JOYCE MANSOUR Paris—From November 18 through February 1, 2015, the Musée du Quai Branly’s Atelier Aublet will host an installation devoted to Joyce Mansour (1928–1986). A poetess without boundaries and of Egyptian origin, she was close to the surrealist scene and erupted on the Parisian avantgarde in 1953. The exhibition, conceived of by Philippe Dagen—whose last project was the remarkable exhibition on Charles Ratton, also presented at the Musée du Quai Branly—consists of photographs by this peerless woman, as well as of the artworks that she surrounded herself with. These include artifacts with symbolic value that she created herself in the manner of André Breton, with whom she had close ties, as well as tribal artworks, especially from the South Seas, of the kind that were so cherished by the surrealists. Above: Portrait of Joyce Mansour by Gilles Ehrmann. Private collection. Right: Max Ernst, Janus. Private collection. © Musée du Quai Branly. Photo: Cyril Zannettacci. Far right: Female figure. Easter Island. Private collection. © Musée du Quai Branly. Photo: Cyril Zannettacci. Above: Jindrich Styrsky Toyen, À la table verte, 1945. Private collection. © Musée du Quai Branly. Photo: Cyril Zannettacci. Left: Flute stopper. Biwat, Papua New Guinea. Private collection. © Musée du Quai Branly. Photo: Cyril Zannettacci. Left: Malangan mask. New Ireland. Private collection. © Musée du Quai Branly. Photo: Cyril Zannettacci.
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