Paul Holberton

• Nouv.

  Henri Michaux : The Mescaline Drawings

  Ketty Gottardo

  • Paul Holberton
  • 14 Février 2025
  • 9781913645793

  In 1955 the Franco-Belgian poet and visual artist Henri Michaux (1899-1984) tried
  the psychedelic drug mescaline, an experience that transformed his artistic life and
  provoked an outpouring of writings and distinctive drawings. Accompanying an
  exhibition at the Courtauld Gallery, this fascinating catalogue celebrates these unique
  drawings.
  This catalogue and exhibition celebrate the unique Mescaline Drawings by the Franco-
  Belgian poet and visual artist Henri Michaux (1899-1984). In January 1955, as part of an
  experiment prompted by his publisher, Michaux, who was then 56 years old, tried the
  psychedelic drug mescaline, a product derived from the Mexican peyote cactus. The
  aim of the experiment was to investigate the effect of this type of non-addictive drug
  on the creative act. Michaux considered these experiences to be a portal into the inner
  workings of the mind.
  The investigation transformed Michaux's artistic life and provoked an outpouring
  of writings and distinctive drawings during the 1950s and 1960s, the latter being
  at the centre of this exhibition. Created after the effects of mescaline (and at times
  other drugs such as hashish, LSD and psilocybin) had passed, the drawings are the
  astonishing transcriptions of the artist's sensation, rendered as if by a sort of shuddering
  seismograph. This display and the accompanying catalogue, which present works rarely
  seen in the UK, will showcase Michaux's extraordinary experience, one that pushed the
  limits of what the essence of drawing is. Lire la suite Fermer

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  Peter Doig

  Barnaby Wright

  • Paul Holberton
  • 2 Juin 2023
  • 9781913645472

  Accompanying a major exhibition of new and recent works by Peter Doig at The Courtauld, London, this publication will present an exciting new chapter in the career of one of the most celebrated and important painters working today and will include paintings and works on paper created since the artist's move from Trinidad to London in 2021. Doig (born Edinburgh, 1959) is widely acknowledged as one of the world's leading artists. He secured his early reputation in the 1990s as a highly original figurative painter, producing large-scale, immersive landscape paintings that exist somewhere between actual places and the realms of the imagination. Layered into his paintings is a rich array of inspirations, such as scenes from films, album covers, and the art of the past. His works are often related to the places where he has lived and worked, including the UK, Canada and Trinidad. In 2021, Doig moved back to London where he has set up a new studio. This new studio has become the crucible for developing paintings started in Trinidad and New York and elsewhere, which are being worked up alongside completely fresh paintings, including a new London subject. The works produced for the exhibition at The Courtauld convey this particularly creative experience of transition, as Doig explores a rich variety of places, people, memories and ways of painting that have accompanied him to his new London studio. For Doig, printmaking is an integral part of his artistic life: his prints and his paintings often work in dialogue with one another. The catalogue will also showcase the artist's work as a draughtsman and printmaker by exploring a series of his new and recent drawing and prints, allowing readers to consider the full span of Doig's creative process. Doig has long admired the collection of The Courtauld Gallery. Lire la suite Fermer

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