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Fondation Cartier pour l'art contemporain: MOEBIUS-TRANSE-FORME - 12 Oct 2010 to 13 Mar 2011 Current Exhibition |
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MOEBIUS-TRANSE-FORME From October 12, 2010 through March 13, 2011 the Fondation Cartier pour l�art contemporain presents MOEBIUS-TRANSE-FORME, the first major exhibition in Paris devoted to the work of Jean Giraud, known by his pseudonyms Gir and M�bius. An icon of incomparable stature in the world of comics, an inventor of extraordinary forms and a brilliant cartoonist, M�bius is an artist who goes beyond the traditional boundaries of the discipline. Following the artist�s wishes, this exhibition explores the theme of metamorphosis, a leitmotif that runs throughout his comics, drawings, and film projects. In relation to this theme, the exhibition also presents the first 3-D animated film directed by the artist, La Plan�te encore, along with the stories from the original comic boards. With landscapes and characters in perpetual transformation, his drawings explore the boundaries of the unconscious and reveal an imaginary and fantastic world. Th rough often sudden and disturbing metamorphoses of a character or a setting, M�bius reveals a world where appearances are not as stable as they may seem. MOEBIUS AND THE FONDATION CARTIER POUR L�ART CONTEMPORAIN The exhibition MOEBIUS-TRANSE-FORME arose from a long collaboration between M�bius and the Fondation Cartier pour l�art contemporain, who presented his work for the fi rst time in 1999 as part of 1 monde r�el, an exhibition that explored the connections between reality, fiction and science fiction. At that time, two unpublished notebooks of the artist, which are now part of the Fondation Cartier collection, were on display. Th e exhibition also provided the opportunity for the artist to converse with the philosopher and urbanist Paul Virilio, as well as with the astronaut Jean-Pierre Haigner� at the Mir space station. BIOGRAPHY Born in 1938, Jean Giraud (alias M�bius or Gir) is a legendary author and comic strip artist. In 1963, under the name Gir he and Jean-Michel Charlier, then director of Pilote, created the series Blueberry. Following the death of Charlier, Jean Giraud continued this series, which currently counts about thirty albums. As co-creator in 1975 of the magazine M�tal Hurlant and the publishing house Les Humano�des Associ�s, Jean Giraud developed the unique style which he signed M�bius, publishing such groundbreaking works as Arzach (1976) and Le Garage herm�tique (1979) that revolutionized the art of comics. In 1980, he collaborated with Alexandro Jodorowsky on a new series L�Incal and later worked on numerous films. In 1997, he and his wife Isabelle founded the publishing house M�bius Production / Stardom where together they publish books including, most recently, volume six of the Inside M�bius series, which was released in January 2010. They also make prints and organize exhibitions of his work throughout the world. |
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