Gérard Garouste
The artist
Born in 1946 in Paris, Gérard Garouste lives and works in Paris and Normandy. He is one of the leading figures in French art. As both painter and sculptor, he is obsessed by the origins of our culture, myths and the legacy left us by the old masters. His own life is the springboard for his work on ‘dismantling images and words’ and his fascination with the questions of origins, time and transmission. His paintings are born of associations of ideas. Now unsettling, now joyful, they teem with animals, some of them fantastical, and a cast of different characters. His sources range from the Bible to popular culture and literary greats, from Cervantes to Rabelais.
Exhibitions
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Correspondances (Gérard Garouste – Marc-Alain Ouaknin)
March 25 - July 17, 2021
Paris - Grenier Saint Lazare -
Zeugma
March 15 - May 12, 2018
Paris - Beaubourg -
Contes ineffables
January 11 - February 26, 2014
Paris - Beaubourg -
Walpurgisnachtstraum
September 8 - October 29, 2011
Paris - Beaubourg -
La Bourgogne, la famille et l’eau tiède
January 12 - February 26, 2008
Paris - Beaubourg -
L’Anesse et la figue
January 28 - February 18, 2006
Paris - Beaubourg -
Portraits
March 6 - April 30, 2004
Paris - Beaubourg -
Késive, la ville mensonge
January 24 - March 2, 2002
Paris - Beaubourg
Biography
| Birth | Born in 1946 in Paris, France |
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| Residence | He lives and works in Marcilly-sur-Eure, France |
SOLO EXHIBITIONS (SELECTION)
| 2022 | Gérard Garouste, Musée National d’Art Moderne Centre Pompidou, Paris, France |
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| 2021 | Gérard Garouste, Galerie Templon, Paris, France |
| 2020 | Gérard Garouste : The Other Side, National Gallery of Modern Art of New Delhi, New Delhi, India |
| 2019 | Gérard Garouste, Centre des arts Palais Aicha Fahmy, Cairo, Egypt Gérard Garouste et l’École des Prophètes, Espace des droits de l'homme, Mairie du Chambon-sur-Lignon, Chambon-sur-Lignon, France |
| 2018 | Diane et Actéon, Musée de la Chasse et de la Nature, Paris, France Zeugma, le grand œuvre drolatique, Beaux-Arts de Paris, Paris, France Zeugma, Galerie Templon, Paris, France |
| 2017 | Les Garouste, complot de famille, Palais idéal du Facteur Cheval, Château de Hauterives, France |
| 2016 | À la croisée des chemins, BAM, Mons, Belgium Sèvres Outdoor, Cité de la Céramique, Sèvres, France |
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COLLECTIONS (SÉLECTION)
| Domaine national de Saint-Cloud, Saint-Cloud, France | |
| Hôtel de Ville, Mons, Belgique | |
| Théâtre Royal, Namur, Belgique | |
| Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris, France | |
| L’église Notre-Dame, Talant, France | |
| Cathédrale d’Évry, France | |
| Palais de Justice de Lyon, France |
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THÉÂTRE
| 2008 | Le Classique et l’Indien, spectacle de Gérard Garouste et Joël Calmettes ; avec Gérard Garouste et Denis Lavant, Théâtre du Rond-Point, Paris, France |
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| 1978 | Le Classique et l’Indien, spectacle de Gérard Garouste, Festival Transthéâtre Libération, Paris, France |
FILM
| 2018 | Gérard Garouste, En chemin, réalisé par Vivien Desouches, produit par André Djaoui, Tikkun Productions |
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| 2013 | Gérard Garouste, Retour aux sources, réalisé par Joël Calmettes – Chloé Productions – Collection Empreintes – France 5 |
PUBLIC AND PRIVATE PROCUREMENTS
| 2013 | Sculpture Le Défi du Soleil, Domaine national de Saint-Cloud, 1984-2013, France |
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| 2010 | Ensemble de Sculptures monumentales en bronze et de fresques en céramique, 23, rue de l’Université, Paris VIIème (Groupe Carlyle), France |
| 2006 | Tapisserie Le murez et l’araignée, Aubusson, France Sculptures à l’Hôtel de ville de Mons, Belgium |
| 2000 | Frise dans la salle des mariages de l’hôtel de ville de Mons, Belgium |
| 1999 | Plafond du foyer du Théâtre royal de Namur, Belgium |
| 1996 | Installation de peinture et fer forgé pour la Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris, France |
| 1995 | Vitraux de l’église Notre-Dame de Talant, en Bourgogne, France Sculpture Vierge à l’Enfant pour la cathédrale d’Evry, France |
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Press
Architectural Digest.in - février 2020
The Other Side, a special retrospective on the revered French artist
Uma Nair
The Art Newspaper Daily - octobre 2019
Indiscrétion : Gérard Garouste au Centre Pompidou.. et à Delhi
Alexandre Crochet
Le Quotidien de l'Art, l'Hebdo - mars 2018
L'esprit se tait, enfin libre, pour galoper
Lionel Sabatté
Le Journal des Arts - janvier 2018
Le peintre a été élu à l'Académie des beaux-arts
Stéphane Renault
Le Figaro.fr - décembre 2017
Le peintre Gérard Garouste succède à Georges Mathieu à l'Académie des beaux-arts
News
Gérard Garouste
LES GAROUSTE, COMPLOT DE FAMILLE – SOLO SHOW
CHATEAU DE HAUTERIVES, DROME, FRANCEFrom 5/06/2017 to 9/31/2017
This is a very singular exhibition which will be presented this summer at the Hauterives Palace / Drôme. Singular in two ways. For the first time, Gérard Garouste – emblematic figure of French painting – and his wife, Elizabeth Garouste – designer – exhibit together. For the first time, this is their shared passion for « art brut » (outsider art) that get them together, right here where Facteur Cheval erected his famous Ideal Palace, considered as the international reference of « art brut ». Quite naturally, the extravagant creations of David Rochline – Elizabeth’s brother, deceased in 2015, found their place in this exciting family venture, like the ones of children from La Source association, henceforth at the heart of their artistic and civic concerns.
Gérard Garouste
GOLEM! – GROUP SHOW
MUSEE D’ART ET D’HISTOIRE DU JUDAISME, PARIS, FRANCE From 3/8/2017 to 7/16/2017
With 136 works from 28 institutions and private lender, this exhibiton at the MAHJ explores the rich future of the Golem’s figure in the visual arts, through a journey mixing painting, drawing, photography, theatre, cinema, literature, comic and video games. From the presentation of a remarkable Sefer Yetsirah (“Book of Creation”) printed in Mantua in 1612 to the movie clip from Terminator 2, through works of Boris Aronson, Christian Boltanski, Gérard Garouste, Antony Gormley, Philip Guston, Amos Gitaï, R.B. Kitaj or Anselm Kiefer, the exhibition reveals how this medieval Jewish legend still effects today in a globalized imaginary world.
Gérard Garouste
À LA CROISéE DES SOURCES – SOLO SHOW
BEAUX-ARTS MONS, MONS, FRANCE From 9/24/2016 to 1/29/2017
The Museum of Fine Arts in Mons (BAM) is dedicating a major exhibition to French painter Gérard Garouste, gathering over 80 works, some of them monumental in size. This selection will give an original overview of his entire career. The exhibition was mainly and for the first time conceived following the framework of Cervantes novel Don Quixote . Salle Saint-Georges – at a stone’s throw from BAM – will host an installation specially designed by Garouste. It invites visitors to lose themselves among the twists and turns of a labyrinth created out of around 35 monumental canvases – a unique physical and visual experience. This exhibition, curated by Bernard Marcelis and Xavier Roland, BAM’s Director, will also exclusively reveal two of his sketch books – a rare opportunity that allows us to enter the private world of his artistic process. Press visit on Friday, September 23, 2016, 11 a.m. Opening on Friday, September 23, 2016, 7:30 p.m.
Gérard Garouste
SèVRES OUTDOORS – GROUP SHOW
SEVRES OUTDOORS, CITE DE LA CERAMIQUE, SEVRES, FRANCEFrom 06/01/2016 to 10/24 2016
Gerard Garouste participates in the third edition of Sevres Outdoors, organized by the Cité de la ceramique. About thirty outdoor and monumental artworks are shown, some even for the first time, in the garden of the Cité.
Gérard Garouste
EN CHEMIN
FONDATION MAEGHT, ST PAUL DE VENCE, FRANCE
The Maeght Foundation dedicates its summer exhibition, which will exceptionally run until the 29 November, to French painter Gérard Garoust. En chemin is an opportunity to discover a set of about 80 paintings, sculptures and drawings with new works, specially created in 2015. The exhibition’s retrospective dimension is completed by a strong focus on the current researchs of Gérard Garouste. It also presents unpublished notebooks, offering the visitor a look behind the scenes of the painter-alchemist. The exhibition layout proposes a provocative journey of interpretations and free associations. Gérard Garouste’s popularity is only equaled by his singularity. “Never ask directions from someone who knows the way, you risk not getting lost”*: this quote tells all about the whole process of the artist, who chooses figuration, the study of myths and founding archetypes to better explore human intimacytoday. *Rabbi Nachman
Philippe Cognée
Gérard Garouste
Jitish Kallat
Chiharu Shiota
BUSAN BIENNALE
BUSAN BIENNALE, KOREA
From September 20th 2014 to November 22th 2014 Galerie Templon is proud to announce artists Philippe Cognée, Gérard Garouste, Jitish Kallat and Chiharu Shiota’s participation to the 2014 Busan Biennale (September 20 – November 22) in Korea. Entitled Inhabiting the world,this edition gathers around 160 artists from 30 countries, with a main exhibition, two special exhibitions, diverse academic programs international exchange events and participatory events. Under the direction of Olivier Kaeppelin, the main exhibition focuses on the roles of art and artists in aworld of permanent state of economic, ecological and geo-political uncertainty. Inhabiting the world intends to explore the extraordinary constellation of artistic responses to the contemporary situations.
Jan Fabre
Jean-Michel Alberola
Jim Dine
Gérard Garouste
Kehinde Wiley
ADVENTURES OF TRUTHPAINTING AND PHILOSOPHY: A NARRATIVECURATOR : BERNARD HENRI-LéVY(GROUP SHOW)
Fondation Maeght, Saint-Paul de Vence, France
From Saturday 29th June to Monday 11th November 2013 Painters and sculptors collaborated with the Catalan architect Josep Lluís Sert, creating works which were integrated into the building and the surrounding natural environment: the Giacometti courtyard, the Miró labyrinth with its sculptures and ceramics, the mosaic murals of Chagall and Tal Coat, Braque’s pond and stained glass window and Bury’s fountain. Indoor and outdoor spaces link up with each other through the sculpture garden, the courtyards, terraces and patios. The Maeght Foundation is already famous for its architecture and gardens; it is also home to one of Europe’s richest collections of modern and contemporary art. The greenery of its grounds makes the Maeght Foundation the ideal place to discover the great artists of our time. (…)
Gérard Garouste
LE DéFI DU SOLEIL
Domaine national de Saint-Cloud, France
From May 23 2013 Le CNAP, en partenariat avec le Centre des monuments nationaux et la Direction générale des patrimoines installe au domaine national de Saint-Cloud Le défi du soleil, commandé à l’artiste en 1985 et prévu à l’origine pour le jardin du Palais-Royal. (…)
