Modern ---in the Presence of the Antique -2

Modern Antiquity: Picasso, de Chirico, Léger, and Picabia in the Presence of the Antique -2

November 2, 2011–January 16, 2012 at the Getty Villa

Juxtaposing 20th-century works with ancient objects, this exhibition focuses on how four eminent artists reinvented and transformed the artistic legacy of antiquity. Classicizing creations such as Giorgio de Chirico's enigmatic piazzas, Pablo Picasso's postcubist women, Fernand Léger's mechanized nudes, and Francis Picabia's "transparencies" made the arts of antiquity modern. The Getty Villa—a reconstruction of an ancient Roman house—and its antiquities collection provide a unique environment to experience modern art in relation to the classical past.

Nude on Red Background, Fernand Léger (French, 1881–1955), 1927. Oil on canvas, 51 1/8 x 32 in. Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, gift of the Joseph H. Hirshhorn Foundation, 1972. Photography by Lee Stalsworth. © 2011 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris

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