STRASBOURG: “Europe and its spirits, or a fascination for the occult, 1750-1950” is a multidisciplinary exhibition thatexplores the influence the occult had for artists,scholars and scientists across Europe, throughout the major periods of modernity. This exhibit has beenorganized into three chapters which respectively focus on :

– artistic creation (painting, drawing, sculpture,engraving and photography) and literature seenthrough the prism of the irrational and the obscure.

– the esoteric tradition reexamined by way of a vastlydetailed chronological perspective whichencompasses the founding texts and its printediconography.

– the relationship between occult phenomena and science through the evocation of scholars andexperimentation in addition to a presentation ofscientific instruments

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An assemblage of nearly 500 works, 150 scientificobjects, 150 books and approximately one hundreddocuments from 25 European countries, L’Europe des Esprits will be on view at Strasbourg’s Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art spanning over 2,000 square meters.

Curated by: Serge Fauchereau / Art Historian & JoëllePijaudier-Cabot / Curator in charge of national héritage –Director of the Museums of Strasbourg.

A catalog of the exhibition published by the Museums of Strasbourg

L’Europe des Esprits ou la fascination de l’occulte 1750-1950

ISBN: 978-2-35125-092-1, approximately 450 pages

Contributions by Daniel Bornemann, Heloïse Conesa, Antonio Bonnet Corres, Osvaldas Daugelis, Michel Draguet, Serge Fauchereau, Savine Faupin, Marie-Jeanne Geyer, Olle Granath, Anny-Claire Haus, Annie Le Brun, Daniel Payot, Laurence Perry, Lucienne Peiry, Estelle Pietrzyk, Joëlle Pijaudier-Cabot, Roland Recht, SébastienSoubiran, Christoph Wagner, Marie-Dominique Wandhammer

Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art of Strasbourg
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