Centre Pompidou-Metz

Beat Generation / Allen Ginsberg

31 May - 09 Sep 2013

Allen Ginsberg (1926-1997), poète américain, devant un portrait d'Arthur Rimbaud, dans la chambre 25 du Beat Hotel, 9 rue Gît-le-Coeur. Paris (VIème arr.), décembre 1956. Photo : Harold Chapman.
Crédit photographique : © Harold Chapman / TopFoto / Roger-Viollet
BEAT GENERATION / ALLEN GINSBERG
Curator: Jean-Jacques Lebel, artist, writer, poetry festival organiser, curator of solo and group exhibitions.
31 May - 9 September 2013

Centre Pompidou-Metz presents the entire Saga of the Beat Generation, via the manuscripts, books, films, photos, live performances of Allen Ginsberg and his associates in a large scale digital exhibition, the first of its kind.
This multimedia "dematerialised" exhibition will be shown simultaneously at four separate partner institutions:

Fresnoy-Studio National des Arts Contemporains in Tourcoing,
Champs Libres in Rennes,
ZKM-Center for Art and Media in Karlsruhe,
Centre Pompidou-Metz.
At Centre Pompidou-Metz, the exhibition will be staged in the Studio, a 400 sq-m space dedicated to live performance.
 

Tags: Allen Ginsberg, Jean-Jacques Lebel