1924, Fernand Leger, La Lecture (Reading) -- Pompidou Center (Paris)
From the museum label: "For me the human face, the human body are no more important than keys or bicycles. That's true. For me they are artistically valid objects to dispose of as I choose."
In a tightly framed composition, two monumental women gaze at the spectator. The work is based on contrast, counterpoint and binary rhythm: women on a geometrical background, one with her hair done, naked and lying down, the other bald, upright and dressed. Here the artist applies his principle of the object figure, where the human is no longer considered in an emotional manner but as an "artistic value" at the service of modernity.
1924, Fernand Leger, La Lecture (Reading) -- Pompidou Center (Paris)
From the museum label: "For me the human face, the human body are no more important than keys or bicycles. That's true. For me they are artistically valid objects to dispose of as I choose."
In a tightly framed composition, two monumental women gaze at the spectator. The work is based on contrast, counterpoint and binary rhythm: women on a geometrical background, one with her hair done, naked and lying down, the other bald, upright and dressed. Here the artist applies his principle of the object figure, where the human is no longer considered in an emotional manner but as an "artistic value" at the service of modernity.