Nicolas Poussin (1594\u20131665) was the first painter to focus not simply on landscape, but on Nature, which he did with lyricism and increasing sensitivity over the course of his career. Given that Poussin founded a school, something of this \u2018feeling for Nature\u2019 was passed on to the generations that followed, for example, in the works of Gaspard Dughet and Claude-Joseph Vernet. But what of today? Although ecological worries are a major concern for our societies, are there any artists who still depict nature elegiacally? It is our aim to show that yes, indeed there are, by bringing together, on each of Villa Paloma\u2019s floors, classical paintings with all manner of contemporary works: sculptures, installations, photographs, videos, films, paintings and drawings. And while these pairings for the most part represent a Franco\u2011Italian exchange, though not exclusively, they do so as a tribute to Poussin, who, though French, spent most of his career in Rome.<\/p>\n
The exhibition is in six sections \u2013 Storms and Nights; Forests and Gardens; Seascapes and Waterfalls; Deserts and Volcanoes; Mountains; Flowers and Butterflies \u2013 each offering a different perspective on what during Antiquity was called miracula naturae \u2026 the marvels of nature.<\/p>\n
With works by Roger Ackling, Robert Barry, Anne-Lise Broyer, Giorgio Andreotta Cal\u00f2, Pier Paolo Calzolari, Christo et Jeanne-Claude, Thomas Demand, Gustave Dor\u00e9, Gaspard Dughet, Latifa Echakhch, Tim Eitel, Ed van der Elsken, Ilse et Pierre Garnier, Nan Goldin, Andreas Gursky, Suzanne Husky, Mimmo Jodice, Pierre Joseph, Ange Leccia, Pierre Lesieur, Charles de Meaux, Fausto Melotti, Mario Merz, Sarah Moon, Giulio Paolini, Claudio Parmiggiani, Bruno P\u00e9lassy, Giuseppe Penone, Nicolas Poussin, Anting Qiu, Walter Robinson, Torbj\u00f8rn R\u00f8dland, Anne Laure Sacriste, Christophe Sarlin, Pierre Thoretton, Pierre-Henri de Valenciennes, Joseph Vernet, Marine Wallon\u2026<\/p>\n
The exhibition is accompanied by a catalog published by Humboldt.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":23978,"menu_order":0,"template":"","class_list":["post-23198","expositions","type-expositions","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"yoast_head":"\n