Opera as the World with Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster, Rodney Graham and Anri Sala
June 22, 2019—January 27, 2020
Centre Pompidou-Metz, Paris

Opera as the World with Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster, Rodney Graham and Anri Sala

Front: Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster Helen & Gordon, Safety Curtain, Vienna State Opera, 2015/2016 Right: Marienbad électrique, 2019 Holographic apparition Photo © Jacqueline Trichard

Press Release

Opera as the World witnesses the encounter between the visual arts and opera in the 20th and 21st centuries. Beyond the straightforward presentation of opera sets created by artists, the exhibition aims to shed new light on the resonance, and tensions, between opera and the Wagnerian legacy of the Gesamtkunstwerk (Total work of art concept) (“total artform”), exploring how the visual arts and lyric theatre have enriched one another and, at times, become sources of...
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