05.08.2025-07.05.2025
PETER KLASEN
A retrospective
Well-known for its taste for Surrealism and the movements of the Sixties, Sonia Zannettacci gallery presents a solo show by Peter Klasen, a historic artist indissociable from Figuration Narrative.
In the early '60s, a number of artists embarked on the path of an entirely new form of figuration, Figuration Narrative, combining memories, visions of the past and images of current events taken from magazines, comic strips or advertisements; others, the Nouveaux Réalistes, did their work by diverting products (posters, instruments, objects) from consumer society; still others let their brushes roam freely over the canvas, only to find and define familiar forms. What they all have in common, however, is the recycling and hijacking of objects and images by artists regularly exhibited at Sonia Zannettacci, including Erro, Jacques Monory and, of course, Peter Klasen.
This exhibition is an opportunity to take a retrospective look at the work of one of the main protagonists of the figurative painting revival.
Image
Peter KLASEN
Regard arrêt tuyauterie, 2023
Technique mixte sur toile, 97 x 130 cm