Josef Sudek

« Le monde à ma fenêtre » est la première exposition de cette ampleur qui resitue le travail et la vie de Josef Sudek (Kolín, 1896 – Prague, 1976) dans le contexte pragois de la première moitié du XX^e siècle, imprégné de l’intense vie artistique de la capitale tchèque.

À travers une sélection de 130 œuvres couvrant l’ensemble de la carrière de l’artiste, de 1920 à 1976, l’exposition se propose d’examiner comment la photographie de Sudek reflète sa relation au monde environnant, des explorations de l’intimité de son atelier et de son jardin vu de sa fenêtre aux vagabondages plus lointains qui le mènent aux rues de Prague et à sa périphérie, en passant par ses excursions dans la campagne alentour.

Entitled “The Intimate World of Josef Sudek”, this exhibition is the first of this scale to revisit the life and work of Josef Sudek (Kolin, 1896 – Prague, 1976) within its sociogeographical and historical context: Prague during the first half of the twentieth century, at a time when the Czech capital was a veritable hub of artistic activity.

The exhibition features a selection of 130 works spanning the totality of Sudek’s career, from 1920 to 1976, and allows the public to examine the extent to which his photography was a reflection of his personal relationship to the surrounding world. On display are works that are the result of Sudek’s photographic experiments carried out within the privacy of his own studio, images of the garden seen from his window, and photographs of adventures further afield. The artist enjoyed meandering through the streets of Prague and its surrounding suburbs, and made frequent excursions to the nearby countryside.