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GROUP SHOW: LA CHINE ARDENTE, CONTEMPORARY MONUMENTAL SCULPTURES
LES ANCIENS ABATTOIRS, MONS, BELGIUMFrom 07/04/2015 to 10/04/2015
Monumental sculptures by 20 Chinese artists, from the pioneers of the late 70’s to contemporary generations, will be presented as so many artistic proposals to ‘change the world’ .
Philippe Cognée
AUX ORIGINES
ABBAYE SAINT-JEAN D'ORBESTIE, LE CHATEAU D'OLONNE, FRANCEFrom 07/04/2015 to 09/06/2015
The exhition at Château d’Olonne focuses on a more confidential aspect of painter Philippe Cognée’s artistic creation : sculpture. The title of the show ‘Back to the roots’ is very evocative, as the works brought together at the Abbaye date back from the 1990’s. Curator Philippe Piguet
Jean-Michel Alberola
GROUP SHOW: LA FIGURATION LIBRE, THE HISTORY OF AN ADVENTURE
MUSEE PAUL VALERY, SETE, FRANCEFrom 07/03/2015 to 11/15/2015
The exhibition brings together works by the French painters who initiated the Figuration libre adventure such as Robert Combas or Hervé di Rosa, as well as international and American painters along with whom they came to light – such as Jean-Michel Basquiat, Keith Haring, Crash, Kenny Scharf…
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 It also presents unpublished notebooks, offering the visitor a look behind the scenes of the painter-alchemist.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
Jan Fabre
PERFORMANCE: MOUNT OLYMPUS, TO GLORIFY THE CULT OF TRAGEDY, A 24 HOURS PERFORMANCE
WORLD PREMIERE BERLINER FESTSPIELE, FOREIGN AFFAIRS, BERLIN
Mount Olympus. To glorify the cult of tragedy, a 24-hour performance is one huge slab of history dipped in a sea of time. It is humanity’s time, time of the birth of tragedy.
Simultaneously distant and nearby, we recognize outlines of stories and characters taken from Greek tragedy. These characters have their faults torn open by Fabre, are left intatters, beaten by violence and Homeric laughter and fervent ecstasy.
Mount Olympus is shaping up to be a unique experience. Come climb that mountain, dive into that ocean. This will be unforgettable.
The creative process of this major project is also worth sharing. Follow the rehearsals online on the website with testimonials, snapshots, videos, quotes and much more.
Oda Jaune
GROUP SHOW, WHO’S AFRAID OF PICTURE(S)
CENTRE D'ART CONTEMPORAIN 'A CENT METRES DU MONDE', PERPIGNAN
With Gilles Balmet / Marcos Carrasquer / Marc Desgrandchamps / Léo Dorfner / Erró / Hervé Ic / Oda Jaune / Kosta Kulundzic / Jean-Jacques Lebel / David Lefebvre / Frédéric Léglise / Thomas Lévy-Lasne / Li Tianbing / Simon Pasieka / Stéphane Pencréach / Nazanin Pouyandeh / Johann Rivat / Lionel Sabatté / Claire Tabouret / Davor Vrankic / Duncan Wylie / Lamia Ziadé.
The exhibition questions the way that painters deal with the images today, how they capture or defy them.
Curator Frédéric Leglise volontarily chose to exhibit artists from different generations, most of them based or having been based in France.
Pierre et Gilles
GROUP SHOW, ÊTRE éTONNé C’EST UN BONHEUR
CHAPELLE DE LA VISITATION, THONON LES BAINS
The exhibition concept resides in this statement by famous English writer Edgar Allan Poe : ‘It is a happiness to wonder’. It questions the spectator’s point of view through a selection of artists whose both approaches and visual processes are idiosyncratic. With Pierre et Gilles, Pierre Ardouvin, Clément Bagot, Gaelle Chotard, Nicolas Darrot , Gael Davrinche, Jean-François Rozier, Samuel Rousseau, Jacques Villeglé
Philippe Cognée
GROUP SHOW, C’EST LA NUIT
VILLA TAMARIS, TOULON
Villa Tamaris Art Center holds an exhibition dedicated to theme of the night. Staged as an ambulatory fiction, a track running from the periphery to the heart of the city, it interweaves without hierarchy some paintings, photographs, comics, visual and acoustic installations.
With Antoine d’Agata, Philippe Cognée, Gérard Fromanger, Jacques Monory, Antonio Segui, Hans Op de Beeck, and others.
Iván Navarro
GROUP SHOW, STORYLINES : CONTEMPORARY ART AT THE GUGGENHEIM
GUGGENHEIM MUSEUM, NYC
Bringing together over one hundred works from the Guggenheim’s contemporary collection, Storylines examines the diverse ways in which artists today engage narrative through installation, painting, photography, sculpture, video, and performance. For these artists, storytelling does not necessarily require plots, characters, or settings. Rather, narrative potential lies in everyday objects and materials, and their embedded cultural associations.
Philippe Cognée
Iván Navarro
GROUP SHOW, FUTURES
LA VIEILLE CHARITE, MARSEILLE
French painter Philippe Cognée and Chilean sculptor Ivan Navarro join in the large summer exhibition at the Vieille Charité in Marseille. From the beginning of the 20th century until nowadays, gathering works by major artists such as Matisse, Calder or Kandinsky, the exhibition recounts the links and reverse influences in between Art, architecture, science, robotics, scifi and astronomy. More than a hundred works coming from the most prestigious international institutions are offering to view the futuristic universe of modern and contemporary artists.
