Prehistoire, Une Enigme Moderne - ALBUM

The idea of "prehistory" is a modern idea, invented in the 19th century. Prehistoric discoveries have been photographed and reproduced countless times in publications, entering the popular imagination and inspiring and artists of the 20th and 21st century such as Picasso, Miro, Cezanne, Klee, Giacometti, Ernst, Beuys, Klein, Dubuffet, Smithson, Penone, Tacita Dean , Chirico, Moore, Nash, etc. The exhibition catalogue shows how contemporary artists view prehistory as an object of fascination, "as a subject", but also as a model for artistic experimentation.