On MAY 3rd and ONLY THIS DAY, we present a unique show on the two main female protagonists of the lettrist movement:
MAGGY MAURITZ (born in Germany in 1941) and AUDE JESSEMIN (1937-2022) were both active in the group from 1963 to 1969.
This exhibition, curated by Frédéric Acquaviva, will be the first to present them both in a single show, and will also be the very first exhibition of Maggy Mauritz in London.
MAGGY MAURITZ is now represented by LOEVE&CO GALLERY in Paris since her rediscovery in 2021 (and her first ever solo show).
She is known to be the first female artist to have used spray paint in her artworks since the mid-1960's, being a true ancestor of STREET ART, and a self taught artist, who had her initial shock in art in 1962, visiting London.
In this vitrine, you can see an example of the spray paint works "W" (1966) and on May 3rd, you will be able to see for the first time exhibited on a wall (and also for purchase) the porfolio of her "U.N.T.I.T.L.E.D" hypergraphic novel from 1966, published by Editions AcquAvivA at 12 copies with 56 digital prints.
In this work you will see Maggy Mauritz's use of german shorthand in order to write an undecipherable novel of asemantic lettrist conception. Maggy Mauritz was the wife of the key lettrist artist ROBERTO ALTMANN.
LORE LIXENBERG will SINGTERVIEW MAGGY MAURITZ at 5pm on MAY 3rd, so be sure to attend this unique event!
AUDE JESSEMIN came from a familly of butchers in deep France (Tours) and wanted to be a painter, against the will of her family and joined the fine art school of Tours in the 1950's. Arriving in Paris, she met her future husband who will also soon become another key lettrist artist JACQUES SPACAGNA.
She will draw his first works that he will sign, before starting her own hypergraphic works in 1962.
Her style is unique and sometimes evokes OUTSIDER ART.
In this vitrine you can see 3 silkscreens of images realised in 1965 and printed in 2016 at 20 copies and in the May 3rd exhibition, you will discover the 27 digital prints of her 1964 hypergraphic novel "27 EVENTS TOLD THROUGH SIGNS", also published by Editions AcquAvivA.
COME IN YOUR MASSES ON MAY 3RD!
COME IN YOUR MASSES ON MAY 3RD!
COME IN YOUR MASSES ON MAY 3RD!
