Florence Gould Event
French Literature in the Making
REGIS JAUFFRET
Novelist; author of Univers, univers (Prix Décembre); Asiles de fous (Prix Fémina); Microfictions (Prix France Culture/Télérama).
in conversation with
OLIVIER BARROT
Writer, journalist, Un Livre un jour (France 3); publisher, Senso
Playright and author Régis Jauffret developed his passion for literature from his childhood reading of Virgina Woolf and Marcel Proust. His first published work was a one-act play, Les Gouttes, in 1985, but since then he has written mostly novels. Three of these have been awarded major literary prizes: Prix Décembre 2003 for Univers, univers; Prix Fémina 2005 for Asiles de fous; and Prix France Culture/Télérama 2007 for Microfictions. Other novels include: Clémence Picot (1999); Lacrimosa (2008); and in 2010, Tibère et Marjorie, as well as Sévère, inspired by the real-life assassination of banker Edouard Stern, after Jauffret covered the trial for Le Nouvel Observateur.
Presented with the additional support of Sofitel, Open Skies, CulturesFrance, and the Cultural Services
of the French Embassy.
Tuesday, November 23, 8:00 p.m.
Performance
In English and French
Location: Wasserman Center, NYU, 133 East 13th Street, 2nd floor
Reservations: 212-998-8750 or maison.francaise@nyu.edu
PARADE FUNEBRE d’après l’oeuvre de Jean Genet
L’Ecrivain est amené à « revivre » et à « remourir ». Les personnages sont des figures récurrentes dans l’œuvre de Genet.
Directed by: Cécile Cotté Music by: Stéphane Scott
With NYU students Marius Angeloni, Commarah Bashar, Amara Dieter, Barrett Doss, Harrison Hill, Rahkua Verderosa Ishakarah, Diogo Herber Martins, Léo Mathey, William Polisano, Quenna Lené Willis.
Through December 21
(Please check website for days the gallery will be closed for university events)
EXHIBITION
Henri Matisse: Writers on Paper
Selected Drawings and Prints from The Pierre and Tana Matisse Foundation
Curated by Martin Fisher and Martin Mullin.
The first exhibition devoted to Matisse's male portraiture. Many of these drawings and prints of writers who were friends and collaborators of the artist have never before been exhibited. It includes a selection of intimate drawings and prints of writers, including Matisse'’s friends, colleagues, and a young poet and martyr, Roger Bernard, whom Matisse admired.
Central to Writers on Paper are seven large pen-and-ink portraits of Louis Aragon, one of France’s foremost poets, who became one of Matisse’s most passionate advocates. Other drawings and lithographs in this jewel-like exhibition portray Henri de Montherlant, Paul Léautaud, and Matisse'’s mysterious neighbor, Franz Thomassin, an avant-garde writer who published under the name Franz Viller.
The images in this exhibition offer insights into the personalities of these writers. Indeed, Matisse's spontaneous portraits are like frames from candid documentary films. Rendered in his hallmark stenographic style, the artist’s observations are imbued with clarity, elegance, and strong expressive power.
Portrait d'homme de profil (Roger Bernard), 1946 Charcoal © 2010 Succession H. Matisse / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
Organized by The Pierre and Tana Matisse Foundation together with Museum Projects Partnership, and received support from La Maison Francaise of NYU, Artists Rights Society.
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