Following on from the success of the exhibition Before Time Began,
Fondation Opale is taking on a new challenge with a show that
juxtaposes contemporary Aboriginal art with prominent examples of
contemporary art created in a Western and Asian tradition. This
beautifully illustrated catalogue includes more than eighty works by
over 54 artists from two separate collections, both of which are
outstanding in their own right: the collection of Aboriginal art
belonging to Bérengère Primat and the contemporary art collection
amassed by Garance Primat. The works play off each other with powerful
effect. Insightful pairings suggest an underlying unity, a merging of
mankind, heaven, earth, and the whole cosmos.


The Aboriginal
artists represented include: Rover Thomas, Gulumbu Yunupingu, Clifford
Possum Tjapaltjarri, Judy Watson, Sally Gabori, Emily Kame Kngwarrey,
Paddy Bedford, Nonggirrnga Marawili, Ronnie Tjampitjinpa, and John
Mawurndjul. The artists working in the Western and Oriental traditions
include: Jean Dubuffet, Kiki Smith, Anselm Kiefer, Sol Lewitt, Yayoi
Kusama, Giuseppe Penone, and Anish Kapoor.


Published to accompany an exhibition at Fondation Opale, Lens - Crans Montana, 14 June 2020 - 4 April 4 2021.

Text by: Bérengère Primat, Garance Primat, Jean-Hubert Martin, Georges Petitjean, Hervé Mikaeloff, Ingrid Pux