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2003 Exhibitions:

La Belle Epoque: Evoking Proust's Place and Time

North Galleries

November 19, 2002February 16, 2003


Image 1 / 3: La Belle Epoque: Evoking Proust's Place and Time.

Image 2 / 3: La Belle Epoque: Evoking Proust's Place and Time.

Image 3 / 3: La Belle Epoque: Evoking Proust's Place and Time.

“La Belle Epoque” visually captured the poetics, themes, and some of the well-known imagery of Marcel Proust’s masterwork “In Search of Lost Time”. Though not strictly autobiographical, Proust’s novel describes with incredible detail the material and social world in which he lived, in a time of transition to the modern age.

Because Proust was preoccupied with memory as opposed to fact, the images included in" La Belle Epoque" were evocative, not illustrative. Drawn from the Joseph and Elaine Monsen Collection, “La Belle Epoque” mingled recent photographs with images from Proust’s era, creating impressions and reminiscences of a particular place and time.

Curated by Pamela Meredith, Assistant Curator
Image 1: La Belle Epoque: Evoking Proust's Place and Time. (installation view). 2002-3. Henry Art Gallery.
Image 2: La Belle Epoque: Evoking Proust's Place and Time. (installation view). 2002-3. Henry Art Gallery.
Image 3: La Belle Epoque: Evoking Proust's Place and Time. (installation view). 2002-3. Henry Art Gallery.