Henri Matisse JAZZ

<p>In Jazz Matisse composes with scissors what he could no longer paint with brushes. From this limitation emerged a new kind of freedom - a whirlwind of shapes and colours a dance that is both joyful and profound. Page after page he cuts paces invents a visual language of striking intensity somewhere between abstraction and figuration.</p><p></p><p>Conceived as an artist's book Jazz brings together the famous cut-outs and handwritten texts in which Matisse reflects on art colour music and life. The silence of the images enters into a dialogue with the words - like breaths surges pauses.</p><p></p><p>A final masterpiece Jazz is also a celebration of vitality movement and light - a timeless work that still dazzles with its expressive force and brilliance.</p>