From 7 April to 4 June 2022
Galerie Les Yeux Fertiles, 27 rue de Seine, Paris 6e
After five major exhibitions and four catalogues since 2008, the exhibition The Immense Body of the Void invites you to discover major, previously unseen works by Bernard Saby from every period and in every format.
The success of the previous exhibitions, with acquisitions by major private collections but also by the Musée d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris and the Centre Pompidou, has encouraged us to present this body of work in two different, successive phases, the first in April and the second in May.
First part from Thursday 7 April to Thursday 28 April 2022. Second part from Friday 6 May to Saturday 28 May 2022, opening on Thursday 5 May, 5 to 9 pm. The fifth catalogue published by the gallery appeared on this occasion.
Owing to the success of this double exhibition, an extra week was added until Saturday 4 June, with a new hang and previously unseen works. Stéphane Gatti, representing the artist’s studio, presented unseen works on paper and miniatures, and spoke about the methods and sources of Bernard Saby’s painting on Friday 3 and Saturday 4 June, 4.30 to 7 pm.
Works shown
- Bernard Saby, Sans titre, 1955, miniature, oil on canvas, 22 x 16 cm. Exhibited: Musée d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, 1986 retrospective, no. 157
- Bernard Saby, Sans titre, 1958, oil on canvas, 97 x 130 cm. Provenance: Jean-Claude de Feugas collection, Paris; Jean-Claude Abreu collection. Exhibited: Musée d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, “Saby”, February-March 1986, no. 33
- Bernard Saby, Sans titre, circa 1956, gouache on casein ground, 81 x 65 cm
- Bernard Saby, Sans titre, 1956, oil on canvas, 116 x 147 cm
- Bernard Saby, Sans titre, 1968-1969, oil on canvas, 116 x 89 cm. Exhibited: Musée d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, 12 February-13 April 1986
- Bernard Saby, Sans titre, circa 1955, tempera and gouache, 19 x 24 cm. Exhibited: Musée d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, 12 February-13 April 1986
- Bernard Saby, Sans titre, 1950, charcoal on paper, 24 x 32 cm
- Bernard Saby, Sans titre, 1957, charcoal drawing on paper, 22 x 30 cm
- Bernard Saby, Sans titre, circa 1955, Indian ink drawing on paper, 25 x 32 cm
- Bernard Saby, Sans titre, 1968, charcoal and chalk drawing, 30 x 25 cm
- Bernard Saby, Sans titre, 1951, charcoal drawing, 17 x 13 cm
- Bernard Saby, Sans titre, circa 1963, gouache on paper mounted on aluminium, 33 x 24 cm
Artist: Bernard Saby