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until 14.06. | #4627ARTatBerlin | Galerie Judin shows from 2nd May 2025 the exhibition „Bombois de Anholt“.
Participating artists::
Catherine Anholt, Tom Anholt, Sara Anstis, Emmanuel Bornstein, Ian Davis, Thomas Delaroziere, Andriu Deplazes, Louis Fratino, Georgina Gratrix, Hortensia Mi Kafchin, Ryan Mosley, Minyoung Kim, Simphiwe Ndzube, Magdalena Shummer-Fangor, Esther Pearl Watson.
Curated by Tom Anholt.
Camille Bombois (French, 1883–1970) is one of the most storied unknowns of French art in the 20th century. A weightlifter and wrestler, who performed in the circus, and tugged boats for a living, he became a self-taught painter at an advanced age. He sold his paintings, mostly small formats, on the banks of the Seine in Paris. In 1924, the famous art critic and dealer Wilhelm Uhde took notice of Bombois – allegedly after receiving a hint from his friend Pablo Picasso – and helped him to his first gallery appearance. By 1938, Bombois was canonical enough to be included in “Masters of Popular painting”, a momentous group exhibtion in New York’s MoMA. And in 1955, his work was presented at the “documenta 1” in Kassel. It was the modernity and individuality of expression that had captivated Picasso and his peers – and it has not lost its fascination to this day.
Tom Anholt decided to invite other artists, friends and admired ones, to revisit Bombois – and to create a conversation between Bombois holdings of Galerie Judin and contemporary responses.
Opening: Friday, 2nd May 2025
Exhibition dates: Friday, 2nd May – Saturday, 14th June 2025
To the Gallery
Title image caption: Tom Anholt, Camille Bombois Paints a Fisherman, 2025, Photo: Gunter Lepkowski, Berlin, VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2025
Group Exhibition Bombois by Anholt – Galerie Judin | Zeitgenössische Kunst in Berlin | Contemporary Art | Exhibitions Berlin Galleries | ART at Berlin
