two works by michel nedjar at the mahj
the dybbuk. ghost of a vanished world
In popular Jewish culture, a dybbuk is a wandering soul who takes possession of a living person, according to a belief that developed in Eastern Europe from the 18th century onwards.
The dybbuk is one of those supernatural creatures that have gone beyond the realm of superstition to become a theme inspiring artists past and present. The mahJ is the first museum to explore the subject in a rich exhibition combining theater, film, music, literature and popular culture.
Two works by Michel Nedjar (mahJ collection) will be presented.
He is the most widely exhibited and published living art brut artist, yet the extraordinary trajectory of this Frenchman raises a question that is rarely addressed: that of the impermanence of art brut. Discovered by Jean Dubuffet at a time when he was working on the resurgence of the symbolic body, he allowed himself to become the protean artist we know and who, in his creation, embodies absolute freedom. His work can be found in countless collections, and he was the first artist brut to enter the collections of the Musée national d’art moderne (Pompidou). Exhibited at the Monnaie de Paris, the Albertina Museum and the Mona, Michel Nedjar has been the subject of nine monographic exhibitions.