Etienne-Martin

The exhibition presents around fifteen of the artist's major sculptures belonging to the Centre Pompidou's collection, to which is added a selection of drawings that reproduce, in the form of diagrams, the real-life and dreamed layout of his native home in Loriol.

Finally, a selection of previously unseen archives belonging to the Musée d'art moderne of the City of Paris, and photographs of her legendary artist's studio on rue du Pot-de-Fer, complete the presentation.

Identified from 1960 onwards by his Demeures, strange sculpture-habitats designed to be visited "in the imagination" by the spectator; famous for being the author of Le Manteau [The Coat] (1962, see opposite), the first fabric sculpture from the history of modern art, Étienne-Martin (1913-1995) remained, despite this, a figure long excluded from the world of Parisian art, both debonair and enigmatic.

Today, the Centre Pompidou pays tribute to him through the presentation of a collection of fifteen sculptures, drawings, personal notebooks and photographs from his artist's studio. The exhibition presents around fifteen of the artist's major sculptures belonging to the Centre Pompidou's collection, to which is added a selection of drawings that reproduce, in the form of diagrams, the real-life and dreamed lay-out of his native home in Loriol.

Finally, a selection of previously unseen archives belonging to the Musée d'art moderne of the City of Paris, and photographs of her legendary artist's studio on rue du Pot-de-Fer, complete the presentation.