CHIC MATIÈRE(S) WINTER GROUP SHOW 05. 12. 2014 17. 01. 2015 OPENING THURSDAY DECEMBER 4TH 6 9 PM GALERIE AGNÈS MONPLAISIR SECOND ESPACE 40 RUE MAZARINE 75006 PARIS For the second time, Agnès Montplaisir and Mouvements Modernes join together to present CHIC MATIÈRE(S), an exhibition presented in Galerie Agnès Monplaisir s second venue at 40 rue Mazarine - Paris 6th. It will be, for the two parisian galleries, the opportunity to show their common interest for the work of artists and designers who explore the potentials of materials. Glass, ceramic, tapestry, wood, metal whatever materials that take shape with contemporary artists such as Perrin & Perrin (glassworkers), Olga de Amaral (textile designer), Garouste & Bonetti (designers), Merete Rassmussen (ceramicist), Do Koenig Vassilakis, or Manuela Zervudachi (sculptor and furniture designer) CHIC MATIÈRE(S) mixes with an assertive freedom and curiosity, works of art, design pieces and furniture from the respective collections of the two galleries, displayed to play on the juxtapositon of objects, artists and materials. MOUVEMENTS MODERNES Elizabeth Garouste & Mattia Bonetti, Armelle Benoît, Eric Benqué, Matthew Chambers, Perrin & Perrin, Merete Rasmussen, Jérémy Maxwell Wintrebert. GALERIE AGNÈS MONPLAISIR Caetano de Almeida, Olga de Amaral, François Cante-Pacos, Marcos Coelho Benjamin, Daniel Hourdé, Do König Vassilakis, Manuela Zervudachi.
OLGA DE AMARAL ALQUIMIA 99 2007 LINEN, GESSO, ACRYLIC PAINT, GOLD LEAF H 200 X 200 CM Olga de Amaral is a fully integrated artist in her country of origin. She has sourced much of the raw materials for her art from Colombia, a land that has been the crossroads of several civilizations. Leather, gold and silver from this historic El Dorado are delicately woven into her tapestries. PUEBLO P 2012 LINEN, GESSO, ACRYLIC PAINT, PALLADIUM H 80 X 200 CM
ARMELLE BENOÎT SUITE DE PETITES TABLES GRÈS
ERIC BENQUÉ PAIRE DE SELLETTES 2012 ÉDITION LIMITÉE DE 12 EDITION : MOUVEMENTS MODERNES LIÈGE EXPANSÉ, ET BOIS DORÉ À LA FEUILLE 75 X 75 X 43 CM 75 X 43 X 75 CM
FRANÇOIS CANTE-PACOS CHAISE ESPACE 1972 BOIS LAQUÉ NOIR, DOSSIER SCULPTÉ 40 X 48 X 88 CM Born in 1946 in Paris, François Cante Pacos comes from a family of artists. Spotted in the 70 s by Pierre Cardin, he creates for him the logo of his atelier as well as a series of furniture-sculptures. Afterwards, Cante-Pacos continues to work on sculpture, in particular with monumental artworks, for example in the Paris district of La Défense. SECRÉTAIRE ESPACE 1972 BOIS LAQUÉ NOIR, COMPORTANT DEUX PORTES, UN RABATTANT SCULPTÉ ET DES TIROIRS ET CASIERS À L INTÉRIEUR 65 X 37 X 114 CM
MATTHEW CHAMBERS TRICOLOURS 2012 GRÈS PIÈCE UNIQUE 27 CM DE DIAMÈTRE
MARCOS COELHO BENJAMIM UNTITLED 2012 RUSTED ZINC & ACRYLIC PAINT Ø 130 CM UNIQUE The repetition of the rhythms, the graphic movements and the taste of geometry characterize the work of Marcos Coelho Benjamim. The artist uses worn out materials with rough surfaces, as the zinc, the iron or the fabric, whose irregularity adds a tactile value to his works often of large sizes. The work of Benjamim reveals an intense link with the popular culture of Minas Gerais and the wealth of this state, in its tradition of the crafts and the recycling of materials. UNTITLED 2013 ZINC & ACRYLIC PAINT H 50 X 50 CM UNIQUE
GAROUSTE & BONETTI TABLE BARBARA 1988 PIÈCE UNIQUE EDITION : NEOTU SYCOMORE ET FER FORGÉ DORÉ. PIÉTEMENT SCULPTÉ À LA GOUGE. 75 X 220 X 110 CM
DANIEL HOURDÉ PERSIAN RUG «COURONNE» 2013 HAND WOVEN WOOL, NATURAL COLOURS Ø 310 CM Daniel Hourdé was born in 1947 à Boulogne Billancourt. Work and lives in Paris.
DO KÖNIG VASSILAKIS CANDELABRO CON SPECCHIO 1993 BRONZE, GOLDEN DISC 22K H 65 X 21 X 16 CM ORIGINAL ARTWORK In 1968, Do meets the Greek sculptor Takis at the Biennale of Venice. Both lived and worked together for 16 years, in Paris, New York, Cambridge, and in the Spanish village of Carboneras, where they had a house built by the seaside, together with Soto, Le Parc, and other French and South American artists who left Paris after May 1968. Her artworks have been displayed in many exhibitions worldwide and here in Italy, Florence, Milan and Pistoia. ALARI 2011 PAIR OF FIREDOGS BRONZE, CAST IRON H 47,5 X 47,5 X 25 CM ORIGINAL ARTWORK
ARIEL KUPFER HOMME DEDANS 2004 VERRE ET ARGENT PIÈCE UNIQUE
JEREMY MAXWELL WINTREBERT FONTAINEBLEAU MARBRE ET VERRE SOUFFLÉ BRUN H 76 CM L 82 CM
PERRIN & PERRIN 360 SEAMLESS 2 BUILD IN GLASS PIÈCE UNIQUE 42, 5 CM Ø 21 CM 360 SEAMLESS 3 BUILD IN GLASS PIÈCE UNIQUE 42 CM Ø 22 CM
MERETE RASMUSSEN RED LOOP 2014 STONEWARE 55 X 40 X 35 CM I am interested in the way one defines and comprehends space through physical form. My shapes can represent an idea of a captured movement, as a flowing form stretching or curling around itself, or the idea can derive from repeated natural forms or even complex mathematical constructions. Different form expressions appeal to me and results in my continuous exploration with many different variations.
MANUELA ZERVUDACHI PLUIE DE LUNES (CONSOLE TABLE) 2012 BRONZE H 85 X 62 X 24 CM EDITION OF 8 Manuela Zervudachi was born in London on 1963. Since her childhood Manuela chose sculpture as the medium to express herself. Her work reveals a fascination for man s state, his internal evolution, within his environment. She has worked successively on the themes of nature elements, symbolism in the human body, Time, the Seed and alchemy.
CHIC MATIÈRE(S) WINTER GROUP SHOW EXHIBITION DECEMBER 5TH, 2014 JANUARY 17TH, 2015 OPENING THURSDAY DECEMBER 4TH 6 9 PM ADDRESS GALERIE AGNÈS MONPLAISIR SECOND ESPACE 40 rue Mazarine 75006 Paris PRESS CONTACT GALERIE MOUVEMENTS MODERNES T +33 (0)1 45 08 08 82 F +33 (0)1 45 08 01 02 info@mouvementsmodernes.com www.mouvementsmodernes.com GALERIE AGNÈS MONPLAISIR 8 bis rue Jacques Callot 75006 Paris T +33 (0)1 56 81 83 51 F +33 (0)1 46 34 03 08 galerie@agnesmonplaisir.com www.agnesmonplaisir.com IMAGES Courtesy Galerie Mouvements Modernes & Galerie Agnès Monplaisir High-definition images are available upon request.