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The Fondation Cartier pour l’art contemporain presents a major exhibition of the work of French sculptor César (1921-1998)
Paris, July 8, Oct. 26
From July 8 to October 26, the Fondation Cartier pour l’art contemporain will be featuring a major exhibition of the work of the French sculptor César on the tenth anniversary of his death. Jean Nouvel, architect of the Fondation Cartier and a close friend of the artist, has been invited to select the works and design their presentation, thus offering a fresh perspective on the work of an artist who passionately explored the formal and expressive possibilities of industrial materials.
- Photo Fondation Cartier
Through this exhibition, the Fondation Cartier will celebrate an artist who played a major role in its history, from its inception in 1984 until his death in 1998. It will include nearly one hundred of the most significant works from four major groups : the Fers, the Compressions, the Empreintes humaines, and the Expansions. Influenced by the examples of great artists of the past, yet imbued with a sense of the radical and innovative, César’s work defies conventional ways of thinking about sculpture and has profoundly impacted the art of today.
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Fondation Cartier pour l’art contemporain
261, boulevard Raspail 75014 Paris
Tel. +33 (0)1 42 18 56 50 ;
Fax +33 (0)1 42 18 56 52
Métro Raspail or Denfert-Rochereau (lines 4 & 6)
RER Denfert-Rochereau (line B)
Bus 38, 68, 88, 91
Vélib’ 2, rue Victor Schoelcher
Disabled parking at
2, rue Victor Schoelcher
The exhibition is open to the public
every day except Monday from
11 a.m. to 8 p.m.
Open Tuesday evenings until 10 p.m.
Admission : 6.50 €
Reduced rate* : 4.50 €
Admission free**
Free entry for all visitors on
Wednesday from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m.
Ticket sales in advance at Fnac stores.
* Students, under 25, “carte Senior” holders,
“Amis des Musées,” unemployed
** “Laissez-passer,” Circle of Friends,
children under10, and ICOM members.