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09/08/2023 - 10/28/2023
Jean-Kenta Gauthier
5 rue de l'Ancienne-Comédie
75006 Paris
The Art of Robert Cumming is a three-part exhibition of vintage and rare material examining Robert Cumming's (1943, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA - 2021, Desert Hot Springs, California, USA) "very pictorial conceptual art"* and the implication of drawing, sculpture, installation and performance within his photographic practice.
Opening on Thursday 7 September, Drawing for the Camera is the first part of the exhibition cycle. Presenting a selection of vintage 8x10 in. prints made by the artist as well as never before seen original drawings, the exhibition examines the role played by carefully detailed preparatory drawings devised for Cumming’s conceptual and often humorous photographs. Thus reminding us that the artist first studied and taught painting and drawing in various US universities during the 1960’s. The exhibition also includes original copies of Cumming’s first six artist’s books, a medium he engaged with following Ed Ruscha, and an experimental field in which he reconsidered the usual articulation between texts and images.
Jean-Kenta Gauthier
5 rue de l'Ancienne-Comédie
75006 Paris
The Art of Robert Cumming is a three-part exhibition of vintage and rare material examining Robert Cumming's (1943, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA - 2021, Desert Hot Springs, California, USA) "very pictorial conceptual art"* and the implication of drawing, sculpture, installation and performance within his photographic practice.
Opening on Thursday 7 September, Drawing for the Camera is the first part of the exhibition cycle. Presenting a selection of vintage 8x10 in. prints made by the artist as well as never before seen original drawings, the exhibition examines the role played by carefully detailed preparatory drawings devised for Cumming’s conceptual and often humorous photographs. Thus reminding us that the artist first studied and taught painting and drawing in various US universities during the 1960’s. The exhibition also includes original copies of Cumming’s first six artist’s books, a medium he engaged with following Ed Ruscha, and an experimental field in which he reconsidered the usual articulation between texts and images.