François Rouan
Autour de l’empreinte – Lyon
The Musée des Beaux-Arts de Lyon is devoting a solo exhibition to François Rouan.
From May 30 to September 21, 2025
From the start of his career in the 1960s, François Rouan was associated with the Supports/Surfaces movement, although he was not officially affiliated to it. He has followed a singular path, deconstructing the traditional structure of painting to open up new research areas. From the 1980s onwards, he extended his practice to new media, first photography, then video. The museum of Fine Arts of Lyon has chosen to explore his work through the theme of the imprint, a constant theme in his work from the very beginning to the present day. Imprint understood both in its most literal form and in the conceptual exploration of the notions of recollection and quotation.
The exhibition is open from Wednesday to Monday, from 10 am to 6 pm, and Friday, from 10h30 am to 6 pm.
Closed on Tuesday and national holidays.
Recorda VII (horizontal)
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Born in 1943 in Montpellier, François Rouan lives and works in Laversine (France). From the beginning of his career in the 1960s, he was associated with the Supports/Surfaces movement without being officially affiliated with it. François Rouan has followed a singular path, deconstructing the traditional structure of the painting to open up new avenues in the field of contemporary painting. Following his research into collages, he produced his first braids in 1965 and from 1980 onwards extended his practice to other mediums, photographic and filmic.
