Berthet-Aittouarès
Anne Manoli, Yann Bagot, Paul Iratzoquy
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"La nature en question"
Anne Manoli, Sauvage est le vent, 2017, Peinture à l’huile, cire et emulsion sur toile, 158 x 198 cm
Carte blanche granted to Clotilde Scordia
Nature Matter
In the age of the Anthropocene, how can we bear witness to nature and our environment? The three artists in the exhibition, Anne Manoli, Yann Bagot and Paul Iratzoquy, each at a different stage in their careers, are calling for a reappropriation of nature to reveal its power and beauty. Like adventurers, they draw on the ground (Bagot), live the empirical experience of the mountains and hiking (Iratzoquy) or become silent observers (Anne Manoli) to bear witness to it as faithfully as possible. When you look at their paintings or drawings, you feel immersed in a creative world of the earth, in communion with the mineral and the plant. The senses are awakened, the work emancipates itself from its support, and the viewer is drawn into these parturient worlds. Faced with the immensity of these monumental rocky beaches, Yann Bagot transcribes their raw beauty. Paul Iratzoquy sets out to map the mountains so that we can understand them better. As for Anne Manoli, the world of water, ponds and their inhabitants such as frogs is a mirror of the soul and emotions.
Group show with Anne Manoli, Yann Bagot, Paul Iratzoquy
From May 17th to May 31st, 2025
Rendez-Vous
Friday 23 May 2025 at 6:00 pm
Night opening – Berthet-Aittouarès
Saturday 24 May 2025 at 11:00 am
Brunch – Berthet-Aittouarès
Sunday 25 May 2025 from 3:00 pm to 6:00 pm
Meeting – Berthet-Aittouarès
75006 Paris, France 01 43 26 53 09 www.galerie-ba.com
The gallery
Michèle Aittouarès founded Galerie Berthet-Aittouarès in 1986. In 2000, she was joined by her daughter Odile Aittouarès, art historian and author of the Friesz catalog raisonné, co-founder of the Festival Photo St. Germain and the Association Jeudi Des Beaux-Arts.
Their collaboration began with the exhibition “Chine-Occident où l'aventure du signe”, featuring works by Zao Wou-ki, Mark Tobey, Jean Degottex, Henri Michaux and Shan Sa.
The gallery occupies two Left Bank spaces; initially 29 rue de Seine, then 2 rue des Beaux-arts, Pierre Loeb's historic former gallery.
Mother and daughter specialize in modern art, with an emphasis on informal art from the 50s to the 80s. They are references for artists such as Jean Degottex, Hans Hartung, Pierre Tal-Coat, Henri Michaux, André Marfaing, Vera Molnar and Mario Giacomelli.
Another part of their passion is to champion the contemporary art scene. This is how Etienne Viard or Antoine Schneck joined the gallery 20 years ago.
Gallery artists
Maria Albanese, Eric Antoine, Eve Aschheim, Georges Badin, Pierre Bonnard, Gregorio Botta, Marie-Claude Bugeaud, Claude Buraglio, Pierre Buraglio, John Craven, Jean Degottex, André Derain, Jean Dieuzaide, Bernard Faucon, Sophia Fassi, Anne Ferrer, Marc Ferroud, Pascal Frament, Daniel Frasnay, Mario Giacomelli, Hans Hartung, Laszlo Horvath, Bertrand Hugues, Jindrich Heisler, Paul Iratzoquy, Elvire Jan, Konrad Klapisch, Liliane Klapisch, Peter Knapp, Giulia Manset, André Marfaing, Etienne Martin, Gastineau Massamba, Henri Michaux, Vera Molnar, Georges Noël, Daniel Pontoreau, Ernest Pignon-Ernest, Jacques Prévert, Antoine Schneck, Jean-Pierre Schneider, Malick Sidibé, Pierre Tal Coat, Toyen, Alain Turpault, Claude Viallat, Etienne Viard, François Weil, Zao Wou-Ki, Nil Yalter
