
Colours!
Editions Skira Paris (Publisher)
Published on 31. July 2025
Book
Hardback
256 pages
978-2-37074-283-4 (ISBN)
Description
The book explores the art and science of chromaticism, featuring masterpieces from the Centre Pompidou Collection.
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This year's "Colours!" exhibition, which relies on the Centre Pompidou's collections, was designed from a surprising observation: as obvious as such a subject may seem, there are very few works devoted to the modern artistic use of colour. Through an original itinerary evoking the chromatic disks that fascinated artists in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, "Colours!" also explores, through immersive rooms, the notion of synesthesia, that mysterious dialogue between sound, smell and visual perception. About one hundred masterpieces - from the early 20th century to the present day - punctuate this journey, raising the question of the "decorative", inherent in the pictorial use of colour.
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This year's "Colours!" exhibition, which relies on the Centre Pompidou's collections, was designed from a surprising observation: as obvious as such a subject may seem, there are very few works devoted to the modern artistic use of colour. Through an original itinerary evoking the chromatic disks that fascinated artists in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, "Colours!" also explores, through immersive rooms, the notion of synesthesia, that mysterious dialogue between sound, smell and visual perception. About one hundred masterpieces - from the early 20th century to the present day - punctuate this journey, raising the question of the "decorative", inherent in the pictorial use of colour.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Paris
France
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Cloth over boards
Illustrations
200 Illustrations, color
Dimensions
Height: 262 mm
Width: 193 mm
Thickness: 28 mm
Weight
1238 gr
ISBN-13
978-2-37074-283-4 (9782370742834)
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Didier Ottinger is General Curator and Deputy Director of the Musée National d'Art Moderne at the Centre Pompidou in Paris.
Laurent Le Bon is President of the Centre Pompidou.
Laurent Le Bon is President of the Centre Pompidou.