Ode à l'Odéon

1969

New Babylon

190,7cm

x 200,2cm

aluminum paint

linen

oil paint

spray paint

Collection Fondation Constant longterm loan to Collection Kunstmuseum Den Haag, NL

CID

In Constant's own words: 'Ode à l’Odéon was my first painting after New Babylon. In 1968 there was the student uprising in Paris, where the Odéon theater was occupied. I was in Paris then, by chance on the Rue de l’Odéon. I saw it all from close by.'
Ref: 'Constant' by Linda Boersma, BOMB 91/Spring 2005/ART

Details

English title

Tribute to the Odéon

Alternate titles

Ode til Odéon

1976

Signed/dated

Signed and dated Constant '69, bottom right in black paint on grey fond

Provenance

Constant

1974 langdurig bruikleen aan Haags Gemeentemuseum door Constant

Frame dimensions

191,5 x 202,1 x 4 cm

Title	Year	Page	Number
We Is Future	2024	195
Nueva Babilonia	2021	86	26
Constant. New Babylon. To Us Liberty	2016	22	13
Constant. New Babylon. To Us Liberty	2016	192
Constant. New Babylon. Aan ons de vrijheid	2016	22	13
Constant. New Babylon. Aan ons de vrijheid	2016	192
Constant. Nueva Babilonia	2015	255
Constant. New Babylon	2015	255
Constant, De late periode	2008	198	189
In Girum Imus Nocte Et Consumimur Igni	2006		37
Exit Utopia \| Architectural Provocations, 1956-76	2005	228	78
Constant, Une rétrospective	2001	104	48
Constant. New Babylon \| una città nomade	2001	89
AA files 44	2001	29
Constant. L'atelier d'Amsterdam	2000	29	1
The Situationist City	1998	142	26
The Hyper-Architecture of Desire	1998	198	1
La Part de L'Oeil \| Dossier: L'architecture et son lieu	1997	64
Situationists \| Situacionistas	1996	106
OASE no. 45	1995	46
Constant. Schilderijen \| Paintings	1995	41	31
Constant. Schilderijen \| Paintings	1995	90	31
Constant. Les trois espaces	1992	111	81
On the passage of a few people through a rather brief moment in time	1989
Sur le passage de quelques personnes à travers une assez courte unité de temps	1989
Constant 1945-1983	1986	59	40
Das Prinzip Hoffnung	1983
Constant \| schilderijen 1940-1980	1980	99	76
Constant \| Schilderijen 1969-77	1978	1	1
Constant \| Det Ny Babylon	1976	5	17
New Babylon	1974	119	86

Title	Type	Year
Renewed art is not interesting for me. Why always renew art?	Articles	2017
Adri, Constant en de weg naar de onbekende stad	Articles	2016
Constant en het canoniseringsproces in het Stedelijk Museum	Articles	2015
El Reina Sofía recrea la utópica Nueva Babilonia de Constant	Films	2015
Lamoree en de meesters	Films	2012
The Amsterdam Studio	Articles	2001
Het menu van de dag	Articles	1997
Constant in opstand	Articles	1996
New Babylon of de antinomieën van de utopie	Articles	1995

Title	Year
We Is Future	2023
Constant - New Babylon. Aan ons de vrijheid	2016
Constant - Nueva Babilonia	2015
Constant. In het atelier	2008
In girum imus nocte et consumimur igni	2007
Documenta 11	2002
Constant, une rétrospective	2001
Constant / New Babylon	1998
Constant Malerier	1996
Schilderijen 1948-1995	1995
Sur le passage de quelques personnes à travers une assez courte unité de temps	1989
Constant 1945-1983	1986
Das Prinzip Hoffnung	1983
Schilderijen 1940-1980	1980
Schilderijen 1969-77	1978
Constant \| Det Ny Babylon	1976
New Babylon	1974

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