Gérard Garouste
The artist
Born in 1946 in Paris, Gérard Garouste lives and works in Paris and Normandy. He is one of the leading figures in French art. As both painter and sculptor, he is obsessed by the origins of our culture, myths and the legacy left us by the old masters. His own life is the springboard for his work on ‘dismantling images and words’ and his fascination with the questions of origins, time and transmission. His paintings are born of associations of ideas. Now unsettling, now joyful, they teem with animals, some of them fantastical, and a cast of different characters. His sources range from the Bible to popular culture and literary greats, from Cervantes to Rabelais.
Exhibitions
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Correspondances (Gérard Garouste – Marc-Alain Ouaknin)
March 25 - July 17, 2021
Paris - Grenier Saint Lazare -
Zeugma
March 15 - May 12, 2018
Paris - Beaubourg -
Contes ineffables
January 11 - February 26, 2014
Paris - Beaubourg -
Walpurgisnachtstraum
September 8 - October 29, 2011
Paris - Beaubourg -
La Bourgogne, la famille et l’eau tiède
January 12 - February 26, 2008
Paris - Beaubourg -
L’Anesse et la figue
January 28 - February 18, 2006
Paris - Beaubourg -
Portraits
March 6 - April 30, 2004
Paris - Beaubourg -
Késive, la ville mensonge
January 24 - March 2, 2002
Paris - Beaubourg
Biography
| Birth | Born in 1946 in Paris, France |
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| Residence | He lives and works in Marcilly-sur-Eure, France |
SOLO EXHIBITIONS (SELECTION)
| 2022 | Gérard Garouste, Musée National d’Art Moderne Centre Pompidou, Paris, France |
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| 2021 | Gérard Garouste, Galerie Templon, Paris, France |
| 2020 | Gérard Garouste : The Other Side, National Gallery of Modern Art of New Delhi, New Delhi, India |
| 2019 | Gérard Garouste, Centre des arts Palais Aicha Fahmy, Cairo, Egypt Gérard Garouste et l’École des Prophètes, Espace des droits de l'homme, Mairie du Chambon-sur-Lignon, Chambon-sur-Lignon, France |
| 2018 | Diane et Actéon, Musée de la Chasse et de la Nature, Paris, France Zeugma, le grand œuvre drolatique, Beaux-Arts de Paris, Paris, France Zeugma, Galerie Templon, Paris, France |
| 2017 | Les Garouste, complot de famille, Palais idéal du Facteur Cheval, Château de Hauterives, France |
| 2016 | À la croisée des chemins, BAM, Mons, Belgium Sèvres Outdoor, Cité de la Céramique, Sèvres, France |
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COLLECTIONS (SÉLECTION)
| Domaine national de Saint-Cloud, Saint-Cloud, France | |
| Hôtel de Ville, Mons, Belgique | |
| Théâtre Royal, Namur, Belgique | |
| Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris, France | |
| L’église Notre-Dame, Talant, France | |
| Cathédrale d’Évry, France | |
| Palais de Justice de Lyon, France |
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THÉÂTRE
| 2008 | Le Classique et l’Indien, spectacle de Gérard Garouste et Joël Calmettes ; avec Gérard Garouste et Denis Lavant, Théâtre du Rond-Point, Paris, France |
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| 1978 | Le Classique et l’Indien, spectacle de Gérard Garouste, Festival Transthéâtre Libération, Paris, France |
FILM
| 2018 | Gérard Garouste, En chemin, réalisé par Vivien Desouches, produit par André Djaoui, Tikkun Productions |
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| 2013 | Gérard Garouste, Retour aux sources, réalisé par Joël Calmettes – Chloé Productions – Collection Empreintes – France 5 |
PUBLIC AND PRIVATE PROCUREMENTS
| 2013 | Sculpture Le Défi du Soleil, Domaine national de Saint-Cloud, 1984-2013, France |
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| 2010 | Ensemble de Sculptures monumentales en bronze et de fresques en céramique, 23, rue de l’Université, Paris VIIème (Groupe Carlyle), France |
| 2006 | Tapisserie Le murez et l’araignée, Aubusson, France Sculptures à l’Hôtel de ville de Mons, Belgium |
| 2000 | Frise dans la salle des mariages de l’hôtel de ville de Mons, Belgium |
| 1999 | Plafond du foyer du Théâtre royal de Namur, Belgium |
| 1996 | Installation de peinture et fer forgé pour la Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris, France |
| 1995 | Vitraux de l’église Notre-Dame de Talant, en Bourgogne, France Sculpture Vierge à l’Enfant pour la cathédrale d’Evry, France |
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Press
Architectural Digest.in - février 2020
The Other Side, a special retrospective on the revered French artist
Uma Nair
The Art Newspaper Daily - octobre 2019
Indiscrétion : Gérard Garouste au Centre Pompidou.. et à Delhi
Alexandre Crochet
Le Quotidien de l'Art, l'Hebdo - mars 2018
L'esprit se tait, enfin libre, pour galoper
Lionel Sabatté
Le Journal des Arts - janvier 2018
Le peintre a été élu à l'Académie des beaux-arts
Stéphane Renault
Le Figaro.fr - décembre 2017
Le peintre Gérard Garouste succède à Georges Mathieu à l'Académie des beaux-arts
News
Gérard Garouste
GéRARD GAROUSTE – SOLO SHOW
NATIONAL GALLERY OF MODERN ART, NEW DELHI, INDIA
From 28/01/2020 to 30/04/2020
Under the patronage of the Ministry of Culture, the French Institute and with the support of private sponsors, Gérard Garouste’s retrospective at the National Gallery of Modern Art in New Delhi will be an unparalleled opportunity to discover the artist’s imaginary and historical repertoire – which includes, among its sources of inspiration, myths and legends, religion and folklore. The exhibition will feature over sixty paintings covering 40 years of creation, from 1980 to 2019.
Gérard Garouste
MEETING WITH GéRARD GAROUSTE, A MAJOR FIGURE IN FRENCH PAINTING – CONFERENCE
GRAND PALAIS, PARIS, FRANCE Wednesday 13/11 at 6:30 pm
Charlotte Chastel-Rousseau, co-curator of the ongoing Greco exhibition in Paris, interviews Gérard Garouste, a major figure in French painting and great admirer of the Spanish master, at the Grand Palais as part of the “Greco à deux voix” series of talks.
Gérard Garouste questions the origins of our culture, ancient masters’ heritage and the myths. His paintings are in turn disturbing and joyful, populated by different characters sometimes close to those of Greco. Spanish painting, of which he loves the strength, the colours, the profusion of blacks and the mystical side, had a fundamental role in his decision to become a painter.
Gérard Garouste
GéRARD GAROUSTE ET L’éCOLE DES PROPHèTES – SOLO SHOW
LIEU DE MEMOIRE, CHAMBON-SUR-LIGNON, FRANCEFrom 05/07/2019 to 29/09/2019
This Summer, Gérard Garouste has expressed the wish to install some of his works in the new rooms of the Remembrance Place of Chambon sur Lignon. Familiar with the Talmud, the artist wanted to know more about these young Jews, who in the darkest hours of Nazism had reflected on the revival of Jewish thought by calling themselves, with a touch of provocation, the School of prophets. Gérard Garouste’s painting draws its inspiration from the Talmudic tradition, the horror of the Shoah and its personal history. The exhibition offers a journey between painting and biblical texts, between art and history, around a selection of paintings that resonate with the reflections of this group of thinkers.
Gérard Garouste
“EN CHEMIN” – MOVIE PROJECTION
CENTRE POMPIDOU, CINEMA 1, PARIS, FRANCE25/06/2019 at 7:00 pm
Serge Lasvignes, André Djaoui, Daniel Templon, are pleased to invite you to the screening of Garouste’s film “En Chemin”. A film written by Stéphane Miquel and directed by Vivien Desouches. The screening will be followed by a discussion between Gérard Garouste and Olivier Kaeppelin. Tuesday, June 25, 2019 at 7 pm, Center Pompidou – Cinema 1 Reservation recommended: Matthieu Durand: rsvp@templon.com Tel. 01 85 76 55 55
Gérard Garouste
CAIRO BIENNALE – GROUP SHOW
CENTER OF ART - AICHA FAHMY PALACE, CAIRO, EGYPTFrom 10/06/2019 to 10/08/2019
Cairo Biennale, Center of Art, Aicha Fahmy Palace, Gérard Garouste guest of honour
Gérard Garouste
Jitish Kallat
Ulrich Lamsfuss
Pierre et Gilles
ART EATS ART
Museum Regards de Provence, Marseille, France
In the framework of the Gastronomic Year in Provence–MPG 2019, the Regards de Provence Museum is showcasing « L’Art Mange l’Art” et “De la table au tableau”, two exhibitions that bring together works of artists from the XIX to XXIst century on the theme of food, its pleasures and the art of the table.
Gérard Garouste
ZEUGMA. LE GRAND OEUVRE DROLATIQUE – SOLO SHOW
BEAUX-ARTS DE PARIS, PARIS, FRANCE From 15/03/2018 to 15/04/2018
Gérard Garouste, one of the most popular French artists of his generation, is marking spring 2018 with three new exhibitions in Paris: at Galerie Templon, the Musée de la Chasse et de la Nature, and the Beaux-Arts de Paris.
From March 15 to April 15, Gérard Garouste will be investing the outstanding glass-in atrium of the Beaux-Arts de Paris with a series of monumental installations and theatrical devices. Fake tapestries, labyrinths, oculi, anamorphoses will invite the visitor to enter this Grand Oeuvre Drolatique, mixing hidden significations and fantasies, references to the sacred and religious texts as well as evocations of Rabelais and Dante.
The exhibition unveils a more confidential aspect of the artist’s work through 4 large installations created in between 1987 and 2003 : Les Indiennes, La Dive Bacbuc, Ellipse et Les Saintes Ellipses. Never reunited before, they will be shown for the first time in Paris in 15 years.
Gérard Garouste
DIANE ET ACTAEON – SOLO SHOW
MUSEE DE LA CHASSE ET DE LA NATURE, PARIS, FRANCE From 13/03/2018 to 01/07/2018
Gérard Garouste, one of the most popular French artists of his generation, is marking spring 2018 with three new exhibitions in Paris: at Galerie Templon, the Musée de la Chasse et de la Nature, and the Beaux-Arts de Paris. For his exhibition at the Musée de la Chasse et de la Nature (March 13 – July 1), Gérard Garouste has taken a close interest in the myth of Diana and Actaeon, one of the most beautiful tales recounted by the Latin poet Ovid (43 BC – 17 AD) in his Metamorphoses: The myth, that examines perception, desire and capture, offered the perfect subject for Gérard Garouste. The result, going far beyond simply fulfilling a first 2015 commission awarded by the Musée de la Chasse et de la Nature, was a series of studies, drawings and canvasses all based on the theme ; providing an echo of older works illustrating the same theme and forming part of the permanent collections.
