On May 13th, at 6:00 PM, we invite you to the screening of the documentary film Jacques Hérold, produced by Collection Phares under the direction of Fabrice Maze. The event is part of the exhibition program Jacques Hérold – Body of the Unseen, curated by Dorian Dogaru (Paris) and organized by RUS Collection, together with PLAN4.
The exhibition brings to the forefront the works of Jacques Hérold, a Romanian artist who settled in France and became a prominent figure of European Surrealism. A close collaborator of André Breton and the Surrealist movement, Hérold explored the dreamlike imaginary through painting, drawing, and sculpture, always maintaining a distinct note of mystery and visual poetry.
“Born Herold Blumer in 1910, in Piatra Neamț, he left the country at the age of twenty, breaking away from academic tradition and provincial limitations to join the vibrant avant-garde of interwar Paris. He would never return.
Body of the Unseen, presented by RUS Collection at PLAN4 (Bucharest), does not aim to be a classic retrospective, but rather a poetic reappearance. A return – not to origins, but to a form of confrontation.
Upon arriving in Paris, Hérold worked briefly alongside Brâncuși, from whom he retained a formal rigor charged with tension. He quickly joined the Surrealist circle, forging friendships with André Breton, Yves Tanguy, and Victor Brauner — his compatriot, also born in Piatra Neamț — and exhibited in the major events of the movement.
Body of the Unseen brings together a rare selection of works from the RUS Collection portfolio, with the intention of highlighting the unique trajectory of an artist who constantly sought to give form to the Invisible. Hérold’s art does not demand interpretation. It invites us to wander with him, surrendering to the revelations that haunted him ceaselessly.
What returns among us is not the artist, but the echo of what he chose to keep silent.”
— Dorian Dogaru
Admission is free.
Participation is based on prior registration.