Giacometti/Sade. Cruels objets du désir. Proche et Moyen Orient " from November 17

" from November 17

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Giacometti/Sade. Cruels objets du désir. Proche et Moyen Orient " from November 17In 1933, Alberto Giacometti wrote to Andr Breton: "Yesterday I read Sade, who fascinates me greatly." In the 1930s, Giacometti created objects with a symbolic function, imbued with the imagination of a violent eroticism similar to that of the writings of DAF de Sade. The era was one of the rehabilitation of the divine Marquis, a model of freedom and modernity for artists and writers. The libertine philosopher fascinated Giacometti and his friends,