A posthumous exhibition featuring the works of filmmaker and visual artist David Lynch will be held this summer in Yvetot, Normandy. Presented as the first since his passing in January, the exhibition will showcase a lesser-known side of his artistry, focusing on his lithographic work.
A posthumous exhibition of works by filmmaker and visual artist David Lynch, described as the first since his passing in January, is set to take place this summer in Yvetot (Seine-Maritime), organizers announced on Monday.
The exhibition, featuring around fifty lithographs created over the past fifteen years, will run from June 21 to September 21 at Galerie Duchamp, a nationally recognized contemporary art center located in the Normandy town.
"We aim to highlight a lesser-known aspect of his work—his visual and pictorial creations, particularly his lithography," explained exhibition curator Alexandre Mare to AFP. Lynch frequently practiced this art form in collaboration with a Parisian publisher.
The exhibition will also include "film excerpts and photographs to showcase the recurring themes and obsessions present across his artistic, musical, and cinematic works," Mare added.
Before his passing, Lynch was actively involved in selecting the lithographs for the exhibition. "He found the project amusing, the idea of showcasing his work far from major capitals, in a rural setting—practically in the middle of cow pastures," Mare remarked with a smile.
The art center, which he also directs, is located in Yvetot, a town of 12,000 residents that features prominently in the writings of Nobel Prize-winning author Annie Ernaux, who spent her childhood there.
A towering figure in American cinema with an immense influence, David Lynch—director of The Elephant Man, Mulholland Drive, and the cult series Twin Peaks—passed away in mid-January at the age of 78.
With AFP
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