{"id":169870,"date":"2025-05-24T11:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-05-24T09:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.parisselectbook.com\/2025\/05\/24\/beauvoir-sartre-and-giacometti-an-exhibition-that-blurs-boundaries\/"},"modified":"2025-05-24T11:00:39","modified_gmt":"2025-05-24T09:00:39","slug":"beauvoir-sartre-and-giacometti-an-exhibition-that-blurs-boundaries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.parisselectbook.com\/en\/2025\/05\/24\/beauvoir-sartre-and-giacometti-an-exhibition-that-blurs-boundaries\/","title":{"rendered":"Beauvoir, Sartre and Giacometti: an exhibition that blurs boundaries"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

What if art, philosophy and literature were all part of the same vertigo? That’s the challenge of the \u201cVertiges de l’absolu\u201d exhibition, on show at the Institut Giacometti from June 19 to October 12, 2025<\/em>. This cross-disciplinary event pays tribute to Simone de Beauvoir, Jean-Paul Sartre and Alberto Giacometti. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n

An intellectual trio reunited<\/h2>\n\n

This original exhibition retraces thefriendship and quest for the absolute<\/strong> shared by these three figures. We discover a reconstruction of their exchanges in Paris in the 1940s, but also in Geneva in 1946, where their collaboration on the magazine Labyrinthe<\/em> marked a clear transition: from the shadow of surrealism to a new plastic and philosophical radicalism. <\/p>\n\n

Through sculptures, essays, archives and personal objects, the tour brings to life a generation at odds with<\/strong> itself, resolutely turned towards a committed modernity.<\/p>\n\n

Iconic works at the heart of the story<\/h2>\n\n

Among the works on display are L’Objet invisible<\/strong> (1934), La Main<\/strong> (1947), and the plaster cast Simone de Beauvoir<\/strong> (1946), sculpted by Giacometti himself. Each piece resonates with the writings of Beauvoir and Sartre<\/strong>, displayed in a setting that recreates the places they frequented: the studio, the bedroom at 11bis rue Victor-Schoelcher, and Parisian caf\u00e9s. <\/p>\n\n

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A publication shared by Kate Kirkpatrick (@philosofemme)<\/a><\/p><\/div><\/blockquote>\n