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Egon Schiele. Autoportrait, 1912.
Aquarelle et graphite sur papier vergé japonais brun clair. 34,9 x 25,4 cm. National Gallery of Art, Washington. Don de Hildegard Bachert en mémoire d’Otto Kallir, 1997.
Photo : Courtesy National Gallery of Art, Washington
Nothing could stop the creative passion of these two artistic geniuses and especially not the material.
They vary both techniques and media. Schiele uses gouache, grease pencil, and watercolor and dramatizes the simple wrapping paper. Basquiat paints on palisades or doors and he uses the canvases by superimposing collages of cardboard or paper.
This exhibition allows seeing two souls mirrored, to admire the revolt
of two tormented beings that, beyond their respective times, were able to triumph over death in a fascinating art of vital energy, a real cry to life.
Jean-Michel Basquiat et Egon Schiele Fondation Louis Vuitton
8, avenue du Mahatma Gandhi Bois de Boulogne
75116 Paris
www.fondationlouisvuitton.fr