TEMPLON, Paris-Bruxelles-New York
Jeanne Vicerial , France
"Nymphose"
Jeanne Vicerial, Présence Amnios, 2025, Cordes, fils, cuivre et laiton doré à l'or fin, Photographie : Laurent Edeline, Courtesy TEMPLON, Paris-Bruxelles-New York
The young French prodigy Jeanne Vicerial unveils at Galerie Templon the culmination of two years’ reflection on metamorphosis.
With Nymphose, Vicerial invests the historic space of Rue Beaubourg with her “presences”, large sculptures of black thread, crocheted or smoothed, so characteristic of her practice. The exhibition is an ode to mutation in all its facets. Vicerial reveals it in the form of the awakening of matter, as in the tribute to Pierre Soulages, where the Outrenoir thread, tightly stretched across the painting, suddenly flows in waves to the ground. She shows it as artistic creation, through a process of exploration and experimentation, the kind that precedes the birth of a work; or as gestation, as only the viviparous is capable of.
In the room transformed into an intimate chamber or sacred chapel, covered in black and dimly lit, silent presences stare out at the visitor. In the midst of a loving embrace, in childbirth or in the twilight of their lives, they seem to be caught in the midst of a transition. Like a moment in suspense, Vicerial attempts to capture the moult that precedes the (re)birth of these unclassifiable beings, these supernatural nymphs, half-plant, half-animal.
Solo show of Jeanne Viceral
From May 17th to July 19th, 2025
The gallery
The gallery was founded in 1966 by Daniel Templon, who was then only 21. It first opened rue Bonaparte, in Saint-Germain-des-Prés in Paris, before moving in 1972 to its current location, rue Beaubourg, in the Marais, close to the Pompidou Center, which opened in 1977.
Daniel Templon first gained recognition by exhibiting conceptual and minimal artists such as Martin Barré, Christian Boltanski, Donald Judd, Joseph Kosuth, Richard Serra. In the seventies and eighties, Daniel Templon was one of the pioneers of the contemporary art and introduced many important American artists to the French public: Dan Flavin, Ellsworth Kelly, Willem de Kooning, Frank Stella, Andy Warhol. The gallery quickly became one of the references in contemporary art in France. In 1972, Daniel Templon and Catherine Millet co-founded the monthly art magazine ART PRESS.
Over the years, many artists now part of art history have exhibited with the gallery. In chronological order : Martin Barré, Christian Boltanski, Joseph Kosuth, Ben, Arman, César, Carl Andre, Dan Flavin, Sol LeWitt, Donald Judd, Ellsworth Kelly, Kenneth Noland, Robert Morris, Jules Olitski, Frank Stella, Olivier Mosset, Art & Language, Richard Serra, Roy Lichtenstein, Andy Warhol, Karel Appel, Willem de Kooning, Helmut Newton, Francesco Clemente, Jörg Immendorff, Julian Schnabel, Lawrence Weiner, Daniel Buren, Jean-Michel Basquiat, David Salle, Robert Mapplethorpe, Robert Rauschenberg, Joel Shapiro, Keith Haring, Peter Halley, James Rosenquist, Robert Longo, Paul Rebeyrolle, Georg Baselitz, Raymond Hains, Eric Fischl, Juan Uslé, Jaume Plensa, George Condo, Ross Bleckner, Chapman brothers, Jim Dine, Richard Long, William Eggleston, Hiroshi Sugimoto, Yayoi Kusama, Richard Deacon, Larry Bell, Guillermo Kuitca, Anthony Caro, Pierre et Gilles.
Today TEMPLON represents a group of international artists. The program promotes a dialogue between generations: established artists, international mid-career artists, and the experiences of younger artists. The gallery also provides curatorial expertise and assistance in the mounting of exhibitions by its artists in museums or international exhibitions. Many of its artists have participated in international exhibitions such as the Venice Biennale, Documenta, the Whitney Biennale etc.
TEMPLON is involved in the production of its artists and is committed to a strong editorial policy with the publication of exhibition catalogues. It has four spaces: two exhibition spaces in Paris (30 rue Beaubourg and 28 rue du Grenier Saint-Lazare), one in Brussels, Belgium and one in New York (Chelsea). The gallery participates in art fairs worldwide, including FIAC since 1974 and ART BASEL since 1978.
Gallery artists
Franz Ackermann, Valerio Adami, Jean-Michel Alberola, He An, Arman, Omar Ba, Ben, Abdelkader Benchamma, Norbert Bisky, Anthony Caro, James Casebere, Francesco Clemente, Philippe Cognée, Will Cotton, Gregory Crewdson, Daniel Dezeuze, Alioune Diagne, Jim Dine, Atul Dodiya, Anju Dodiya, Ed & Nancy Kienholz, Jan Fabre, Gérard Garouste, Orsten Groom, Oda Jaune,Jitish Kallat, Clay Ketter, Robin Kid, David Lachapelle, Ulrich Lamsfuss Léonard Martin, Jonathan Meese, Michael Ray Charles, Iván Navarro, Prune Nourry, Jules Olitski, Philip Pearlstein, Pierre Et Gilles, Antoine Roegiers, François Rouan, Julião Sarmento, George Segal, Sudarshan Shetty, Chiharu Shiota, Jan Van Imschoot, Claude Viallat, Jeanne Vicerial, Kehinde Wiley, René Wirths, Billie Zangewa
