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

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

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

True to its mission of supporting young creativity, Palais de Tokyo is hugely active in promoting emerging artists. Incubator for emerging creators, the modules provide 5 artists residing in France the opportunity to show their work at Palais de Tokyo for two months. 

Victoire Birembaux / victoire@claudinecolin.com

La maison rouge continues its cycle of exhibiting private collections. Starting 20th October, the collection of the Italian couple Giuliana and Tommaso Setari will be shown. They have founded the Dena Foundation for Contemporary Art. Here are some of the artists of the collection: Carla Accardi, Luciano Fabro, Michelangelo Pistoletto, Ettore Spalletti.

In the fall of 2012, Gagosian Gallery will inaugurate a bold new gallery space in the north of Paris, at Le Bourget. The unprecedented choice of location in the industrial area of Le Bourget is linked to the discovery of this exceptional space, an industrial building from the 1950s, comprising 1650 square meters (17,760 square feet) on two levels. A mezzanine of 340 square meters (3,660 square feet) overlooks the ground floor, offering the opportunity to exhibit large-scale sculptures, paintings and installations. The gallery has been designed by world-renowned architect Jean Nouvel in collaboration with HW architecture.

Mathilde Beaujard / mathilde@claudinecolin.com