Location
The Fan Museum,
Greenwich,
London,
SE10 8ER
Dates
This exhibition CLOSED on Sun, 29th Sep 2019
This exhibition has finished.
Cost: £5
Description
Fantasy and folly take centre stage in a spellbinding exhibition of more than 80 fans, on display for the first time in the UK...
The intriguingly titled, The Man with the Carnation showcases the fan collection of Gérard Lévy (1934–2016), a revered dealer and connoisseur of Asian art and antique photography who collected fans for pleasure. Born in Morocco, Lévy lived most of his life in France where in 1966 he opened Galerie Gérard Lévy (designed by Le Corbusier) in Paris.
An urbane figure who always wore on his lapel a carnation flower, Lévy’s fan collection echoes some of his broader artistic interests – surrealism, for example. Themes such as fantasy, folly and exoticism resonate throughout the exhibition and reinforce his quest to collect the kitsch, curious, naïve and exemplary.
The exhibition spotlights a gentleman who possessed a deep knowledge of and appreciation for beautiful objects.
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Location
The Fan Museum,
Greenwich,
London,
SE10 8ER
