Argument:

A constellation of studies and testimonies for the centenary of the birth of the artist who wrote: “One can never make too much music, too much poetry, too much painting and sculpture. One can never dream too much. The soul of music and that of poetry, painting, and sculpture merge, flow together like dreams.”

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“Alongside his universally famous plastic work, Jean Arp’s (1887-1966) poetic work is considerable in every respect, both, moreover, in German and in French, since Arp, born Alsatian, practiced both languages with equal mastery. Scattered in journals, catalogues, and now rare publications, all of Jean Arp’s writings in French are gathered here, as well as the published translations of some of his German poems and texts. Gathered chronologically, poems, tales, prefaces, manifestos, memoirs, interviews, and many unpublished pieces—these works, with their very personal humor, subtle naivety, and restrained passion, are often historical documents and shed light over nearly half a century on the artist’s life, the work of his friends, and certain aspects of the movements—Dadaism, Surrealism, etc.—in which he participated.”