Three paintings of Georges Mathieu are shown at the PAD Paris art and design fair that is open from the 23rd to the 26th of March:
- Le ciel fermé (Closed Sky, 1990) at Galerie Protée (Paris), is a shining example of the fiery and powerful gesture, and of the depth of field that are specific to the so-called barbaric period, and shows a rich chromatic scale;
- The Meaning of Meaning (1957) at Galerie Hurtebize (Cannes), displays a very fine and elegant, smooth yet energetic calligraphy, and falls within the tradition of the artworks created and exhibited in New York in the 1950s;
- Fidélité humiliée (Humiliated Faithfulness, 1988) also at Galerie Hurtebize, shows a contrasted tachism, violent but controlled.