SERGE POLIAKOFF: IMAGE DIVINE

Almine Rech Paris, Matignon is pleased to present “Image Divine” Serge Poliakoff's first solo exhibition with the gallery.

September 7 to October 5, 2024.

This exhibition explores the influence of the sacred in the work of the celebrated French artist who represented France at the 1962 Venice Biennale.

Based on Poliakoff’s diary entries, the exhibition looks at the last twenty years of his work as a preservation of the spiritual link between contemporary art and the Old Masters. There are direct parallels between his paintings and the compositions of Giotto and Fra Angelico, which allowed Poliakoff to reflect on the nature of pictorial composition itself.

“As a child, I was impressed by the beauty of the icons in Russian churches, and this impression stayed with me. I kept traces of it in my art,” the painter recalled.