The 110 galleries participating in FAB Paris represent all disciplines and eras—from archaeology to modern and contemporary art, including Asian art, tribal art, rare books, tapestry, jewelry, fine art, and design. They will present high-quality pieces at the Grand Palais Ephémère, an iconic Paris venue, from November 22 to 26, 2023. Focus on modern and contemporary art...
Modern art is represented by more than twenty galleries such as Prazan App, Beres, of Béraudière, The Presidency, Anthony Laurentin, Rosenberg, Tamenaga et Boulakia, Helene Bailly, A&R Fleury, Loeve&Co, Najuma et Goldenrod, and six galleries are participating in this show for the first time: Ludorff, From Vertes, Whitford, David Levy et Mayoral from Germany, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, Belgium and Spain respectively. As for contemporary art galleries RX et Christophe Gaillard, satisfied with their participation last year, will return in 2023.
Gallery Prazan Application, a specialist in the great painters of the Paris School of the 1950s, has chosen a purist work dated 1930 by Maurice Estève, remarkable for its structure. This painting constitutes a true step in the artist's creative process and would have its place in an institution dedicated to modern painting.
As we celebrate the centenary of Surrealism created in 1924 (André Breton's Manifesto), the Gallery of Béraudière from Belgium will present the oil painting of Rene Magritte of 1928 " The Curtain Palace ", a three-year period that was key in the development of his surrealist vision. The Gallery The Presidency will exhibit a rare painting by Vasarely from 1949, the period most sought after by the artist's collectors.
AB Gallery will present a collection of beautiful works by Frantisek Kupka, a true pioneer of abstraction, independent and deliberately distant from the great artistic movements. David Levy, a newcomer from Brussels, has decided to organize an exhibition Lobo-Esteve to bring together the works of these two artists linked by a close friendship. Participating for the first time in FAB Paris, the gallery Goldenrod will present a gouache of Valmier, a study for the " Great Figure » from 1919, preserved at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum. The gallery Aktis, an expert in post-war abstract art, has the largest collection of works on paper in Europe. Chu Teh Chun, several of which will be exhibited.
The Swiss gallery From Vertes will present an oil on canvas of Claude Monet et Gerhard Richter, alongside a collection of works by Yayoi Kusama. In addition to the pop and ethereal image conveyed by the world of fashion, the Japanese artist has been creating a work that is more complex than it appears for almost eighty years and is currently receiving a retrospective at the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao. Among the works exhibited by From Vertes there is a work from 1952 entitled " The sea " It is a constant source of inspiration for Kusama, which crossed the ocean to the United States in the 1950s, representing an infinite movement of diffusion and accumulation. One appreciates the repetitive rhythmic pattern of waves flowing gently over the surface of the painting.
The German Gallery Ludorff will present the table " Yellow Sun "To Max Ernst from 1964, which echoes “ Sea » by Yayoi Kusama. Each work of Max Ernst, one of the fathers of Surrealism, is a mystery, a world in itself. The Spanish gallery Mayoral opened a space a few years ago on Avenue Matignon in Paris and will exhibit works by Miro, Tàpies, Picasso, Chillida et Dali.
Whitford Fine Art, for FAB Paris, will highlight a selection of works by the German decollagist Reinhold Koehler (1919-1970) and a group of ceramics from Jean Lurçat. The work of Koehler was widely collected by museums and collectors during his lifetime. The artist, who is considered one of the pioneers of the décollage movement he launched in 1948 and who is being rediscovered 50 years after his death, notably thanks to the work of the gallery. From 1958, Koehler introduces areas cut or scratched with a knife into works called " Engraved Takeoffs ", like the one exhibited at FAB in Paris.
Hélène Bailly, Loeve&Co, A&R Fleury et Najuma Gallery join FAB Paris. Helene Bailly will present an important table of Serge Poliakoff from 1967, which was included in the 2013 retrospective exhibition "Dreams of Form" at the Museum of Modern Art in Paris as one of the major works. Poliakoff used seven colors for this oil on canvas, using only pure pigments and using brushes and spatulas to layer the colors, revealing them through transparency and thickness, giving the painting an intense luminosity.
Gallery Loeve&Co positions itself in the contemporary rereading of past works. Loeve&Co focuses on artists she considers underrated or undervalued, and among them unfortunately are many women, including Leonor Fini (1908-1996). Leonor Fini was an important figure in Surrealism (although she never joined the group, she was featured prominently in the exhibition Fantastic Art, Dada, Surrealism of MoMA in 1936-1937), and despite its notoriety (or perhaps because of it), it has only benefited from rare exhibitions in museums (more in Asia or Italy, but rarely in Europe or the United States), and it is not very present in major institutional collections. For FAB Paris, Loeve&Co will present a limited selection of works on paper, organized around major works representing his entire universe, notably " Imaginary Faces ", of the " Galantes Festival ", as well as some important costume studies (she created a lot for the theater, opera, and even cinema) and watercolors inspired by literature (" history of O » by Edgar Allan Poe, or « The Fanfarlo » by Baudelaire).
Gallery Laurentin will present a major work in ink on paper by Walasse ting, made in 1954 upon the Chinese artist's arrival in Paris, and representing the pictorial studies that inspired him in the 1950s. However, Wallasse Ting, at the crossroads of Abstract Expressionism, Pop Art, and close to CoBra, resists any clear assimilation to a particular movement. He asserted that Western modernity was compatible with the use of traditional Chinese materials. He died in New York in 2010, and the Taipei Museum of Fine Arts dedicated a retrospective exhibition to him the following year.
Contemporary art is increasingly gaining a foothold at FAB Paris through the galleries RX, Paris NY and Christophe Gaillard who re-engage, just like the gallery Louis & Sack which will offer a rhythmic exchange between the abstract and lively gesture of the paintings of the New School of Paris, and the contemporary research of Japanese or Korean ceramists. The modern art gallery A&R Fleury will present a collection of works by Bernar Venet as well as paintings of Riopelle et hardening.
Christophe Gaillard will present the work of Georges Noël, an artist who carried out numerous technical experiments and invented a new medium, which he called his " Magma » pictorial made from a mixture of polyvinyl acetate (a glue that is particularly strong once dried), sand or crushed flint and pure pigments. In 1987, the painter traveled to Japan for the first time and his visit to the Zen gardens inspired a series of important paintings, including this masterpiece, « Secret garden ", which symbolizes the evolution of his work. The works of George Noel are preserved throughout the world today.
Gallery RX, in association with the SLAG Gallery from New York and Paris, will present the work of Pascal ConvertThe artist invites the viewer to question the importance and memory of time, notably through the crystallization of objects.
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FINE ARTS LA BIENNALE PARIS
Grand Palais Ephémère – 2, Place Joffre, 75007 Paris
Open to the public from Wednesday 22 to Sunday 26 November 2023 / Press opening: Tuesday 21 November from 12 p.m. to 14 p.m. / Gala Dinner: Monday 20 November / Opening: Tuesday 21 November from 14 p.m. to 22 p.m. www.fabparis.com
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Captions: 1/ Maurice Estève (1904 – 2001), Couple à l'ovale, 1930, Oil on canvas, Signed and dated lower left 81 x 116 cm, © Applicat-Prazan, Paris / © Adagp, Paris 2023, Applicat Prazan 2/ René Magritte (1898 – 1967), The Palace of Curtains, 1928, Oil on canvas, 81 x 116 cm, Galerie de la Béraudière 3/ David Lévy, oboTorso 1973 4/ Chu Teh Chun (1926 – 2014), Twilight, 1973, Oil on canvas 92 x 60 cm, Signed vertically on the right, Aktis 5/ Claude Monnet, Through the Roses, Von Vertes 6/ Yayoi Kusama (born 1929), The Sea, 1952, Ink on paper 47 × 36,5 cm, Signed and dated lower left, Von Vertes 7/ Reinhold Koehler (1919 – 1970), Décollage Gravé 1962 V/1 D1962-20, 1962, Ink on cardboard, manipulated with a knife, 50 x 65 cm, Whitford Fine Art 8/ Zao Wou Ki (1920 – 2013), “12.12.69”, Oil on canvas, 46 x 50 cm, 1969, Signed lower right. Najuma Gallery 9/ Leonor Fini (1908 – 1996), La Fanfarlo – Circa 1968, Watercolor and ink on paper Signed lower right 20 × 28 cm, Loeve&Co 10 / Walasse Ting (1929 – 2010), Woman with Flower, Circa 1954, Ink on paper mounted on canvas signed with stamps top left 184 x 120,5 cm, Galerie Laurentin 11 / Max Ernst, Yellow Sun, 1964, Oil on canvas, 65 x 53 cm, © VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2023, Lurdoff 12 / Yukiya Izumita (born in 1966), Sekisoh layers, 2023, Ceramic, 51 x 28 x 12 cm, Louis & Sack 13 / Bernar Venet (born in 1941), Double ligne Indeterminée, 1992, Rolled and black patinated steel 38 x 48 x 38 cm, Base signed and numbered below the line “Venet 1492”, Galerie A&R Fleury 14 / Georges Noël (1924 – 2010), Jardin secret, 1990, Signed lower right “Georges NOËL” and dated lower left “1990”. Mixed media on canvas 234 x 250 cm, Galerie Christophe Gaillard 15 / Pascal Convert (born in 1957), Library Fragment #10 and #11, 2018, Crystallization of the lost book in original and unique print, in colorless optical glass, approximately 20 x 15 x 3 cm each element. © Photo: Laurent de Broca, Galerie RX, Paris NY.
