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Galerie Perrotin Paris, France Othoniel 2019 projects Introduction Académie des beaux-arts, Paris, France. February 19 « Artistes à la Une - Togeth’Her, pour la liberté des femmes » Hôtel de la Monnaie de Paris, France. March 15 « Oracles » Solo exhibition, galerie Perrotin Paris, France. March 28 National Museum of Qatar Monumental installation conceived in a resonance with Jean Nouvel’s architectural design. May « Stonewall 50 » Contemporary Arts Museum Houston (CAMH), Texas. June 1 L’Herbier Merveilleux at the Louvre Museum The Louvre Pyramid 30th anniversary, Paris, France. June 27 « Nudos Salvajes, Les Nœuds Mathématiques » Centre Culturel Néstor Kirchner, Buenos Aires, Argentina. July 5 The Necklace’s House Nihonbashi, Tokyo, Japan. Auust 20 « Îles singulières » Solo exibition, Château la Coste, Puy-Sainte-Réparade, France. November 20 « A Rose Garden » Solo exhibition, galerie Perrotin Shanghaï, China. 2019 A new year filled with major projects, commemorations and commitments. In Paris, Doha, Houston, Monaco, Château La Coste, Tokyo and Shanghai, the artist is undoubtedly embarking on one of the most important years in his career: site-specific projects, a retrospective, installations, books, paintings and new sculptures. In late 2018, Othoniel was elected at the Académie des Beaux-Arts in the sculpture section. Starting in January 2019, when the acceptance ceremony takes place, he will help the Academy fulfill its mission to defend, promote and support artistic creation. In February, for the 2nd consecutive year, Jean-Michel Othoniel will participate in the exhibition and sale “Artistes à la Une - Togeth’Her,” held at the Monnaie de Paris in partnership with Vogue magazine. Proceeds will benefit UN Women, a global champion for gender equality dedicated to fighting violence against women. In March, Othoniel will present a major exhibition at the galerie Perrotin in Paris. Entitled “Oracles,” this solo show will unveil a new series of minimal, colorful, monumental and immer- sive artworks in keeping with the artist’s Big Wave of glass bricks, presented last summer at the Musée d’art moderne et contemporain in Saint-Etienne. In late March, the new National Museum of Qatar, designed by architect Jean Nouvel, will be inaugurated. Among the artworks commissioned for the museum is a project by Jean-Michel Othoniel conceived on a monumental scale that echoes the museum’s sprawling structure. It comprises 114 fountain sculptures whose water jets evoke the fluid shapes of Arabic calligraphy. This permanent installation will be unveiled on March 28th. In early April, Othoniel will be invited by the Louvre Museum to celebrate the pyramid’s 30th anniversary. The artist’s l’Herbier Merveilleux du Louvre, a unique book published especially for the occasion, will reveal his poetic, often playful reading of the outstanding collection of the world’s largest museum, highlighting treasures he selected from 8 of its different departments. In Texas at the end of April, Othoniel will present an enormous installation of glass bricks at the Contemporary Arts Museum Houston: The Yellow Brick Road. Alongside other international artists, he will be honoring an event that is very close to his heart—the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall uprising. In early May, a new exhibition space will open in the heart of the city of Monaco. Othoniel will inaugurate the venue with an installation of his monumental wave sculpture in black glass. This exhibition will emphasize the artist’s special affinity with the environment and his sensitivity to the problems caused by climate change. Inspired by the 2011 tsunami disaster, his wave sculp- ture strongly resonates with the Principality’s deep commitment to safeguarding oceans and preserving the earth’s water resources. Returning to France in mid-May, Othoniel will relocate his 3 Parisian studios to a single workshop in Montreuil. In this new space, which measures some 4,000 square meters, he will not only bring together his different collaborators and make his own artworks, but also wishes to use the spaces to invite art-world figures to experiment and exhibit their work in the broadest possibly way, creating a space for dialogue and exchange as well as linking the different domains of creativity that fascinate him: literature, dance, architecture, cinema and the visual arts. In June, the Centro Cultural Néstor Kirchner (CCK) in Buenos Aires will offer the artist an important solo exhibition, with some 30 of the artist’s works related to the world of mathematics. Since 2009, Jean-Michel Othoniel has been creating sculptures inspired by infinite symbols. In 2017, he began collaborating with the Mexican mathematician Aubin Arroyo. This retrospective exhibition offers an opportunity to bring together works from the last 10 years. Publications and numerous conferences will also be organized on this occasion under the sponsorship of Cédric Villani. In July, a new voyage: the artist will be in Japan to install a sculpture he has been working on for more than 3 years in the public space. Invited by the city of Tokyo, Othoniel conceived a temple under the open skies symbolically protecting a gigantic mirrored necklace sculpture, in the heart of the historic Nihonbashi district. Inspired by old Japanese fire houses, this architec- ture-artwork allows him to celebrate the presence of former members of the local fire brigade in a neighborhood that is currently in the midst of urban upheaval. From August 20 to November 20, at Château La Coste in the south of France, Othoniel will present an important installation entitled “Îles singulières.” Specially created for the site’s new exhibition space designed by Renzo Piano, this installation will allow Othoniel to affirm once again his interest in and love for interacting with architecture by his peers. And concluding this busy year, in November, galerie Perrotin Shanghai will host Jean-Michel Othoniel’s first solo exhibition in this city. There, he will present a new series of monumental sculptures and gold paintings that have never before been shown, inspired by his passion for flowers as well as by his first voyage to China 27 years ago. The year 2019 will also be marked by the publication of several new books on the artist’s work. L’acADÉMIE des beaux-arts During the plenary session on Wednesday, November 14, 2018, the Académie des beaux-arts elected Jean-Michel Othoniel élu à l’Académie des beaux-arts Jean-Michel Othoniel to the fifth chair in the sculpture section that was previously occupied by Eugène (section de Sculpture) le mercredi 14 novembre Dodeigne (1923-2015). The election was approved by the President of the Republic and Protector of the Academy on DecemberAu cours de 13, la séance2018. plénièreThe artist’s du mercredi installation 14 novembre ceremony 2018, l’Académiewill take desplace beaux-arts under thea élu Academy’s famous dome inJean-Michel late 2019. Othoniel There auare 5 èmecurrently fauteuil précédemment 6 members occupéof the parsculpture Eugène Dodeignesection: Jean(1923-2015), Cardot, Claude dans la section de Sculpture. Abeille, AntoineCette Poncet, élection Brigitte sera soumise Terziev, dans Pierre-Édouardles prochains jours àand l’approbation Jean Anguera. de Monsieur le Président de la République, protecteur de l’Académie. The Académie Lades section beaux-arts de sculpture is one ofest the actuellement 5 institutions composée comprising de six the membres Institut : Jeande France. Cardot, ClaudeWith 63 members Abeille, Antoine Poncet, Brigitte Terziev, Pierre-Edouard et Jean Anguera. within 9 artistic sections, the Académie promotes and encourages the creation of artistic expression in its various forms L’Académieand defends des thebeaux-arts French est cultural l’une des heritage.cinq académies To fulfill composant its l’Institutmissions de of France. supporting Forte de creation, it 63 membres répartis dans 9 sections artistiques, elle s’attache à promouvoir et encourager Académie des beaux-arts Institut de France awards numerousla création prizes artistiqueeach year, dans organizes toutes ses active expressions partnerships et veille à withla défense cultural du patrimoineinstitutions culturel and acts as an advisory body français.to the French Elle poursuit public ses authorities.missions de soutien In order à la création to carry par outles nombreux these missions, prix qu’elle the décerne Académie des chaque année, une politique active de partenariats avec des institutions culturelles ainsi que ses beaux-arts alsoactivités administrates de conseil culturaldes pouvoirs donations publics. Afin and dethe mener legacies à bien it ces possesses, missions, l’Académie including des such beaux- important arts gère son patrimoine constitué de dons et legs, parmi lesquels d’importantes fondations culturelles cultural foundationstelles que as la the Fondation Paul Marmottan Paul Marmottan Foundation (musée Marmottan (the Marmottan Monet à Paris Monet et Bibliothèque Museum Marmottan in Paris and the Marmottan Libraryà Boulogne-Billancourt), in Boulogne-Billancourt), la Fondation theClaude Claude Monet Monet à Giverny, Foundation la Villa Ephrussi in Giverny, de Rothschild the Ephrussi à de Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat et la Fondation Jean et Simone Lurçat à Paris. Rothschild Villa in Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat and the Jean and Simone Lurçat Foundation in Paris. Né en 1964 à Saint-Etienne, Jean-Michel Othoniel a, depuis la fin des années 1980, inventé un univers aux Borncontours in 1964 multiples. in Saint-Etienne, Explorant d’abord Jean-Michel des matériaux Othoniel has,aux since qualités
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