Exhibition overview
Piled up, draped, knotted or simply left as they are, rags are put to a variety of uses in the work of Gérard Deschamps, who in the early 60s discovered that Japanese rags and other textiles could be used as a natural extension of the abstract painting he was engaged in at the time.
Under the title Homo Accessoirus, the Fondation Cartier exhibition brings together three tarpaulins of the American Army from 1961 and a series of colorful “mixed packages” inspired by surfing and fluorescent-colored plastic objects, and symbolizing a new sense of color in the world.
Artists and contributors of the exhibition:
- Gérard Deschamps
Image gallery
