Artists: Francis Picabia - Harold Ancart

Fleiss-Vallois presents a survey of works by Francis Picabia curated by the artist Harold Ancart. As per the title “7 Paintings and 1 Painting” the exhibition features 7 paintings by Picabia from the key periods of his output along with one painting by Ancart that draws a line between the work of the two artists.

The brain dreams all the time. The only difference between the sleeping dream and the waking dream is that, while we are awake, our dream is framed by a bigger dream that we all share, which is also called “reality.” When trapped in the Euclidean universe, the dream seems to lose its ability to proceed as wildly as it can while we are asleep. Although it needs to follow certain rules and directions, it is not impossible for the dreamer’s brain, while awake, to break free from the sphere of rationality. Picabia serves as a great example of a painter whose work never seems to have been framed by logic or reason. It is, by all means, unreasonable. - Harold Ancart