FIAC STORIES
FIAC FLASHBACK | THU-VAN TRAN
Thu Van Tran speaks about her work "Pénétrable - Allégorie de la forêt" presented by Almine Rech as part of FIAC Projects 2019 at the Petit Palais. Born in Ho Chi Minh City in 1979, Thu-Van Tran lives and works in Paris. Pénétrable - Allégorie de la forêt can be situated somewhere between a painting and a sculpture, an allegory of the elements...
FIAC FLASHBACK : TOMI UNGERER
Tomi Ungerer was born in 1931 in Strasbourg, France. He died in 2019 in Ireland. Internationally recognized for his work in illustration, in a parallel fashion throughout his life, he pursued a sculptural oeuvre, playing with found or commercially available objects in...
G COMME GALERISTE : BLUM & POE
What does FIAC represent for you? Grand Palais. What makes FIAC stand out among other fairs? I mean it's just distinctly different from any other Fair in the world. I mean it's obvious even to the amateur. If they've gone to four or five or six art fairs that this is particularly unique. What impressed you most during this edition of FIAC? People are seriously considering looking thinking talking engaging absorbed. The relationship among gallerist? Well every galleries has a different...
G COMME GALERISTE : CAPITAIN PETZEL
Is being a gallerist a trade or a passion for you? It's both it's a passion but it's also business and you have to do both and in the best possible way. You create a platform for the artist to do what they want to realize not just to develop an artist for the first few years and have some success but to develop in a career over 30 years or more that is where it becomes challenging and that's where it becomes rewarding you know. Because there's a loyalty also involved. A book to understand the...
BEHIND THE (ART)PIECE : ODILE DECQ
Lorsque Philippe Gravier m'a demandé un pavillon j'ai tout de suite pensé à ce pavillon que je voulais faire depuis un certain temps, qui en fait la réplique d'un pavillon du XVIIIème que j'ai un jour admirer dans un parc et dont j'ai pris repris les proportions mais j'ai fait ça totalement dans un verre noir. Parce que ce qui m'intéresse maintenant de plus en plus dans les pièces que je fais, dans les installations que je fais c'est de travailler sur la réflexion sur ce qu'on voit n'est pas...
INTERVIEW ESCALIER : FRÉDÉRIC LARROQUE
FIAC : votre conseil pour ceux et celles qui visitent la FIAC pour la première fois ? Souvent on reconnaît et comme on reconnaît on est flatté et donc on croit aimer. Donc il faut rester très serein d'où l'utilité parfois de se faire conseiller.Quelle est la meilleure exposition pendant la FIAC ?C'est Glenn Brown on au musée Eugène Delacroix place de Fürstenberg à sublime artistes qui revisitent les plus gros chef-d'oeuvre et les plus grands chefs-d'oeuvre de l'histoire de la peintureFinissez...
BEHIND THE (ART)PIECE : NOEL DOLLA
Une oeuvre qui s'appelle Nymphéas pause déluge 2. Je crois que le titre est déjà assez évocateur de ce qui peut se passer. L'idée c'était aussi de rendre quelque part hommage à claude monet qui se trouve là à l'orangerie avec ses magnifiques peintures.J'allais non pas peindre un tableau de Monet mais essayer de repenser et de penser à partir de ce que Monet voyait à Giverny dans ces bassins. Pour un artiste c'est un peu un rêve étrange pas en avoir qu'on m'offre une toile de 3200 mètres...
GALLERY FOCUS : P420
Several questions for Alessandro Pasotti and Fabrizio PadovaniHow has the role of galleries changed in the last decade? The activities that happen inside the gallery are still important, but what has changed is they are no longer sufficient on their own. It has become increasingly important to go out, to take part in national and international fairs, to help more people get to know the work of the artists you represent. What is the most challenging part of running a gallery? To be able to make...
GALLERY FOCUS : NARA ROESLER
Several questions for Nara RoeslerWhy did you open the gallery? I opened Galeria Nara Roesler almost 40 years ago in order to connect the public of the Northeast of Brazil to great artists that I identified in my formative years. What is the most challenging part of running a gallery? I believe that the greatest challenge of running a gallery that now has 43 artists in its roster is maintaining each and everyone connected to their essence and selling the artists' works for what they truly are,...
GALLERY FOCUS : WEISS FALK
Several questions for Oskar Weiss and Oliver Falk Introduce yourself: Weiss Falk is Oskar Weiss and Oliver Falk, two friends from different places and backgrounds, who felt like joining forces. Why did you decide to open a gallery in Basel? We felt like doing something different than just doing the expected, which, in the Swiss case, would be opening a gallery in Zurich. To us, Basel seemed like a place where we could experiment with the gallery's ideas and focus, more than in any other city...
GALLERY FOCUS : PM8
Several questions for Francisco SalasIntroduce yourself. I'm Francisco Salas curator and director of PM8. Why did you decide to open a gallery in Vigo? It seemed the most logical thing to do as I live here... How would you describe the relationship between your gallery and the artists you represent? We have a very close relationship: rich, based on trust a permanent exchange which makes us grow together as individuals and as professionals. In fact we are what you might call an extended family....
GALLERY FOCUS : PERES PROJECTS
Several questions for Nick Koenigsknecht and Javier PeresWhat is the most challenging part of running a gallery? Running an art gallery can be very unpredictable. Each day brings new challenges. This can of course be very tough, but it’s also something that makes working in this field so rewarding. How would you describe the relationship between your gallery and the artists you represent? Symbiotic. We need each other in order to survive and thrive. What is your best memory of FIAC? FIAC for...