Exhibition of works
from the Bages Museum Collection 7th September –
28th November 2004
The International
Museum of Naive Art is delighted to present a selection
of works from the Bages Museum Collection. Situated in
the Languedoc-Roussillon region, the museum has been closed
to the public for the last two years. In September of
this year, the International Museum of Naïve Art
in Vicq took on the responsibility for the entire Palais
des Naifs collection which comprises around 500 works.
A
brief history of the Bages Museum
In a tribute to the Bages Museum, the International Museum
of Naïve Art is showing 20 or so works, collected
by the Palais des Naïfs over the past ten years,
in the mezzanine space at the museum in Vicq.
For this first presentation of
the Bages Collection we have chosen to exhibit works by
artists which the two museums have in common, notably
André DURANTON, Mahmoud SOUA, Mady DE LA GIRAUDIERE,
Félicia DUCROQUET, Gorki BOLLAR, Tito LUCAVECHE
and Josip GENERALIC ...
View of the Palais des Naifs in Bages
This approach provides
a general overview of creation by international artists
and fresh ways of interpreting the messages they offer
through their work.
We begin by presenting one of the collections most emblematic
works, painted by none other than the founder of the Bages
Museum, Françoise JAVO.
The Child and the
Magic Spells
Séverine CODINA
"The child
dreams with his eyes open.
He escapes to his own universe.
For him the earth is no more than a rose.
He blends with the wind, in osmosis.
At the centre of time, static and yet in motion,
everything flows and slows down movement.
The child tames birds, he needs only his heart,
not words.
In the hollow of his hand he holds a shell
from which pours an endless stream of living,
jewel fish whose brilliance quivers and sparkles.
The child with sea-blue eyes, brown skin and
silver hair,
gives himself up to magic, to the rhythm of
his life
in the sunset sky."
(inspired by the picture of the same name)
The Child and
the Magic Spells
Françoise JAVO
acrylic on canvas 80x60cm
