At a glance

30–45 minutes

Painting becomes a slow record of time: layered surfaces, restrained colour and traces of movement reveal Mariella Simoni’s quiet tension between abstraction and matter.

Why go

This focused MAM Paris presentation introduces a newly acquired group of works by Mariella Simoni, an artist whose practice sits between conceptual art and abstraction. It is a good opportunity to discover a subtle painter through the museum’s permanent collection rather than a blockbuster format.

You'll see

Abstract painting · Layered surfaces · Gesture and sedimentation · Recent acquisitions · Occasional links to sculpture and installation

Pace of visit

It is a compact collection display, but Simoni’s paintings reward slow looking because their meaning sits in layers, surfaces and gradual changes of material.

Don't miss

Piazza II (1989) — a large oil on wood panels that makes the connection between Simoni’s early spatial thinking and her later painting especially clear.

Artlovers Tip

Stand close enough to see the accumulated layers, then step back. Simoni’s work changes noticeably with distance: what first looks restrained becomes much more physical.

Not a destination exhibition on its own, but exactly the kind of quiet, intelligent presentation that rewards curious visitors: an artist with a long career, a distinctive material language and relatively little mainstream visibility.

★★★½ — A good discovery inside the MAM collection.

Inside the exhibition

Meet the artist

Key Movements

Contemporary Art

Medium

DrawingPainting

Genre

Abstract

Description

A focused presentation within the permanent collection introduces Simoni's highly personal approach to painting, where human presence, gesture and memory are often reduced to their most essential forms.

About the artist

Mariella Simoni (b. 1948) is an Italian-born artist based in France whose understated painting and drawing investigate memory, perception and the human figure.

Exhibition

Mariella Simoni

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Paris, France

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