{"id":338668,"date":"2026-11-13T23:51:28","date_gmt":"2026-11-13T22:51:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/geneveinfos.ch\/2026\/11\/13\/ted-joans-black-flower-mcba-lausanne-2026\/"},"modified":"2026-11-14T16:47:18","modified_gmt":"2026-11-14T15:47:18","slug":"ted-joans-black-flower-mcba-lausanne-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/geneveinfos.ch\/en\/2026\/11\/13\/ted-joans-black-flower-mcba-lausanne-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Ted Joans, Black Flower, in Lausanne, 9 Oct. 2026 \u2013 28 Feb. 2027"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Mus\u00e9e cantonal des Beaux-Arts (MCBA) in Lausanne presents \u201cTed Joans. Black Flower\u201d until Sunday 28 February 2027. It is the first monographic exhibition devoted to this American artist.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Who organises it<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The MCBA organises the exhibition. The curator is Pierre-Henri Foulon, curator of contemporary art at the MCBA.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Art Mentor Foundation Lucerne and the LoRo support the project. The museum works closely with the artist\u2019s estate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What to find<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Ted Joans (1928-2003) stands between surrealism, jazz, Black Power and pan-Africanism. His literary work is the best known. His drawings, collages and experimental films have remained largely unknown.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The exhibition follows his life. He grew up in Kentucky and Indiana. He arrived in New York in 1951 and joined the Beat circle of Greenwich Village. In the early 1960s, he settled in Paris, then lived between Europe and Africa, in Tangier and Timbuktu.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Collage is at the heart of his practice. In Berlin, in 1983 and 1984, he began the \u201cSilent Poems\u201d. These are short silent 8 mm films, made to be screened with jazz.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Several events accompany the exhibition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n