Les choses, Musée du Louvre,
October 12, 2022
Les choses, Musée du Louvre,
October 12, 2022
Things
A History of Still Life
12 October 2022 – 23 January 2023
The exhibition Things, authored by Laurence Bertrand Dorléac, proposes a new take on what was long seen as a minor genre, whose name – ‘still life’ – is intriguing in itself.
Depictions of things, which date back to prehistoric times, are a wonderful window into history. Artists were the first to take things seriously by recognising their presence, imbuing them with life, glorifying their forms and meanings, their power and charm. They captured the ability of objects to fire our imagination – to make us believe, doubt, dream or act.