Jodorowsky

The exhibition will feature more than five decades of Alejandro Jodorowsky's (b. Tocopilla, 1929) artistic production and will include an array of visual, literary, archival, and filmic material drawn largely from the artist’s personal archives. 

Among the works on display are ephemera related to Jodorowsky’s early theatrical and pantomime performances which he developed in post-WWII Paris as a co-creator of the Panic movement; a selection of his long-running cartoon strip, Las Fábulas Pánicas, published while Jodorowsky was living in Mexico City as an integral participant in the avant-garde art scene; and material related to his pioneering role as the director of both recent films including Endless Poetry (2016) as well as cult film classics as El Topo (1970), The Holy Mountain (1973) and his abandoned film adaption of Frank Herbert’s science fiction classic, Dune. 

Also on view will be works on paper by PascALEjandro, the synthesized being comprised of Jodorowsky and his partner Pascale Montandon-Jodorowsky, whose creative production has been described as the “love child” of the two artists. 

At its core, this extensive body of work (which today extends to the artist’s lively Twitter-stream) is united by Jodorowsky’s profound dedication to exploring the therapeutic possibilities of art, as revealed by his fascination and dedication to studying and restoring the Tarot of Marseille.

Credit: Exhibition overview from museum website.