The major changes that took shape in the 1960s – from the civil rights movement and rock and roll to the rise of mass consumption and the sexual revolution – still resonate in contemporary society and the art world. . A new exhibition at the France Pinault Collection explores not only the creative upheaval of the time, but also what it means to us today.
“Forever Sixties: The spirit of the 60s in the Pinault collection”, which marks the third edition of the annual exporama of arts and culture in Rennes, explores the upheavals of the decade in the history of art and beyond through 80 emblematic works, many of which have not never been on public display. “What was the 1960s? their statement reads, citing “the tension between conservatism and democratization, mainstream culture and alternative countercultures, commercial conformity and dreams of escape.”
The 13-room exhibition covers paintings, photos and sculptures by names such as Barbara Kruger, Martial Raysse, Richard Prince, Sturtevant and Richard Avedon. Some artists, like Michelangelo Pistoletto, are still actively at work today.
An entire room was devoted to an installation by Edward Kienholz, while another was filled with a series of culturally significant album covers, accompanied by a 100-song soundtrack selected by French singer Etienne Daho .
The exhibition also coincides with another show at the Pinault Collection on contemporary London-based artist and Turner Prize winner Jeremy Deller. Its presentation in three locations demonstrates parallel fascinations with contemporary politics, attitudes and pop culture, against which “Forever Sixties” offers a particular historical context.
See more images from the show below.
Duan Hanson, House painter I (1984–88). Pinault Collection © Adagp, Paris, 2023.
Richard Prince, Untitled (Mode) (1982–84). Pinault collection. ©Richard Prince.
Niki de Saint Phalle, black chick (1965). Pinault Collection © Niki Charitable Art Foundation / Adagp, Paris, 2023.
Kiki Kogelnik, Cosmos (1964). Pinault collection. © Kiki Kogelnik.
Martial Raysse, Of course the little boat (1963). Pinault collection. © Adagp, Paris, 2023
Martial Raysse, Beauty of the clouds (1965). Pinault collection. © Adagp, Paris, 2023.
Tim Noble and Sue Webster, For all time (2001). Pinault collection. © Adagp, Paris, 2023
“Forever Sixties: The spirit of the 60s in the Pinault collectioncan be viewed at the Pinault Collection, 2 rue de Viarmes, 75001 Paris, France, until September 10.
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