Labeled Exhibition of National Interest by the Ministry of Culture, D-Generation, Gishia and his friends was inaugurated at the Borda Museum in Dax. The occasion to pay tribute to Léon Gishia (1903-1991), the child of the country, as well as to his circle of friends, creators of the New School of Paris.
Until December 30, 2023, the exhibition dedicated to Léon Gishia at the Borda Museum in Dax showcases the artist’s artistic production and the emulation maintained alongside his friends at the Nouvelle École de Paris during the 1930s and 1960s. The result of close collaboration with a dozen partner institutions, including the Musée national d'Art moderne Centre Pompidou and the Centre national des Arts plastiques, it invites visitors into the artist’s intimacy and presents his ties of friendship with more than 25 other artists including Jean Bazaine, Alexander Calder, André Derain, Fernand Léger, Jean Vilar, etc.
These avant-garde artists, considered «degenerated» by the Nazi regime, derive their strength and freedom from a desire to affirm their link to the history of painting, emancipated from academicism.
The scenography offers visitors to travel successively through several spaces, for a chronological journey from the early 1930s to the 1960s.
The label "Exhibition of national interest"
Local cultural policy is a priority of the Ministry of Culture, which encourages ambitious projects, in the heart of the territories and close to the citizens. This is what is proposed by the exhibitions labeled of national interest. Since 1999, the Ministry of Culture has awarded this label every year to a selection of exhibitions meeting exemplary criteria, presented in the regions by museums in France. These exhibitions are selected on the basis of their scientific quality and the innovative nature of the cultural mediation actions directed towards all audiences.