# The revival of Material

Anne-Céline Callens

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Anne-Céline Callens. The revival of Material. Feng Yuan (dir.). From Monet to Soulages: paths of Modern Western painting, Tsinghua University Art Museum, pp.88-89, 2017, 978-73-02-48733-3-hal-04619447

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1930 — 1960

回归物质
THE REVIVAL OF MATERIAL
回归物质

安-赛琳·卡伦

1935年,在作品《绘画G.G.(石块)》中,阿尔贝托·马涅利使用了未经加工的黄麻画布。
20世纪30年代末,他引发了某些艺术家对原始和实用材料的兴趣。

在第二次世界大战造成的灾难及以人为本的价值观破灭后,许多创作者开始追寻起因和核心价值。如罗歇·比西埃,他专注于中世纪的启示,作为一位在战前富有经验的艺术家,他将注意力转移到被忽略的表现方式上,如蛋彩画和壁画。让-米歇尔·阿特朗则受诗歌和哲学的启发,开始研究自然的基本力量,他的表达带着原始主义倾向,与让·杜布菲相似。

在肌理学系列中,让·杜布菲引发了矫饰主义的幻想。在20世纪50年代,这件作品标志着杜布菲从当时流行的抽象风景画中抽离,这种对大地的关注将绘画简化到细碎却引人入胜的物质性上,并伴随着对艺术的非文化形式的反思,诸如域外艺术和儿童艺术,不墨守成规者和疯狂的人。杜布菲在乌尔卢普时期的《虚幻的风景》就是完美的例证,通过将“模块”组合在一起,艺术家能够创造一个新的世界。
# THE REVIVAL OF MATERIAL

Anne-Céline Callens

In 1935, with *Painting G.G. (Stones)*, Alberto Magnelli used the texture of the canvas of raw jute. He contributed to the rising interest of certain artists at the end of the 1930s towards simple raw and utilitarian materials.

In the wake of the cataclysm of the Second World War and the collapse of humanist values, a number of creators started to investigate origins and core values. Roger Bissière for example focused on medieval inspirations. An experienced artist before the war, he turned his attention to disregarded means of expression such as tempera and fresco art. Inspired by poems and philosophy, Jean-Michel Atlan examined the hidden and fundamental forces of nature. He expressed himself through a primitivist approach, similar to that of Jean Dubuffet.

In the Texturologies series, Jean Dubuffet sparked matierist reverie. This piece marked the gap that separated Dubuffet in the 1950s from the abstract landscaping that was in fashion at the time. This focus on land reduced painting to trivial yet splendid materiality. This was paired with a reflection on the scope of non-cultural forms of art: outsider art and the art of children, non-conformists and lunatics. *The Illusory Location*, from the Hourloupe period, constitutes a perfect illustration of this: by bringing the "modules" together, the artist is able to create a new world.