Thomas Gleb: I put the day at night

Name: Thomas Gleb: I put the day at night
Start: 2017-05-20T14:00:00+02:00
End: 2017-05-20T21:00:00+02:00
Location: Bibliothèque polonaise de Paris

Exhibition(Exposure) presenting the works of Thomas Gleb.

Saturday 20 May 2017, 14:00Passed

Yehouda Chaim Kalman, who will become Thomas Gleb in 1932, is born in Łódź of weavers' Jewish family. Between Poland and France, its work - who(which) is of an extraordinary diversity of styles, of materials(subjects), in forms - crosses all XXth century with its tragedies but also its mooses(run-ups), its brotherhoods and its wonders. It is in his(its) art, in the spiritual magic of his(its) creation that he(it) scoops(draws) out strength to transform any wound into source(spring).
This exhibition(exposure) proposes an overview of its artistic route, of this insatiable collection(quest) of sign which leads it to put itself tuned to(listening) world, to singing(song) of its countless materials(subjects): wood, painting(cloth), paper, plaster or wool...
In cooperation with the association Centre Thomas Gleb.

About the location

Bibliothèque polonaise de Paris

6 quai d'Orléans, 75004 Paris, Paris, Île-de-France, France

Paris
Île-de-France

The Polish Library(Bookcase) of Paris, centre of Polish Emigration since the environment(middle) of the XIXth century, is the biggest(greatest) cultural institution representing Poland except borders of this State. She(It) became established on the island Saint-Louis, right in the centre of Paris, in a splendid building of the XVIIth century which shelters works and considerable archives, as well as important collection of works of art. Entirely renovated and updated at the beginning of the XXIth century, the Polish Library(Bookcase) of Paris welcomes the readers and the researchers eager to deepen their knowledge of French-Polish relations and of history(story) of Poland. The refreshed Polish Library(Bookcase) of numerous memories(souvenirs) of most Polish romantic great poet of the XIXth century, Adam Mickiewicz (Museum) and of the famous compositor Frederick Chopin (Lounge(Show)). She(It) organises regularly colloquiums and conferences, exhibitions(exposures) and concerts. Enter the site of the Polish Library(Bookcase) of Paris and come discover to it its treasures kept(preserved) for decades, in an island of "Polonité", at the heart of the City-light.