Constant Nieuwenhuys-Ode à l'Odéon, 1969

Photographer

Gemeentemuseum The Hague

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

81

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

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
Tags
Cityscape
Futuristic
Rebellion

Frame dimensions

191,5 x 202,1 x 4 cm

Books

Title Year Page Number
We Is Future 2024 195
Nueva Babilonia 2021 86 26
Constant. New Babylon. Aan ons de vrijheid 2016 22 13
Constant. New Babylon. Aan ons de vrijheid 2016 192
Constant. New Babylon. To Us Liberty 2016 22 13
Constant. New Babylon. To Us Liberty 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
AA files 44 2001 29
Constant, Une rétrospective 2001 104 48
Constant. New Babylon | una città nomade 2001 89
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
Constant. Schilderijen | Paintings 1995 41 31
Constant. Schilderijen | Paintings 1995 90 31
OASE no. 45 1995 46
Constant. Les trois espaces 1992 111 81
Sur le passage de quelques personnes à travers une assez courte unité de temps 1989
On the passage of a few people through a rather brief moment in time 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

Documentation

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 Academic 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 Academic 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
Title Year
Constant in front of 'Ode à l'Odéon' 1970

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