Giacometti paintings

Giacometti once quipped that only Francis Bacon had a messier studio than he did, perhaps indicative of a certain pride that he may have taken in his own permissive disorderliness. Yet, there are obvious elements of staging in these compositions that remind us of the artist's overall control of his environment. We can see this in the present work, where a few strategically placed ripe-red apples appear almost enshrined on a stool at the centre of the composition. The tension between order…

Giovanni Giacometti ~ (Swiss: 1868-1933) ~ "Bice"

Kunsthaus, Zurich

Giacometti’s portraits, be they painted or sculpted, are the translation of the model as an implacable otherness, which can never be grasped in its entirety. These portraits, devoid of all emotion and expression, are the receptacle of what the spectator brings to them. What was involved for the artist was capturing and rendering the vibration of the life of his models and not their psychology. Under Giacometti’s brush, his mother’s cook, Rita, became a sacerdotal character relieved of any…

Tate Modern: Giacometti Exhibition The famous Swiss sculptor Alberto Giacometti was given a retrospective at Tate Modern, comprising of his distinctive sculptural masterpieces, oil paintings and sketches. His role in the art world seemed set from the beginning. His father was an artist and he served as his model before creating his own work. His early work included various Surrealist sculptures such as 'Woman with her Throat Cut' - a praying mantis like figure wriggling in pain with her…

Alberto Giacometti

Record-breaking sculptor was equally adept at portraits.

Man Seated on the Divan while Reading the Newspaper

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