Celebrated as a sculptor, painter and draughtsman, Giacometti’s distinctive elongated figures are some of the most instantly recognisable works of modern art. This exhibition reasserts Giacometti’s place alongside the likes of Matisse, Picasso and Degas as one of the great painter-sculptors of the twentieth century. Through unparalleled access to the extraordinary collection and archive of the Fondation Alberto et Annette Giacometti, Paris, Tate Modern’s ambitious and wide-ranging exhibition brings together over 250 works. It includes rarely seen plasters and drawings which have never been exhibited before and showcases the full evolution of Giacometti’s career across five decades, from early works such as Head of a Woman [Flora Mayo] 1926 to iconic bronze sculptures such as Walking Man I 1960..
I am very interested in art but I am instinctively more interested in truth […] The more I work, the more I see differently
Alberto Giacometti
Alberto Giacometti
Caroline (1965)
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Alberto Giacometti Surrealist Composition c. 1933 © Alberto Giacometti estate / ACS+DACS in the UK, 2017
Alberto Giacometti
Jean Genet (1954 or 1955)
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Alberto Giacometti
Bust of Annette IV (1962, cast 1965)
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Alberto Giacometti
Bust of Diego (1955)
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Alberto Giacometti The Dog 1951 Kunsthaus Zürich, Alberto Giacometti Stiftung (inv. GS47) © Alberto Giacometti estate / ACS+DACS in the UK, 2017
The exhibition is organised by Tate Modern and Fondation Alberto et Annette Giacometti, Paris
Curated by Frances Morris, Director, Tate Modern and Catherine Grenier, Director, Chief Curator, Fondation Alberto et Annette Giacometti, Paris with Lena Fritsch, Assistant Curator, Tate Modern assisted by Mathilde Lecuyer, Associate Curator, Fondation Alberto et Annette Giacometti
