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22/9/2006

Peintures/Painting

Martin Gropius Bau, Berlin

The exhibition takes places in the context of Art France Berlin

The exhibition Peintures/Painting is uniting the artistic creation of French artists and of those artists, who have been living in France since 1972. As part of the project Art France Berlin, organized by the Embassy of the French Republic in Berlin in autumn 2006, the exhibition will take place at the Berlin Martin-Gropius-Bau between September 23rd and November 12th, 2006.

The artworks mainly derive from the collections of the Muse'e national d’art moderne (MNAM) / Centre Pompidou and the Fonds national d’art contemporain (FNAC), the two most important state collections for modern and contemporary art in France. Thus, the event is a demonstration of the acquisition policy of both institutions in the field of painting.

In addition to the exhibition, the visitor gets a unique chance to view works from the above mentioned collections which will be shown at the Embassy of the French Republic in Berlin. And, last but not least, commissioned works from emerging contemporary artists are granted an extra amount of space and attention.

Each exhibition is the result of a subjective point of view, an individual, curatorial choice. This subjective choice is even emphasized when several criteria have to be taken into consideration. On the contrary, Peintures/Painting is linking just two criteria: the first one concerns the media of painting while the second one deals with the question of nationality respectively the place of residence.

The exhibition is not following the ‘wave’ of multi-disciplinary and multi-cultural exhibition, but favours to present and arrange the works according to the strict, alphabetical order of the artists’ names. This simple idea, almost touching absurdity, turns this exhibition into an exercise in style.

Peintures/Painting shows approx. 80 works, following the principle: one artist, one oeuvre, one moment of contemplation. It creates unexpected groupings, and deconstructs an art history of trends and tendencies. By doing so, one finds Arnal beside Arrayo, Erro' besides Fanchon, Hucleux by Hyber and Yan Pei-Ming alongside with Zao Wou-Ki. And surely, the coincidence of the alphabet holds other surprises, too.

In cooperation with the media partner arte, a customized supporting programme of artists’ portraits will be shown at the Martin-Gropius-Bau cinema.

Art France Berlin - Art from France
In autumn 2006, Art France Berlin is presenting more than 150 artists in Berlin. The exhibition project will be realised in close cooperation with the city’s renowned art institutions, but also with project rooms, galleries, studios and the city area itself.

Among others, the following artists will be participating: Claude Le'veque at Hamburger Bahnhof, Jean-Luc Moule'ne and Nicolas Moulin at C/O Berlin, Vale'rie Favre at Haus am Waldsee and Vincent Epplay at the Kunst-Werken Berlin.

In order to present the manifold panorama of the contemporary, French art creation to the Berlin audience, Art France Berlin is offering a top-class exhibition tour. The project grants access to places which are usually closed to the public - e.g. the French Embassy in Berlin, artist studios and the private collection of Jean Mairet.

Press contact for the project Art France Berlin
artpress - Ute Weingarten
Project assistant: Nadine Dinter
Phone +49 (0)30 219 61-846 / -843 Fax +49 (0)30 219 61-847 E-mail artpress@uteweingarten.de

Image: Simon Hantai, Tabula, 1980, oil and Acryl 285 x 454,5 cm

Martin-Gropius-Bau
Niederkirchnerstrasse 7 | Ecke Stresemannstr. 110 - Berlin
Opening hours: Wednesday to Monday | 10-20 hrs Tuesday closed
Admission: € 6.00 | € 4.00 reduced Families € 12.00. Group Ticket (from 10 Pers.) € 4.00 per person

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