Exhibition

Henri Matisse: The Cut-Outs

17 Apr 2014 – 7 Sep 2014

Regular hours

Thursday
10:00 – 18:00
Friday
10:00 – 18:00
Saturday
10:00 – 18:00
Sunday
10:00 – 18:00
Tuesday
10:00 – 18:00
Wednesday
10:00 – 18:00

Cost of entry

Adult £18, Concession £16

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Tate Modern

London, United Kingdom

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  • Bus: 45, 63, 100, 344, 381, RV1
  • Tube: Southwark/Blackfriars
  • Train: London Bridge
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Henri Matisse: The Cut-Outs

About

Henri Matisse is a giant of modern art. This landmark show explores the final chapter in his career in which he began ‘carving into colour' and his series of spectacular cut-outs was born. The exhibition represents a once-in-a-lifetime chance to see so many of the artist's works in one place and discover Matisse's final artistic triumph. In his late sixties, when ill health first prevented Matisse from painting, he began to cut into painted paper with scissors to make drafts for a number of commissions. In time, Matisse chose cut-outs over painting: he had invented a new medium. From snowflowers to dancers, circus scenes and a famous snail, the exhibition showcases a dazzling array of 120 works made between 1936 and 1954. Bold, exuberant and often large in scale, the cut-outs have an engaging simplicity coupled with incredible creative sophistication. The exhibition marks an historic moment, when treasures from around the world can be seen together. Tate's The Snail 1953 is shown alongside its sister work Memory of Oceania 1953 and Large Composition with Masks 1953 at 10 metres long. A photograph of Matisse's studio reveals that these works were initially conceived as a unified whole, and this is the first time they will have been together since they were made. Matisse's famous series of Blue Nudes represent the artist's renewed interest in the figure. To accompany the exhibition, there will also be a multimedia guide and app with detailed information on key works from the exhibition, curators' commentary, plus other special features. You will be able to hire the guide from the entrance to the exhibition when you visit, or it will be available to download once the exhibition is open. London is first to host, before the exhibition travels to New York at the Museum of Modern Art and after which the works return to galleries and private owners around the world.

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Henri Matisse

Henri Matisse

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