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Jean-Pierre Raynaud

Histoire du Pot

  • Exhibition, Jouy-en-Josas
  • Sat 15 Jun → Sun 01 Sep 1985
Jean Pierre Raynaud Histoire du Pot 1985
Jean-Pierre Raynaud, La Serre, Parc de la Fondation Cartier pour l'art contemporain, Jouy-en-Josas, 1984 © Jean Pierre Raynaud / ADAGP, Paris, 2024 Photo © Hugues Colson

Location

Fondation Cartier pour l'art contemporain

2 Rue du Montcel

78350 Jouy-en-Josas

The history of Jean-Pierre Raynaud and the “Pot” began in 1962 when the artist, in a spectacular gesture, filled a flower pot with cement, painted it, and displayed it. Twenty-five years later, the same Pot continued to be part of the artist’s work.

The Histoire du Pot exhibit was born out of the desire to explain Jean-Pierre Raynaud’s work, following the 1985 installation of one of his sculptures in the Fondation’s garden in Jouy-en-Josas. This monumental piece, composed of a white greenhouse with glass walls containing an immense gilded pot, is reminiscent of the artist’s other creations with this theme.

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