Olivier Mosset
MAMCO’s retrospective reviews the artis's career over almost 60 years from the early experiments of the 1960s to his monumental recent works
Olivier Mossetis one of the central figures in post-war abstract painting, and a pivotal reference for generations of European and American painters. Member of the ephemeral B.M.P.T. “group.”, his extensive series of circle paintings, executed in the late 1960s and early 1970s, is among the most widely discussed works of that era. In the heady climate of Paris pre-May ’68, the four painters organised “manifestations” rather than exhibitions and adopted a stance in opposition to the European tradition of “cultivated painting,” whether figurative or abstract.
At the same time, several rooms are devoted to movements and artists with whom Mosset was or remains closely associated, allowing us to consider his work in a variety of different contexts. The exhibition features works by “Nouveaux Réalistes”, experimental film-makers’ collective Zanzibar, American “Radical painting” of the 1970s and 1980s and other artists with whom he has maintained a regular dialogue.
