Galerie Alain Margaron
"La peinture enrichit nos vies"
Group show
Jean Hélion, "Théâtre de chaises", 1980, acrylic on canvas, 97 x 130 cm
We take advantage of the current events – the exhibition of Bernard Réquichot at the Centre Pompidou, of Jean Hélion at the Musée d’Art Moderne de Paris – and two anniversaries, the centenary of the birth of Fred Deux (exhibited at the Cabinet of Graphic Arts at the Centre Pompidou in 2004, at the Musée des Beaux-Arts de Lyon in 2018) and of René Laubiès, to mark the 30th anniversary of the gallery. We are revisiting the title of a book published for our twentieth anniversary: ‘Painting Enriches Our Lives’. This remains our primary criterion for selection. The theme of the exhibition revolves around the connections between figuration and various forms of abstraction. The break with abstraction by Jean Hélion in 1939 had radically changed the way his work was perceived. Yet, he himself never stopped rejecting the idea of a radical opposition between abstraction and figuration. Bernard Réquichot, Fred Deux, René Laubiès, freely moved between abstraction and figuration, without ever seeing it as a problem. Réquichot introduced figurative elements or not, depending on the requirements of the ongoing work, to transpose a dynamic of emotions and thoughts into powerful polysemous forms. His abstract works reveal, when looked at closely, elements of external, organic, or psychic realities.
Group show of Jean Hélion, Bernard Réquichot, Fred Deux, René Laubiès, Jean Bazaine, Dado, Karl Godeg, Robert Groborne, Hong InSook, and Zoran Music.
From March 12 to June 8, 2024
Rendez-Vous
Saturday 25 May 2024 at 4:00 pm
Discussion on Hélion with Fabrice Gaignault around a monograph on the artist published
Sunday 26 May 2024 from 4:00 pm to 5:00 pm
Conference Debate: is the criterion of figuration/abstraction still relevant?
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The gallery
The Alain Margaron Gallery has been established since its creation in 1993 on Rue du Perche, near many museums (Picasso, Centre Pompidou, Cognacq-Jay, Carnavalet...), art centers (Cartier-Bresson, a bit further the Bourse du Commerce...) and at the heart of the "premier marché" galleries, both French and foreign, in central Paris.
The Centre Pompidou and the Musée d’Art Moderne regularly exhibit works by most of our artists (Bernard Réquichot, Helion, Fred Deux, Dado, Lunven, Music, Laubiès...).
We have had the opportunity to develop two spaces in the same building. One is open to the street. The other, more intimate, allows visitors to discover the works on the walls or available in our reserves as if they were at home.
The gallery continues to operate in the "premier marché" sector: it regularly organizes individual exhibitions, featuring thirty to forty works, as part of a long-term policy of promotion and valorization.
Gallery artists
Jean Hélion, Bernard Réquichot, Zoran Music, Michel Macréau, Fred Deux, Dado, René Laubiès,, Anselme Boix-Vives, François Lunven, René Duvillier, Karl Godeg, Aurel Cojan, Cécile Reims, InSook Hong, Edith Dufaux, Clara Fierfort, Michel Brylak, Robert Groborne
