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 Copyright Gérard Garouste | | | Garouste, Gérard (1946 - ) France
Les Incendiaires, 1982
Oil on canvas; 251 x 295 cm 80's
UID 102-214
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Biography
French artist born in Paris. 1965-72 Studied at the École Nationale des Beaux-Arts in Paris. 1979-82 Designed scenery for the miniature Italian theatre at the theatre Le Palace, in Paris, and experimented with various stage set techniques. 1980 Performance of his play La règle du jeu at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Ghent. In 1987 painted his first Indienne, a free-hanging canvas, 7.60m wide and 4.10m long based on the theme of Dante’s Divine Comedy. Up to 1988 produced further Indiennes. 1981: Retrospective, Palazzo Decezio, Noto. 1984 Venice Biennale (and 1986), New French Painting, MoMA, Oxford (travelled to Southsampton, Edinburgh), 1987 CAPC Musée d’Art Contemporain, Bordeaux, 1989 Stedelijk Museum (travelled to Düsseldorf), 1992 Museum Moderner Kunst Stiftung Ludwig, Vienna (travelled to Budapest). Lives in Marcilly-sur-Eure.
Exhibitions
The Berardo Collection Sintra Museu de Arte Moderna - Colecção Berardo (SMAM-CB), Portugal 17-05-1997 ~ 31-08-1997
Territórios Singulares na Colecção Berardo Sintra Museu de Arte Moderna - Colecção Berardo (SMAM-CB), Portugal 22-10-2002 ~ 28-02-2003
Observers Museu Colecção Berardo, Portugal 14-02-2011 ~ 29-05-2011
Bibliography
Territórios Singulares na Colecção Berardo, 2002 Published by Sintra Museu de Arte Moderna - Colecção Berardo ISBN 972974288X
The Berardo Collection – Sintra Museum of Modern Art, 1996 Published by Sintra Museu de Arte Moderna - Colecção Berardo ISBN 9729739105
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