Daniel Cordier, Donations
22 Dec 2008 - 23 Mar 2009
Vue de la présentation de la donation Cordier au musée des Abattoirs de Toulouse en 2007
© Coll. Centre Pompidou . Photo les Abattoirs, Toulouse
© Coll. Centre Pompidou . Photo les Abattoirs, Toulouse
DANIEL CORDIER, DONATIONS
December 22 2008 - March 23 2009
A selection of almost 30 contemporary works and 90 objects from the Daniel Cordier collection are being brought together at the Museum, room 11 level 4, for the occasion of his recent donation.
Daniel Cordier, a great donator to the National Museum of Modern Art, is also one of the founder members of the Centre Pompidou. After a particularly lavish donation in 1989, mixing major artists such as Dubuffet, Brassaï or Morris with more fringe figures like Chaissac or Réquichot, Daniel Cordier has recently elected to broaden this collection. Turning to objects from non-Western societies or to objects "of curiosity", he has set out to erase their functional aspect by combining them with modern and contemporary works. It is often through the presentation of multiple, virtually identical objects, without realising what their real use is but taking an interest only in their aesthetic and imaginary potential, that Daniel Cordier gives them new-found vitality.
At the beginning of the journey, visitors will see the projection of a recent interview with Daniel Cordier.
December 22 2008 - March 23 2009
A selection of almost 30 contemporary works and 90 objects from the Daniel Cordier collection are being brought together at the Museum, room 11 level 4, for the occasion of his recent donation.
Daniel Cordier, a great donator to the National Museum of Modern Art, is also one of the founder members of the Centre Pompidou. After a particularly lavish donation in 1989, mixing major artists such as Dubuffet, Brassaï or Morris with more fringe figures like Chaissac or Réquichot, Daniel Cordier has recently elected to broaden this collection. Turning to objects from non-Western societies or to objects "of curiosity", he has set out to erase their functional aspect by combining them with modern and contemporary works. It is often through the presentation of multiple, virtually identical objects, without realising what their real use is but taking an interest only in their aesthetic and imaginary potential, that Daniel Cordier gives them new-found vitality.
At the beginning of the journey, visitors will see the projection of a recent interview with Daniel Cordier.