Françoise Pétrovitch — Aimer. Rompre — Musée de la Vie Romantique — Exhibition — Slash Paris

Past: April 5 → September 10, 2023

Françoise Pétrovitch — Musée de la vie romantique Invitée par Gaëlle Rio, directrice du musée de la Vie romantique, l’artiste française expose une quarantaine de nouvelles œuvres. D... 2 - Bien Critique

From 5th April 2023, Françoise Pétrovitch will be exhibiting throughout the Musée de la Vie Romantique. She has created over 40 powerful, original works — paintings, drawings and sculptures — especially for the museum. Showcasing the subjects of the countryside and feelings of love, the exhibition “Françoise Pétrovitch. Love. Break” furthers the museum’s ambition to extend its programme beyond the 19th century, exploring how Romanticism extends into contemporary art.

For many years, the poetry and disturbing strangeness of Françoise Pétrovitch’s work have evoked popular Romantic themes. Visitors are invited to discover the artist’s unique perspective on a sentient tour of her new creations.

The exhibition is laid out in several parts. It starts in the Ary Scheffer artist’s studio with an introductory presentation of the artist and her original work for the Musée de la Vie Romantique. — The lower room of the large studio immerses visitors in a panorama of 15 ink washes on paper. Echoing the Romantics’ new perspective of nature in the 19th century, Françoise Pétrovitch portrays imaginary landscapes of islands and forests, in the midst of which humans appear as silent, enigmatic figures. In the upper room of the large studio, large-scale paintings are displayed, some in diptych form. These depict modern characters, often adolescents, and question the bond between two beings.

The exhibition continues in the house, where paintings, drawings and sculptures are interspersed among the 19th century pieces. The museum’s Romantic figures, such as George Sand and Pauline Viardot, thus become contemporary heroes under the paintbrush of Françoise Pétrovitch.

Finally, in the centre of the garden, the sculpture L’Ogresse challenges visitors by playing with the traditional ways of representing power and proclaiming victory for womankind.