In collaboration with the Fundaci\u00f3n Eduardo Chillida-Pilar Belzunc<\/a>e, Les Abattoirs, Mus\u00e9e \u2013 Frac Occitanie Toulouse<\/a> offers a monographic exhibition dedicated to Spanish sculptor Eduardo Chillida (1924-2002) until August 26<\/span>th<\/sup><\/span>, 2018. <\/span><\/p>\n Four rooms of the basement of Les Abattoirs host more than sixty works created between 1952 and 2002: sculptures, maquettes, prints, drawings, posters, artist editions and photographic archives. La gravedad insistente<\/i> (\u201cInsistent gravity\u201d in English) let\u2019s us discover Chillida\u2019s work through the exploration of its recurring themes, such as gravity, weight or the relationship between art, nature and public space. <\/span><\/p>\n Surrounded by the fascinating architecture of Les Abattoirs, with its sometime vertiginous high ceilings, the exhibition gravitates around Beaulieu<\/i> (1991), a 2.5 ton steel sculpture that defies nature\u2019s laws by being suspended for the first time inside a museum. But if monumental projects, within the public space or nature, characterize the artist\u2019s work \u2013 remember his famous Wind Combs<\/i> facing the Atlantic Ocean on the Bay of San Sebastian in Spain \u2013 natural elements, light, and matter are just as important in his work. The \u201cwhite room\u201d is a visual delight with textures both organic and fragile, such as alabaster that absorbs and reflects the surrounding light, or the series of collages Gravitations<\/i>, exclusively made of handmade paper and thread. <\/span><\/p>\n