Exhibitions
'Parallel Worlds' and when the worlds of art converse beyond labels
The collections of the Musée international d'art naïf Anatole Jakovsky in Nice engage in a fascinating dialogue with those of the MAMAC, exploring the boundaries and classifications of art with the temporary exhibition Parallel Worlds . The exhibition brings together 18 international artists—confidential, marginal, unknown, or even anonymous—and 26 works, including paintings, photographs, sculptures, and collages, inviting visitors to question their own relationship with artistic creation.
Karel Appel, Christian Boltanski, Gaston Chaissac, Serge Dorigny, Ivan Generalić, Dorothy Iannone, Lars Fredrikson, Karen, Eva Lallement, Simone Le Carré-Galimard, Greta Pĕcnik, Marilena Pelosi, Zofia Rostad, Niki de Saint Phalle, Dorothée Selz, Antoni Miralda, meet at Mondes Parallèles , an exhibition that celebrates the diversity of views and questions our certainties about art and can be seen until March 31.
The exhibition reveals the multifaceted nature of 20th-century art, inviting us to question traditional classifications and break down boundaries and labels. What defines naïve art, art brut, singular art, or contemporary art? Where do we place folk art? Is it always a theoretical, conceptual, and referenced approach, or can it also be a history of encounters, emotions, and shared experiences?
Contact with the works reveals that the permeability between genres and the mutual influence between practices are the foundation of many artistic creations. Interactions, references, borrowings, and cross-appropriations fuel most creative processes, demonstrating that art never emerges in isolation.
These parallel, seemingly independent worlds meet and converse through thematic, formal, or aesthetic links. Beyond labels, each artist constructs their own universe, with its galaxies, constellations, and networks, offering the viewer an experience that combines intellectual insight and emotional sensitivity. The exhibition thus invites us to explore not only the diversity of art, but also the invisible connections that sustain and enrich it.
