A R C H I T E C T U R A

Ma Galerie A R C H I T E C T U R A (exhibition january 07 > april 16 2013) Art must be born from the material and spirituality must borrow the language of the material. Jean Dubuffet This exhibition brings together a selection of contemporary and post-war works by artists from a variety of cultures and horizons; disparate objects chosen as supports to consider the notion of architecture in the visual arts. Or more precisely chosen as supports in detecting lines of relevance between the concepts of space, inhabiting, material; of thought and material. Architecture is not limited to producing works that satisfy both the material needs of man and his aesthetic aspirations. It is also the bearer of broader questions about the philosophical implications of the inhabited. A problem that often engages artists. There is no end to the list of all that architecture and the visual arts owe to their materials: structural properties, textures, forms, symbolic scope... But beyond their multiple lessons, materials, in their confrontation with aesthetic, functional, social and political preoccupations refer to one of the most fundamental characteristics of both architecture and the visual arts. Because beyond the various forms that these two disciplines have been able to take from one era and one society to another, they have constantly defined themselves within a certain tension between thought and material. And there can be no architecture and visual art without any organizing thoughts about the more or less extended ramifications. In fact, the architect and the artist, in their practise and creations, prove to be people with many hats. These two fields simultaneously refer to the constraints and wealth of material, as well as the irreducibility of the sensation to the order of reasons. Jennifer ALLORA & Guillermo CALZADILLA Joseph BEUYS James BROWN Alan CHARLTON Toshikatsu ENDO Hans HARTUNG Nakashima HARUMI Alex KATZ André LANSKOY Georges MATHIEU Giuseppe PENONE Serge POLIAKOFF Sally-Ann ROWLAND Luzia SIMONS Patrick TOSANI Cy TWOMBLY Victor VASARELY Joana VASCONCELOS

Jennifer ALLORA & Guillermo CALZADILLA (1974, Philadelphia, USA - & 1971, Havana, Cuba-) Under discussion, 2004/05 C-print 52 x 38 cm Titled, signed, dated and numbered on back. Ed / 25 Hatje Cantz Edition.

Joseph BEUYS (1921, Krefeld- 1986, Düsseldorf) Backrest for a fine-limbed person, hare-type of the 20th century AD, 1972 Cast iron 96 x 45 x 15 cm Edition of 12, stamped Serial Edition, Amsterdam. Engraved on a steel plaque on the back of the work : «BEUYS 72» Collection particulière

James BROWN (1951, Los Angeles -) Untitled, c. 1984 Enamelled paint on stone of lava 50 x 50 cm Karsten Greve Gallery, Paris

Alan CHARLTON (1948, Sheffield, GB - ) Vertical Band Painting, 1989 Acrylic on canvas 225 x 22,5 cm Signed and dated on back Durand-Dessert Gallery, 1989

Toshikatsu ENDO (1950, Takayama, Japon - ) Allegory I, 1984 Wood / burntwood H : 41,5 cm ; : 35 cm / H : 34 cm ; : 27 / H : 26,5 ; : 23 cm

Hans HARTUNG (1904, Leipzig, Allemagne 1989, Antibes, France) HH5461, 1957 Pastel and charcoal on paper 49 x 64 cm Signed and dated on lower left Bergman Hartung Fondation Inventory Number: hh5461., Paris

Nakashima HARUMI (Osaka, 1950 - ) Untitled, 2002 Porcelain About : 55 x 40 x 34 cm Unique piece signed and dated 2002.

Alex KATZ (New York, 1927 -) Study of Leig, 2005 Oil on wood 40,5 x 30,5 cm Signed and dated upper left Pace Wildenstein Reference: 37226 Exhibitions Alex Katz, The Sixties, Pace Wildenstein, New York, 2006, Paris, New York Pace Wildenstein Gallery, New York

André LANSKOY (Moscou, 1902 Paris, 1976) Untitled, circa 1960 Oil on canvas 100 x 65 cm Signed lower right. Certificate by M. André SCHOELLER.

Georges MATHIEU (1921, Boulogne-sur-Mer 2012, Boulogne Billancourt) Lovely Sorrow, 1988 Alkyde acrylic on canvas 97 x 130 cm Signed and dated lower right. Protée Gallery, Paris Exhibitions Georges Mathieu, Protée Gallery, Paris, 1988

Georges MATHIEU (1921, Boulogne-sur-Mer 2012, Boulogne Billancourt) Boulogne-sur-Mer 1921, 1994 Acrylic on paper 54 x 75 cm Signed and dated lower right.

Giuseppe PENONE ( 1947, Garessio, Italie -) Soffio (Breath), 1978 Terracotta H : 74,5 cm Galerie Durand-Dessert Exbiitions Vos Chefs d œuvre, Ma Galerie, Paris, 2012. Giuseppe Penone, 1984, Durand-Dessert Gallery, Paris

Giuseppe PENONE ( 1947, Garessio, Italie -) Cambiare l Imagine, 1983 Teeth marks, pencil and photo on paper 41,5 x 59 cm Signed lower right. Wrote Dessin N 3 (unique work). Durand-Dessert Inventory Number PE73001. Exhibitions Giuseppe Penone, 1984, Durand- Dessert Gallery, Paris. Galerie Durand-Dessert

Giuseppe PENONE ( 1947, Garessio, Italie -) Untitled, 1983 Pencil on paper 41,5 x 59 cm Signed lower right. Durand-Dessert Inventory Number PE83003. Exhibitions Giuseppe Penone, 1984, Durand- Dessert Gallery, Paris. Galerie Durand-Dessert

Serge POLIAKOFF (1900, Moscou 1969, Paris) Composition, 1959/60 Oil on canvas 97,2 x 130 cm Signed lower left Included in the catalogue raisonné of the artist under the number 959057 (vol. III). Exhibitions La Pittura Moderna Straniera nelle Collezioni private Italiane, Galleria Civica d Arte Moderna e Contemporanea, Turin, Italy, March-April 1961. Literature La Pittura Moderna Straniera nelle Collezioni private Italiane, Galleria Civica d Arte Moderna e Contemporanea Edition, p. 109.

Serge POLIAKOFF (1900, Moscou 1969, Paris) Composition, 1959 Gouache on paper 50 x 65 cm Signed lower left This work is included in the catalogue raisonné of the artist (vol. III). Galerie du XXème Siècle, Paris

Sally-Ann ROWLAND (1975 Australia Lives in New York) Oh well, 2003 Mix media (tapestry, strand, sequins and pearls) 36 x 25 cm Signed, titled and dated on back., France

Sally-Ann ROWLAND (1975 Australia Lives in New York) Death Angel mushroom, 2003 Mix media (tapestry, strand, sequins and pearls) 36 x 25 cm Signed, titled and dated on back., France

Luzia SIMONS (1953, Quixadá, Brésil - ) Storage 37, 2003 Diasec photograph 38 x 35 cm Signed and numbered 2/15 on back. Ma Galerie / Samuel Le Paire, Paris.

Patrick TOSANI (Boissy-l Aillerie, France 1954) Portrait #2, 1984 Photograph 130 x 100 cm Exhibitions Patrick Tosani, Durand-Dessert Gallery, Paris, 1985 Angles of Vision : French Art Vision, The Salomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, 1987 Patrick Tosani, Musée d Art contemporain, Rochechouart, 1988 Literature Exh. cat. Patrick Tosani, musée d Art contemporain, Rochechouart, Edtion of musée d Art contemporain and Durand-Dessert Gallery, 1988, p. 16. Exh. cat. Patrick Tosani, Portraits, Durand-Dessert edition, Paris, 1985 (300 copies). Durand-Dessert Gallery, Paris

Cy TWOMBLY (Lexington, USA 1928 ; Rome, Italie, 2011) Exhibitions Cy Twombly, Galerie J, Paris, 1961 Cy Twombly, Karsten Greve Gallery, 1984 Karsten Greve Gallery, Paris Galerie J, Paris Untitled, 1961 ( Cy Twombly Galerie J, Paris, novembre, 1961 ) Pencil and pen on paper 29 x 25 cm

Cy TWOMBLY (Lexington, USA 1928 ; Rome, Italie, 2011) Exhibitions Cy Twombly, Galerie J, Paris, 1961 Cy Twombly, Karsten Greve Gallery, 1984 Karsten Greve Gallery, Paris Galerie J, Paris Untitled, 1961 ( Cy Twombly Galerie J, Paris, novembre, 1961 ) Pencil and pen on paper 29 x 25 cm

Victor VASARELY (1908, Pécs, Hongrie - 1997, Paris) Aviva, 1950-1989 Acrylic on canvas 132 x 90 cm Signed lower right and signed, dated and titled on back Certificate delivered by Mr. Pierre Vasarely Fondation Vasarely Collection particulière

Joana VASCONCELOS (1971, Paris -) Matizet, 2009 Painted ceramic and crochet-work 19 x 39 x 34 cm Unique piece, signed, dated and titled underneath.

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