ARTISTS
INCLUSION VIOLON BRULE
1975-80, Violon brûlé et cassé, parties de violon et de violoncelle intégré dans du plexiglass, table basse et bronze poli, 126 x 80 x 70cm / violin burned, cello and violin parts integred n plexiglass, coffee table base and polished bronze, 49.7 x 9.8 x 9.8 ‘’ (signé « Arman » en bas à droite / signed « Arman » in the lower right corner)
Born in 1928, Nice, France. Died in 2005, New York, New York.
EN Arman is most recognized for his contribution to the Nouveau Realisme movement, which represented France’s response to American Pop Art in the 1960’s. After studying archeology and Eastern Art at the Ecole du Louvre, Arman began painting in a lyrical and abstract style. His work soon evolved into free-form sculpture, comprised of found metal objects, which the artist welded together. From 1959 to 1962, Arman developed his most recognizable style, based on two key concepts: "Accumulation" and "Poubelle". Both of these styles were influenced by the Dada concept of found-objects, most famously employed by Marcel Duchamp (Arman’s friend and mentor). The artist was fascinated by the cycle of purchase and destruction, regulating the modern Western world. He wrote: “As a witness of my society, I have always been very much involved in the cycle of production, consumption, and destruction.” This fascination with the contrast between creation and destruction is one of Arman’s major themes, and is the underlying thread through his series of smashed musical instruments and pottery. In 1961, Arman moved to downtown New York City, where he spent the rest of his life working in collaboration with other modernist artists, most notably Andy Warhol, Yves Klein, Daniel Spoerri, and William Copley.
FR Arman, de son nom Armand Fernandez, est né en 1928 à Nice. Arman est plus connu pour sa contribution au mouvement du Nouveau Réalisme, qui représentait la réponse française au Pop Art Américain dans les années 60. Après avoir étudié l'archéologie et l'art oriental à l'Ecole du Louvre, Arman commença à peindre dans un style lyrique et abstrait. Ses œuvres évoluèrent vers la sculpture libre-forme, composée d'objets métalliques trouvés, que l'artiste soudait ensemble. De 1959 à 1962, Arman développa son style le plus reconnaissable, en travaillant avec deux concepts renommés : « L’Accumulation » et « La Poubelle ». Ces deux styles différents ont été influencés par le concept Dada « objets trouvés » employés par Marcel Duchamp (ami et mentor d’Arman). Dans son œuvre, Arman cherche à rapprocher l’art et la vie. L'artiste était fasciné par le cycle d'achat et de destruction dans le monde occidental moderne, "Comme un témoin de ma société, j’ai toujours été très impliqué dans le cycle de production, de consommation, et de destruction." Cette création contre la destruction est l'un des grands thèmes d'Arman, elle est le fil conducteur de sa série d'instruments de musique brisés. Sa démarche plastique, l’accumulation d’objets rebuts ou usuels qui tente de s’approprier le réel, est une nouvelle approche perceptive de la notion de la réalité. His work is deeply rooted in the material, material constantly questioned, searched ... which wishes to bring to a radical awareness of mass production in the consumer society. Arman marked the history of art through the destruction and accumulation, the repetition of objects which, by their shape and position, create a shock effect.
In 1961, Arman moved to downtown New York, where he spent the rest of his life until his death on October 22, 2005 working in collaboration with other modernist artists, including Andy Warhol, Yves Klein, Daniel Spoerri, and William Copley. |
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ExhibitionsSOLO EXHIBITIONS 2023 Artists on the Nowery part 4, Westwood Gallery, lower east side | New York | USA Plastic World, Schirn Kunsthalle Frankfurt, Frankfurt | Germany Marc Egger Collection, Kunsthaus Glarus, Glarus | Switzerland Upcycling, Fleiss-vallois New York | USARisarcimento. per non dimenticare, uffizi galleries, the uffizi Florence | ItalyNoir et/ou Blanc, galerie 1900-2000 6e | Paris | FranceMatter. Non-matter. Anti-matter. zkm | Center for Art & Media Karlsruhe | GermanyMerz! Flux! Pop! Henie Onstad art center Høvikodden | Norway
Not bronze, the mayor gallery mayfair | London | UK
2022 Territories of Waste. on the return of the repressed, Museum Tinguely Basel | SwitzerlandEat, Sleep, Paint, Repeat, omer tiroche gallery, London Mayfair | London | UKsummer show, galerie leu munich | germanyEn roue Libre, Musée de Grenoble Grenoble | FranceVedo Rosso, collezione giancarlo e danna olgiati Lugano | SwitzerlandMerz! Flux! Pop!, Henie Onstad Art Center Høvikodden | NorwayPop Art. from Warhol to Panamarenko. from the collection matthys-colle & S.M.A.K. S.M.A.K. Ghent | BelgiumSculpture, Beck & Eggeling Dusseldorf düsseldorf | GermanyHechinger collection: Select works, ia&a at hillyer Washington D.C. | District of Columbia | USAWorks on Paper. from the collection, Haus Konstruktiv Zürich | SwitzerlandAccrochage, Galerie Boisséree Cologne | GermanyAgainst Apartheid, Galerie Boisséree Cologne | GermanyZaat: Collectors Eye, fann a porter, Dubai | United Arab EmiratesGroup Show, Ascaso Gallery, Miami | Florida | USAEuropean Art from the Permanent Collection, Tucson Museum of Art and Historic Block Tucson | Arizona | USANew Realism = New Perceptive Approaches of the Real, Galerie Vallois | Paris | FranceFace to Face Galerie Christian Berst | Paris | FranceLes Mauvaises Herbes Immanence, Espace d'art Contemporain | Paris | France
2006 Arman: No Comment , Georges-Phillipe and Nathalie Vallois, Paris, France
2004 Collection: Cavalleria Eroica, 1987 Erected by Jing An District People Government , Shanghai, Taiwan Arman: Layering , New Art: 38th Int'l Fair for Modern & Contemporary Art, Cologne, Germany
2003 Arman: Arman , Museum of Contemporary Art of Tehran, Tehran, Iran Collection: Obelisk , 1983, (Towering accumulation of bronze cellos): Inducted into the Sydney and Walda Besthoff Sculpture Garden , New Orleans Museum of Art, Louisiana USA
2002 Arman: Music , Kunsthaus Grenchen, Grenchen, Switzerland Arman: Monumental Work , City of Lavandou, Le Lavandou, France Arman: Works on Paper , Villa Haiss Museum, Zell, Germany Arman: Fragments , Paris, France
2001 Arman, Fundaci ò “ la Caixa ” , Barcelona, Spain Arman, Zürichsee Auktionen , Erlenbach, Switzerland Arman: The Crossing of Objects , Palazzo delle Zitelle, Venice, Italy Arman: Twenty Stations of the Object , Chantier Naval Opéra , Antibes, France Arman: Works on Paper , Vila Zanders Bergisch-Gladbach, Germany Arman: Through and Across Objects , Bocca Raton, Florida, USA Arman: Vingt Si écles vus par Arman , Exhibition at Chantier Naval Opera, Antibes, France
2000 Arman , Museo de Monterrey, Monterrey, Mexico Arman , National Museum of History, Taipei, China Anatomy of Tempo, Reggio Emilia, Italy Werke auf papier , Ludwig Museum, Koblenz, Germany Fragmentations , Georges-Philippe & Nathalie Vallois Gallery, Paris , France
1999 Arman, Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Tel Aviv, Israel Arman , Museu de arte moderna do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Arman, Museu de Arte de Sao Paulo Assis Chateaubriand (MASP), Sao Paulo, Brazil Arman. Le Plein (Full-Up), Galerie Iris Clert, Paris, France Arman. Les Accumulations, Galerie Iris Clert, Paris, France
1998 Arman, Wilhelm-Hack-Museum, Ludwigshafen am Rhein, Germany
1996 Arman: Starry Night, Museo Jose Luis Cuevas, Mexico City, Mexico
1995 Arman: Transculptures, L'espace Fortant de France , Sète, France Arman: Musée Royal de Mariemont, Mariemont-Chapelle, Belgium
1994 Festival International D'Art Lyrique et de Musique D'Aix-en-Provence, Galerie de la Prévôté, Aix-en-Provence, France La Ceramica di Arman, Museo Internazionale delle Ceramiche in Faenza, Faenza, Italy
1992 Amsterdam Tour by Arman & Music by Arman, Reflex Modern Art Gallery, Amsterdam, The Netherlands Arman A Retrospective: 1955 - 1991, The Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, New York, USA; travels to The Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit, USA Arman A Retrospective: 1955 - 1991, The Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, New York, USA Arman, Palazzo Grassi, Venice, Italy
1991 Arman A Retrospective: 1955 - 1991, The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Texas, USA
1990 Arman: Prints, Artcurial, Paris, France. Travels to Musée de l'Estampe et du Dessin, Mairie de Graveline, France
1988 Arman: Pinceaux Pieges, Musee des Beaux-Arts, Nimes, France
1986 Arman: Retrospective, Wichita State University, Ulrich Museum of Arts, Kansas, USA
1985 Arman, Seibu Museum of Art, Tokyo, Japan, and tour to Walker Hill Art Center, Seoul, Korea Arman Aujourd'hui, Museum of Toulon, France
1984 Arman O L'Oggetto Come Alfabeto: Retrospecttiva 1955-1984, Museo Civico di Belle Arti, Lugano, Switzerland Arman: Tools and Instruments |
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