Christophe Daviet-Thery would be delighted to welcome you to the next exhibition Images manquantes
at the gallery on January 27th – March 3th, 2012.
Opening show January 27th, 2012 at 6pm-8pm
Nicolas Aiello, Francis Baudevin, Jérémie Bennequin, Joana Hadjithomas & Khalil Joreige, Alexander Honory, Martin Kippenberger, Bruno Munari, Eric Watier…….
Wall paper, Munari, by Koenraad Dedobbeleer, 2011
mardi/samedi 11h-19H . tuesday/saturday 11 am to 7:pm
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Ommage à la recherche du temps perdu, du côté de chez Swann.
“Erasing the work of Marcel Proust In search of lost time, according to a strict protocol, is my artistic approach.To the rythm of a daily page, a necessary constraint, I rease with an ink rubber, in the white collection of Gallimard, a series of the seven volumes of this novel.It is a long-term work, a slow, meticulous and methodical progress for which it is possible to determine the date of archievement accurately. To this obsessive minimal gesture, simple act of presence, is added the necessity to reedit progressively the proustien work in its blurred version, according to the division into chapters wanted by the author. Moreover, the printing of the ruined text-scattered letters-, solitary syllabes, fragments entirely legibile words, snatches of sentences and even scraps of thoughts-from the semi random result of a free mixture of spontaneous choices”
Exhibition catalogue ” I hate Paul Klee” (Ed Snoeck)
Price: 28 euros
Nathalie et Christophe Daviet-Thery seront heureux de vous accueillir pour la présentation du nouveau numéro Code 2.0 Automne 2011 le vendredi 14 octobre de 19h à 21h au 34 rue Louise Weiss.
ART & PROJECT BULLETINS 1968-198
The exhibition will be at the Gallery October 27th 2011
January 21th 2012.
At this occasion, we will publish a catalogue in collaboration with Louisa Riley-Smith and Cabinet gallery, London.
Intervention by Michael Riedel,Jerôme Saint-Loubert Bié,Yann Sérandour,Eric Watier et Johannes Wohnseifer, Koenraad Dedobbeleer.
Press Release
« Art is to change what you expect from it « Seth Siegelaub
A unique opportunity to purchase a complete set of this important archival document direct from the original source : 156 issues in 50 complete sets, boxed in a specially constructed acid-free box (320 x 460 x 60 mm) and released by Adriann van Ravesteijn and Geert van Beijeren, the founders of Art & Project in Holland who issued the bulletin over a period of 21 years.
From the earliest days in 1968 when the bulletin appeared Under the title of « Architectural Research » the Small statement printed on the bottom of the front page rings out with the spirit of its time : « Art & Project plans to bring you together with the ideas of artists, architects and technicians to discover an intelligent form for your living and working space. Art & Project invites you to participate in its exhibitions which will explore ways in which art,architecture and technology can combine with you own ideas »
This statement was to prove prophetic. The bulletin became well-known and as the gallery in Amsterdam grew,it attracted artists all over the world who wanted to contribute to or use the bulletin to explore their own work. It appealed to artists in the Conceptual Art movement to whom the bulletin was a way of conveying art ideas from the artists to the viewer/reader at a low cost : it did not have a value except for the ideas it contained ; bulletins were mailed free to an international mailing list or distributed from the gallery to visitors. The bulletins contained original material in a sequence which is determined by the arttist, but the viewer/reader can read the material in any order but the artist présents it as s/he thinks it should be. As Lawrence Weiner,who made five bulletins states « THEY (BOOKS)ARE PERHAPS THE LAST IMPOSITIONAL MEANS OF TRANSFERRING INFORMATION FROM ONE TO ANOTHER (SOURCE).
The imprtance of the bulletins as an archival source on the period is unrivaled, both through the quality of the original pageworks and the calibre of the artists involved all the key artists from this period contributed one and often more bulletins : Robert Barry made four, Stanley Brown made seven, Jan Dibbets six, Hamish Fulton three, Gilbert & George four, Douglas Huebler four, Sol Lewitt five, Richard Long seven, and Allen Ruppersberg two.
From Daniel Buren’s transparent bulletin to Sol Lewitt’s beautiful bulletin folded into 48 small squares, from Bas Jan Ader’s final bulletin mailed during his last work in which he died to Gilbert & George’s fragile double portrait,thèse issues are a unique moving international artwork that stands apart from anything else in this period in its breath of artists included and quality of original work involved. It is increasingly included in exhibitions concerned with Conceptual Art and its influences.The complete set is of prime interest to major private collectors and muséums and libraries concerned with the artists involved with the bulletins. These 156 issues encapsulate an era.
In response to increasing interest, Art & Project have decided to release from their own stock of original bulletins 50 strictely limited sets – no further sets will be issued. To achieve this aim and to complete thèse 50 sets only,each set will contain 7 reprints (clearly marked) and 149 original bulletins. The production of the reprints has been overseen by Adriaan van Ravesteijn (who produced the original bulletins)working with the original printer, thus the reprints are of identical quality to the originals. Each set will also include a new complete full inventory of all the bulletins prepared by Art & Project.
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© rebecca fanuele
Edition of 90 copies and 10 copies with an original drawing by Pablo Bronstein.
Size of the paper: 56,5 x 147 cm -
Size of the etching: 27,5 x 117,5 cm
In september 2009, Christophe Daviet-Thery invited the swiss collector Christoph Schifferli to curate an exhibition at his gallery. The show was called “Books on Books” and presented 26 artists’ books that are, in some way or another, about books or their representation.
The same year, in december 2009, Christophe Daviet-Thery asked to Jérôme Saint-Loubert Bié to take care of the catalog even if this book works independently from the exhibition. He invited Jonathan Monk and Yann Sérandour to have a conversation about 12 books: Bruce Nauman, Burning Small Fires, 1968 – Richard Prince, American English, London: Sadie Coles HQ and Cologne: Verlag der Buchhandlung Walther König, 2003 – Wade Guyton, Zeichnungen für ein grosse Bild, Cologne: Verlag der Buchhandlung Walther König, 2010 – Jonathan Monk, Cover Version, London: Book Works, 2004 – Mike Kelley, Reconstructed History, New York: Thea Weistreich and Cologne: Gisela Capitain, 1990 – Allen Ruppersberg, The New Five-Foot Shelf of Books, Brussels: Editions Micheline Szwajcer & Michèle Didier and Ljubljana: International Centre of Graphic Arts, 2003 – Claude Closky, Vacances à Arcachon, Paris: Editions Galerie Jennifer Flay, 2000 – Alejandro Cesarco, Dedications, New York: A.R.T Press, 2003 – Martin Kippenberger, The Happy End of Franz Kafka’s Amerika. Tisch Nr 3, Sankt Georgen: Sammlung Grässling, 1993 – Matt Mullican, Matt Mullican, Valenvia: IVAM Instituto Valenciano de Arte Moderno, 1995 – Batia Suter, Parallel Encyclopedia, Amsterdam: Roma Publications, 2009 – Yann Sérandour, Inside the White Cube: Overprinted Edition, Zurich : JRP Ringier, 2009.
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books and prints
September 9th – October 23th,2011
Opening show September 9, 2011 at 6-8pm
© rebecca fanuele
Space has no meaning outside of time, 2011
Edition of 200 signed and numbered copies.
Price: 90 euros
Published by &: Christophe Daviet-Thery, 2011, Paris.
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© rebecca fanuele
Doublure: catalogue d’exposition, 2011
Edition of 300 copies.
Published by &: Christophe Daviet-Thery & Koenraad Dedobbeleer, 2011, Paris.
Price: 17 euros
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© rebecca fanuele
“Munari” ,2011.
Edition of 100 copies.
Published by &: Christophe Daviet-Thery, 2011, Paris.
Industrial silkscreen ( 89 x 119,5 cm).The basic image,from work by Bruno Munari,has been enlarged by Koenraad Dedobbeleer. The module-image can be placed in any position on the wall, alone or alongside others, to create an overall image/composition.
Price: 30 euros
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