A pioneer of optical or Op art in the 1960s, a historical figure in Kinetic art and the epitome of an anti-conformist artist, Julio Le Parc defined the principles that would guide his approach very early on: a certain critical analysis of the artist’s situation and social role, the endeavor to go beyond its contradictions through commitment and continual experimentation.

Constance Gounod / constance@claudinecolin.com

Working in the murky zone between conscious and unconscious, dream and reality, the artist Joachim Koester explores vast fields of knowledge, ranging from Haitian ritual to esoteric séances, and including yoga, Peyote and other hallucinatory experiences. As a result, he creates works that blur the line separating the documentary and the fictional, asking the audience to reconstitute mental journeys on which they undoubtedly would never embarked.

Constance Gounod / constance@claudinecolin.com

Following Ryan Gander, it is Évariste Richer’s turn to conceive a new “Bibliothèque d’artiste” [Artist’s Library] for the Palais de Tokyo. An opportunity for the artist to take the visitor on a journey into the faraway and the deeply hidden. The viewer can take in the extravagant proportions of a photograph depicting the billions of stars of the Magellanic Clouds beside a thorough presentation of Father René Just Haüy’s mineralogical collection. The artist’s references are drawn from a number of disciplines that are not ordinarily associated with one another and that, for the duration of this exhibition, invite the visitor to experience the distortions created by instruments of measurement throughout the centuries. The artist calls attention to the symmetries between the compactness of the mineral world and the expanding immensity of the sky, the poetic and the cosmic, reality and the imaginary. 

Constance Gounod / constance@claudinecolin.com

After “Crêpe Suzette” in Bristol in 2012, it’s time for “Orange Juice” at the Palais de Toyko in 2013. The exhibition is not about food but rather presents the sculptural experiments of Dewar & Gicquel adapted to stop motion film. The artistic duo – proponents of a “hand-made” approach to their practice which includes wood and stone-carving, ceramics and weaving – have been experimenting with a new medium and giving life to strange sculptures in which pairs of clay legs dancing improbable minuets can be spied amid formless forests and mountains that rise up and collapse. 

Constance Gounod / constance@claudinecolin.com

For his first solo exhibition in Paris, François Curlet, an expert at détournement, reveals a distanced worldview that challenges the clichés of the day. Advertising slogans, human interest stories, or everyday objects give way to a subtle poetry, both existential and demotic.

Constance Gounod / constance@claudinecolin.com

Under the presiding spirit of the eccentric and fascinating figure of Raymond Roussel (1877-1933), Palais de Tokyo is staging an ambitious exhibition mapping the influence of that dazzling genius on the artists of today.

Constance Gounod / constance@claudinecolin.com

Book in Standard & Collector’s Editions

Exhibition from 20 February to 18 May 2013

Calder by Matter is the first Cahiers d’Art publication since the relaunch of the Cahiers d’Art revue in October 2012. Is has been edited in collaboration with the Calder Foundation. 

On the occasion of the book launch, Cahiers d’Art will present an exhibition of over thirty works by Calder, including mobiles, stabiles, bronzes, decorative objects, and gouaches, as well as a selection of photographs by Matter.

This winter, MAGASIN will present a solo exhibition by German artist Anselm Reyle. This exhibition is being realized in collaboration with the Deichtorhallen in Hamburg, Germany. It features selected works from various series created in recent years as well as new pieces developed specially for the show. His exhibition at MAGASIN will play upon the monumentality of the central space under roof, called «la Rue», which will be home to a site-specific work realized for this occasion. The galleries will display existing pieces and will provide an overview of Anselm Reyle’s work. 

Press contact  : Samya Ramdane - samya@claudinecolin.com 

Gagosian Gallery presents Frank Gehry’s Fish Lamps. The exhibition will be presented concurrently in both the Los Angeles and Paris galleries.

Mathilde Beaujard / mathilde@claudinecolin.com

Eloïse Daniels / eloise@claudinecolin.com

Gagosian Gallery presents photographs by Inez & Vinoodh. This is their first exhibition with the gallery. 

Mathilde Beaujard / mathilde@claudinecolin.com

Eloïse Daniels / eloise@claudinecolin.com