Didier Marcel’s studio, 2017
© Didier Marcel
design by Sébastien Lecoultre
exhibition view Sculpting (studio strategies),La Criée centre for contemporary art, Rennes, 2018
with Pierre Ardouvin, Clédat & Petitpierre, Gyan Panchal, Francis Raynaud and Hugues Reip
Pierre Ardouvin, Gyan Panchal, Francis Raynaud et Hugues Reip © Adagp, Paris 2018
photo: Marc Domage
exhibition view Sculpting (studio strategies), La Criée centre for contemporary art, Rennes, 2018
with Gyan Panchal, Francis Raynaud and Clédat & Petitpierre
Gyan Panchal and Francis Raynaud © Adagp, Paris,2018
photo: Marc Domage
exhibition view Sculpting (studio strategies), La Criée centre for contemporary art, Rennes, 2018
with Francis Raynaud, Hugues Reip, Pierre Ardouvin and Gyan Panchal
Francis Raynaud, Hugues Reip, Pierre Ardouvin and Gyan Panchal © Adagp, Paris 2018
photo: Marc Domage
Gyan Panchal, Le Poumon, 2017, exhibition view Sculpting (studio strategies), La Criée centre for contemporary art, Rennes, 2018
Gyan Panchal © Adagp, Paris 2018
photo: Marc Domage
Hugues Reip, Streetree, exhibition view Sculpting (studio strategies), La Criée centre for contemporary art, Rennes, 2018
Hugues Reip © Adagp, Paris 2018
photo: Marc Domage
Clédat & Petitpierre, La Parade moderne, 2013, exhibition view Sculpting (studio strategies), La Criée centre for contemporary art, Rennes, 2018
photo: Marc Domage
Laurent Tixador, exhibition view Sculpting (studio strategies), La Criée centre for contemporary art, Rennes, 2018
Laurent Tixador © Adagp, Paris 2018
photo: Marc Domage
Laurent Tixador, exhibition view Sculpting (studio strategies), La Criée centre for contemporary art, Rennes, 2018
Laurent Tixador © Adagp, Paris 2018
photo: Marc Domage
Célia Gondol, Agreement in compassion, Rio gesture, Alegria, 2016, exhibition view Sculpting (studio strategies), La Criée centre for contemporary art, Rennes, 2018
Célia Gondol © Adagp, Paris 2018
photo: Marc Domage
exhibition view Sculpting (studio strategies), Rennes Museum of fine arts, 2018
with Anita Molinero, Daniel Dewar & Grégory Gicquel and Pascal Rivet
Anita Molinero © Adagp, Paris 2018
photo: Marc Domage
exhibition view Sculpting (studio strategies), Rennes Museum of fine arts, 2018
with Séverine Hubard, Richard Monnier and Olivier Blanckart
photo: Marc Domage
exhibition view Sculpting (studio strategies), Frac Brittany, Rennes, 2018
with Elsa Sahal, Katinka Bock, François Feutrie et Patrice Carré
Patrice Carré © Adagp, Paris 2018
photo: Marc Domage
exhibition view Sculpting (studio strategies), Frac Brittany, Rennes, 2018
with Virginie Barré and Guillaume Leblon
Virginie Barré and Guillaume Leblon © Adagp, Paris 2018
photo: Marc Domage
exhibition view Sculpting (studio strategies), Frac Brittany, Rennes, 2018
with Béatrice Balcou, Laurent Duthion, Richard Baquié and Étienne Bossut
Richard Baquié © Adagp, Paris 2018
photo : Marc Domage
exhibition view Sculpting (studio strategies), Rennes Museum of fine arts, 2018
with Dewar and Gicquel, John Cornu and Stéphane Thidet
photo: Marc Domage
exhibition view Sculpting (studio strategies), Rennes Museum of fine arts, 2018
with Stéphanie Cherpin, Richard Monnier et Sylvie Réno
photo: Marc Domage
Patrick Neu, Couronne d’épines, 1990-2015, exhibition view Sculpting (studio strategies), Rennes Museum of fine arts, 2018
background: Charles Le Brun, La descente de croix, 1679 – 1684
Patrick Neu © Adagp, Paris 2018
photo: Marc Domage
exhibition view Sculpting (studio strategies), Frac Brittany, Rennes, 2018
with Élodie Seguin, Julien Dubuisson and Richard Fauguet
photo: Marc Domage
exhibition view Sculpting (studio strategies), Rennes Museum of fine arts, 2018
with Richard Monnier, Sylvie Réno, Julien Berthier and Samir Mougas
Julien Berthier © Adagp, Paris 2018
photo: Marc Domage
Richard Baquié, Sans titre. Étant donnés : 1° la chute d’eau 2° le gaz d’éclairage…, 1991
exhibition view Sculpting (studio strategies), Frac Brittany, Rennes, 2018
Richard Baquié © Adagp, Paris 2018
photo: Marc Domage
exhibition view Sculpting (studio strategies), Frac Brittany, Rennes, 2018
with Théo Mercier, Étienne Bossut, Julien Dubuisson, Wilfrid Almendra, Richard Fauguet and Élodie Seguin
Théo Mercier and Wilfrid Almendra © Adagp, Paris 2018
photo: Marc Domage
exhibition view Sculpting (studio strategies), Frac Brittany, Rennes, 2018
with Eva Taulois, Katinka Bock, François Feutrie, Elsa Sahal, Patrice Carré and Davide Balula
Eva Taulois et Patrice Carré © Adagp, Paris 2018
photo: Marc Domage
Lilian Bourgeat, Double Nœuds, 2017, exhibition view Sculpting (studio strategies), Frac Brittany, Rennes, 2018
photo: Marc Domage
exhibition view Sculpting (studio strategies), Rennes Museum of fine arts, 2018
with Aurélie Ferruel and Florentine Guédon, Pascal Jounier Trémelo and Élisabeth Ballet
Élisabeth Ballet © Adagp, Paris 2018
photo: Marc Domage
exhibition view Sculpting (studio strategies), Frac Brittany, Rennes, 2018
with Raphaël Zarka and Dominique Blais
Dominique Blais © Adagp, Paris 2018
photo: Marc Domage
exhibition view Sculpting (studio strategies), Frac Brittany, Rennes, 2018
with Sergio Verastegui, Marion Verboom and Francisco Tropa
Marion Verboom © Adagp, Paris 2018
photo: Marc Domage
exhibition view Sculpting (studio strategies), Frac Brittany, Rennes, 2018
with Sergio Verastegui and Marion Verboom
Marion Verboom © Adagp, Paris 2018
photo: Marc Domage
exhibition view Sculpting (studio strategies), Rennes Museum of fine arts, 2018
with Dominique Ghesquière and Morgane Tschiember
Morgane Tschiember © Adagp, Paris 2018
photo: Marc Domage
exhibition view Sculpting (studio strategies), Frac Brittany, Rennes, 2018
with Adelaïde Feriot, Raphaël Zarka, Guillaume Leblon, Bruno Peinado, Dominique Blais, Virginie Barré and Eva Taulois
Guillaume Leblon, Bruno Peinado, Dominique Blais, Virginie Barré and Eva Taulois © Adagp, Paris 2018
photo: Marc Domage
vue de l’exposition Sculpter (faire à l’atelier), musée des beaux-arts, Rennes, 2018
avec les œuvres de Rika Tanaka et Véronique Joumard
Véronique Joumard © Adagp, Paris 2018
photo : Marc Domage
exhibition view Sculpting (studio strategies), Frac Brittany, Rennes, 2018
with Virginie Barré and Laurent Le Deunff
Virginie Barré © Adagp, Paris 2018
photo: Marc Domage
exhibition view Sculpting (studio strategies), Rennes Museum of fine arts, 2018
with Pierre Labat, Rika Tanaka and Véronique Joumard
Pierre Labat and Véronique Joumard © Adagp, Paris 2018
photo: Marc Domage
exhibition view Sculpting (studio strategies), Frac Brittany, Rennes, 2018
with Didier Marcel, Francisco Tropa and Ernesto Sartori
photo: Marc Domage
exhibition view Sculpting (studio strategies), Rennes Museum of fine arts, 2018
with Jacques Vieille, Dominique Ghesquière, Morgane Tschiember, Vincent Mauger, Aurélie Ferruel and Florentine Guédon
Jacques Vieille, Morgane Tschiember and Vincent Mauger © Adagp, Paris 2018
photo: Marc Domage
Benoît-Marie Moriceau, Ο χώρος του γλύπτη (Forward Compatibility), 2018, exhibition view Sculpting (studio strategies), Rennes Museum of fine arts, 2018
Benoît-Marie Moriceau© Adagp, Paris 2018
photo: Marc Domage
Exhibition
Sculpting (studio strategies)
Pierre Ardouvin, Clédat & Petitpierre, Célia Gondol, Gyan Panchal, Francis Raynaud, Hugues Reip, Laurent Tixador, etc.
from 14 March tu 27 May 2018, 6 pm
Rennes Museum of fine arts, Frac Brittany and La Criée centre for contemporary art, Rennes
opening, Tuesday 13 March
Wilfrid Almendra, Pierre Ardouvin, Béatrice Balcou, Élisabeth Ballet, Davide Balula, Richard Baquié, Virginie Barré, Julien Berthier, Dominique Blais, Olivier Blanckart, Katinka Bock, Étienne Bossut, Lilian Bourgeat, Jean-Yves Brélivet, Patrice Carré, Stéphanie Cherpin, Clédat & Petitpierre, John Cornu, Dewar and Gicquel, Julien Dubuisson, Laurent Duthion, Christelle Familiari, Richard Fauguet, Aurélie Ferruel and Florentine Guédon, François Feutrie, Adelaïde Feriot, Dominique Ghesquière, Célia Gondol, Séverine Hubard, Véronique Joumard, Pascal Jounier Trémelo, Pierre Labat, Guillaume Leblon, Laurent Le Deunff, Didier Marcel, Vincent Mauger, Théo Mercier, Anita Molinero, Richard Monnier, Benoît-Marie Moriceau, Samir Mougas, Patrick Neu, Gyan Panchal, Bruno Peinado, Francis Raynaud, Hugues Reip, Sylvie Réno, Pascal Rivet, Elsa Sahal, Ernesto Sartori, Élodie Seguin, Rika Tanaka, Eva Taulois, Stéphane Thidet, Laurent Tixador, Francisco Tropa, Morgane Tschiember, Sergio Verastegui, Marion Verboom, Jacques Vieille, Raphaël Zarka
The Museum of fine arts, the Frac Brittany and La Criée are joining forces for a group exhibition devoted to sculpture in France since the 1980s.
Via the work of some 60 French or France-based artists, the exhibition uses studio work approaches to outline the filiations, revivals and forms of evolution at work from one generation or context to another.
Sculpting [studio strategies] addresses the sculptor’s studio as the locus not only of actual making, but also of ideas, exploration and experimentation.
Artists avail themselves of whatever comes to hand, from modelling clay to granite, plastic to plants, the natural to the manufactured, the act to its outcome, the body itself, and more. Ways of working that put the emphasis on raw materials to be assembled, reshaped, combined or recycled.
The studio is for making: some of the guest artists are the sole creators of their works, in some cases drawing on personal mastery of traditional or artisanal techniques: for them creativity involves true savoir-faire. Others resort to the company of experts, sometimes from outside the domain of art, for the production process.
Sculpting (studio strategies) is intended as an exhibition free of all dividing lines between generations, materials, media and, most emphatically, “styles”. This means no discontinuity between the three venues and no system of differentiation within the exhibition rooms. The accent is on osmosis between works, rather than thematic or generational associations. It is our hope that this innovative use of proximity will give rise to the same happy accidents – and the miracles – that come about in the studio.
curators
- Anne Dary, director, Rennes Museum of fine arts
- Catherine Elkar, director, Frac Brittany
- Sophie Kaplan, director, La Criée Centre for Contemporary Art, Rennes