Sundays)
Free admission

Place de la Ferme/Stalingrad
91430 Igny