Between May 23 and June 20, we invite you to visit Body of the Unseen, a tribute exhibition curated by Dorian Dogaru, director of Galerie Vallois in Paris.
The exhibition brings to light the works of Jacques Hérold, a Romanian-born artist who settled in France and became a key figure in European Surrealism. A close collaborator of André Breton and the Surrealist movement, Hérold explored dreamlike imagery through painting, drawing, and sculpture, always maintaining a distinct sense 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 constraints in order to join the vibrant avant-garde scene of interwar Paris. He would never return.
Body of the Unseen, presented by RUS Collection at PLAN4 (Bucharest), is not meant 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 absorbed a formal rigor charged with tension. He quickly joined the Surrealist circle, befriending André Breton, Yves Tanguy, Victor Brauner – his compatriot, also born in Piatra Neamț – and exhibited within the major manifestations of the movement.
Body of the Unseen brings together a rare collection of works from the RUS Collection, with the intention of marking the unique path of an artist who ceaselessly sought to give shape to the Invisible. Hérold’s art does not ask to be interpreted. It invites us to wander, alongside him, surrendering to the haunting revelations that pursued him relentlessly.
What returns is not the artist, but the echo of what he chose to leave unspoken.
– Dorian Dogaru
Admission is free.
Visits to the exhibition follow the opening hours of Casa Plan Patru (WED–FRI, 10:00–18:00).
Prior scheduling is required.
[Photo: Fondation de l’Hermitage © 2015, Prolitteris, Zurich & Galerie Le Minotaure, Paris]