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Hans Arp’s Automatic Sculpture (Homage to Rodin) of 1938 forms the starting point of this exhibition, the first to compare these two major modern sculptors who were born half a century apart. The display reveals how Arp, who in 1952 also wrote a poem entitled  Rodin, picked up and reinterpreted ideas that his predecessor had pioneered – for instance, the interplay of fluid and fragmented forms and surface textures. Among more than 110 works on display are masterpieces by both artists, i...

Exhibition brings into dialogue works by Auguste Rodin and Hans Arp Auguste Rodin, Torso of Adèle, 1882. Plaster, trial cast, 13.3 x 44.6 x 18.9 cm. Musée Rodin, Paris, inv. S.01223 Photo: © musée Rodin / Christian Baraja. BASEL .- For the first time, a museum exhibition brings into dialogue Auguste Rodin (1840–1917) and Hans Arp (1886–1966), pairing the groundbreaking work of late 19th-century sculpture’s great reformer with the influential work of a major protagonist of 20th century...