Solo show
Arcimboldo Face to Face
29 May 2021 — 22 Nov 2021 at Centre Pompidou-Metz
· Metz
Arcimboldo Face to Face brings together works by and inspired by Giuseppe Arcimboldo, the sixteenth-century Milanese painter celebrated for his extraordinary composite portraits — human faces ingeniously assembled from fruits, vegetables, flowers, animals, and everyday objects.
The exhibition invites visitors to look closely at Arcimboldo's singular visual language, tracing the wit, symbolism, and technical mastery behind his iconic imagery, and examining the enduring influence his work has had on art, design, and popular culture.
The exhibition invites visitors to look closely at Arcimboldo's singular visual language, tracing the wit, symbolism, and technical mastery behind his iconic imagery, and examining the enduring influence his work has had on art, design, and popular culture.
About the artist
Giuseppe Arcimboldo
1527–1593 · Mannerism
Giuseppe Arcimboldo, also spelled Arcimboldi, was an Italian Mannerist painter best known for creating imaginative portrait heads made entirely of objects such as fruits, vegetables, flowers, fish and books.
About the artist →About the venue
Centre Pompidou-Metz
· Metz
The Centre Pompidou-Metz is a museum of modern and contemporary art located in Metz, capital of Lorraine, France. It is a branch of Pompidou arts centre of Paris, and features semi-permanent and temporary exhibitions from the large collection of the French National Museum of Modern Art, the largest…