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Hans Josephsohn, Albert Oehlen

HANS JOSEPHSOHN, ALBERT OEHLEN

Josephsohn As Seen By Albert Oehlen Musée d'Art Moderne de Paris | MAM Paris 11 October 2024–16 February 2025 Paris
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For this first retrospective in France devoted to Swiss sculptor Hans Josephsohn (1920–2012), the Musée d’Art Moderne de Paris has entrusted the curatorship to artist Albert Oehlen, who offers a free-wheeling exploration of the artist’s work. Born in 1954, Albert Oehlen is a major artist and contributor to the revival of German painting in the 1980s. An exhibition of his work was held at the Musée d’Art Moderne de Paris in 2009.

A great admirer of Hans Josephsohn, Oehlen discovered his work at the Kesselhaus Josephsohn in St Gallen, in Switzerland, where he lives. Both an exhibition and conservation venue dedicated to the sculptor’s work, the Kesselhaus which have provided most of the sculptures loaned for this exhibition. Out of his examination of Josephsohn’s creative process – interaction with materials, the role of gesture, detail and tireless research – and its resonance with his own explorations, Oehlen draws a spirited experience of the oeuvre. Hans Josephsohn’s work fascinates other artists with the sheer power of its visual language. Peter Fischli and David Weiss were among his early supporters, and in 2007 Ugo Rondinone included several of his reclining nudes in his exhibition The Third Mind, at the Palais de Tokyo.

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Artists Exhibiting

Hans Josephsohn contemporary artist
Hans Josephsohn b. 1920 Follow +
Albert Oehlen contemporary artist
Albert Oehlen b. 1954 Follow +
About the Gallery
Located between the Champs-Elysées and the Eiffel Tower, the palace that houses the Musée d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris is a magnificent example of 1930s architecture. It is unquestionably one of the key institutions of Parisian cultural life. The Museum’s collection of more than 13,000 works makes it one of the biggest museums of modern and contemporary art in France.

The permanent collections present all the main artistic trends from the beginning of the 20th century up to the present day, and include major artists from those periods, such as Picasso, Dufy, Modigliani, Derain, Picabia, Chagall, as well as Boltanski, Parreno and Peter Doig. The museum also owns rare and exceptional in situ works, such as the first two versions of La Danse by Matisse and Raoul Dufy’s monumental masterpiece La Fée électricité.
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11 Av. du Président Wilson
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Tuesday – Sunday, 10am – 6pm

Closed on Mondays
and on 1st January, 1st May and 25 December.
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Paris 11 Av. du Président Wilson
Musee dArt Moderne de Paris MAM Paris contemporary art institution in Paris France
Musée d'Art Moderne de Paris | MAM Paris
11 Av. du Président Wilson, Paris, France
+33 1 53 67 40 00
http://www.mam.paris.fr/en

Opening hours
Tuesday – Sunday, 10am – 6pm

Closed on Mondays
and on 1st January, 1st May and 25 December.
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