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
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photo: Tom Haartsen
photo: Tom Haartsen
photo: Tom Haartsen
Der blaue Draufgänger
1969
190.1cm x 200.0cm
linen, oil paint, spray paint
Collection Centraal Museum Utrecht, NL longterm loan from Rijksdienst voor Cultureel Erfgoed
photo: Gemeentemuseum The Hague
Ode à l'Odéon
1969
190.0cm x 200.0cm
aluminum paint, linen, oil paint, spray paint
Collection Fondation Constant longterm loan to Collection Kunstmuseum Den Haag, NL
photo: Tom Haartsen
photo: Tom Haartsen
Homo ludens
1964
158.8cm x 183.9cm
linen, oil paint
Collection Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, NL
After reading Johan Huizinga's book Homo Ludens (Man at Play) of Johan Huizinga Constant develops his ideas for New Babylon the futuristic city for the creative man at play.
photo: Tom Haartsen
photo: Tom Haartsen
Groeten uit New Babylon
1963
160.2cm x 185.1cm
linen, oil paint
Collection Cobra Museum of Modern Art Amstelveen, NL on loangterm loan from Rijksdienst voor Cultureel Erfgoed
photo: Tom Haartsen
Paysage artificiel
1963
160.0cm x 185.0cm
linen, oil paint
Collection K. van Stuijvenberg on loan to Cobra Museum of Modern Art, Amstelveen, NL
photo: Tom Haartsen
Adieu la P.
1962
112.5cm x 145.5cm
linen, oil paint
Collection Fondation Constant longterm loan to Cobra Museum of Modern Art, Amstelveen, NL
Constant says farewell to painting. Wether the P stands for peinture or paix or something else entirely remains to be seen.