2020 en ligne selected statements artmontecarlo.ch content editorials 3 galleries 4 musical break 112 solo shows 113 essayistic break 149 special exhibitions 152 video break 158 team & friends 159 artists index 161 very timely souvenir 164 our partners 166 culinary break 183 post-confinement 184 editorials Dear art lovers, In this very particular moment and following artmonte-carlo has imagined this digital catalogue the postponement of artmonte-carlo 2020 to as a manifesto to break down the boundaries of next spring, we are pleased to share with you confinement that prevent the organization of the through this digital catalogue a focused selection fair this year and we thank them warmly for this of artworks from participating galleries. initiative. In the spirit of our human-sized Salon d’art, Allow me to express my enthusiasm for this proj- our wish is to maintain the personal dimension ect, which, thanks to digital technologies, allows of our activity through the presentation of state- us all to participate together in this beautiful ments from art world personalities on the selected adventure by discovering individual artistic works of art: curators, conservators, dealers, selections. collectors, critics and artists participate in the reflections. It is indeed essential, in the current context, to continue to exchange on common subjects that We aspire to offer you an accurate publication rich lift us up and bring us closer to one another. in content and details, and also will be disclosing some of the institutional exhibitions scheduled This is the very essence of Culture, which allows for 2021, another trademark of our Salon d’art. us to remain united in adversity. This publication is in that vein punctuated by In a hurry to get back to better days and be able cultural, musical, literary, video and even gastro- to meet you at the 2021 edition, I would like to nomic interventions! take this opportunity to salute the work of the artmonte-carlo teams. Gallerists remain at your disposal to continue the conversation on their artistic submissions. Their expertise has anchored this event in the Please exchange with them by clicking on the Monegasque cultural landscape by federating contact details. private and public cultural players and ensured the international reach of Monaco’s art market. We look forward to seeing you in the spring of 2021 at the Grimaldi Forum Monaco for the fifth edition of artmonte-carlo. Stay safe. Thomas Hug Françoise Gamerdinger, Director Director of artmonte-carlo Department of Cultural Affairs – Monaco 3 galleries 303 Gallery 5 Galleria Franco Noero 59 Air de Paris 8 Galleria Raffella Cortese 62 Almine Rech 11 Herald Street 65 Art : Concept 13 kamel mennour 68 Artvera’s Gallery 16 kaufmann repetto 69 Blondeau & Cie 19 Mazzoleni 72 Christine König Galerie 22 Moretti Fine Art 75 Cortesi Gallery 25 Nogueras Blanchard 78 Crèvecœur 28 Pace 81 De Jonckeere 30 Pearl Lam Galleries 84 Gagosian 33 Perrotin 87 Galerie Catherine Issert 36 Robilant + Voena 90 Galerie In Situ - Fabienne Leclerc 39 Setareh 93 Galerie Jean-François Cazeau 42 Skopia / P.-H. Jaccaud 96 Galerie Laurent Godin 45 The Breeder 99 Galerie Mitterrand 47 Tornabuoni Art 100 Galerie Sébastien Bertrand 50 Victoria Miro 103 Galleria Continua 53 White Cube 106 Galleria D’Arte Maggiore G.A.M. 56 Zero... 109 4 galleries 303 Gallery New York / Cristian Alexa Karen Kilimnik, the royal suite - drawing room, hotel de Paris, Monaco 2015, water soluble oil color on canvas, 20.4 x 30.5 cm Drawing correspondences between romantic tradition and contemporary culture, Karen Kilimnik’s works realize a quest for a fairytale sublime. The diverse realms of history, architecture, art, fashion, film and television, music and ballet, animals and landscape, science and literature inform an imagery that has been culled from stories both historic and fictional, bringing these observations into an unsettling present. In a world where the forces of nature, youth, and terror have taken awesome hold, Kilimnik’s work brings a haunting and contrary sense of beauty to contemporary art. inquiry +1 212 255 1121 / [email protected] / 303gallery.com 5 galleries 303 Gallery New York / Cristian Alexa Karen Kilimnik Spanish dancer at the Paris Opera, 1872 2019, water soluble oil color on canvas, 45.7 x 35.6 cm inquiry +1 212 255 1121 / [email protected] / 303gallery.com 6 galleries 303 Gallery New York / Cristian Alexa Karen Kilimnik, the cat sitting in its favorite basket out in the blizzard, the Himalaya 2020, water soluble oil color on canvas, 20.3 x 25.4 cm inquiry +1 212 255 1121 / [email protected] / 303gallery.com 7 galleries Air de Paris Paris / Florence Bonnefous, Edouard Merino Dorothy Iannone All Our Strength And All Our Sweetness 2019, acrylic (Liquitex), pencil and Chinese ink on wood, 180 x 143 cm © photo Derek Moore, courtesy Air de Paris “All Our Strength and All of Our Sweetness” – Difficult indeed to conceive of a more luminous, more quint- essential statement of Dorothy Iannone’s career and oeuvre. Taking its inspiration from Andrew Marvell’s To His Coy Mistress – one of English poetry’s most delicious forays into the erotic – this recent work has all the limpidity of a manifesto. Standing stark naked, these entwined allegories of a carnal earthiness overtly highlight their amatory bond against a starry sky and the warm, darting rays of an intriguingly embellished – tarot wheel of fortune? – sun. The bodies are unambig- uously sexualised, with no trace of the genital criss- crossing or hermaphroditism that often mark Iannone’s work. This radiant declaration embodies the unique blend of candour, potency, sensuality and freedom underpinning the singularity of an artist who, since the 1960s, has kept a visual diary of her love life and the infinite variations of human relationships. Who still proclaims for all to hear the intimate alchemy of the physical body and the body politic; of a freedom of and for the self that holds up a mirror reflecting emancipa- tion for all. Life-affirming, zestful and exuberant, the Iannone oeuvre bespeaks the urgency of desire and the harmoniousness of communion on an equal footing. The inscription at her characters’ feet echoes Marvell’s lines: Let us roll all our strength and all Our sweetness up into one ball, And tear our pleasures with rough strife Through the iron gates of life: Thus, though we cannot make our sun Stand still, yet we will make him run. Hélène Guénin, Director of MAMAC inquiry +33 6 52 07 78 74 / [email protected] / airdeparis.com 8 galleries Air de Paris Paris / Florence Bonnefous, Edouard Merino Shimabuku, Erect 2017-2018, video projection, color, sound 5’53’’, in loop © the artist, courtesy Air de Paris Looking down onto the kind of untouched beach you might come upon out walking on the Mediterranean coast, with not a building in sight. The sun rising over a rocky outcrop in the distance, brushing the tops of the sparse branches. A maritime pine overhanging the sandy cove still slumbering in the shade. The only sound the waves rolling in so regularly, so serenely. As if this image has existed forever. Fade to white. The beach in the foreground now, bathed in light. Insects woken by the heat of the sun, their trilling overlaid on the hushing of the breakers. Tiny birds scurrying across the sand, so light they leave no trace. In this idyllic setting a grouping of branches, twigs and bits of planks has been planted in the sand. Methodically erected right up to the foaming waterline, these sculptures are the sole indicator of a human presence in this deserted land- scape. Under the raking light their shadows lengthen across the smooth, pale surface of the wet sand. The tide is coming in almost imperceptibly. This image will soon disappear. It is as fragile and ephemeral as Shimabuku’s action on the beach at Norihama, on the Oshika peninsula in Japan, one of the strips of coastline hardest hit by the tsunami of 2011: Straighten things up. Make flattened things upright. Make the trees and stones on the beach vertical. With lots of people lending a hand, we will make lots of things vertical. We will try to pool our energy and place very tall trees in an upright position. Then maybe something in our hearts will straighten up. Shimabuku, Artist inquiry +33 6 52 07 78 74 / [email protected] / airdeparis.com 9 galleries Air de Paris Paris / Florence Bonnefous, Edouard Merino Ingrid Luche, Chinoiserie (Feu de cheminée) 2014, acrylic paint, inks and varnishes on laminated wood, 80 x 120 x 2.5 cm © photo Marc Domage Alone or in company, there are fires – dancing flames or glowing embers – that give you the urge just to stay home and bask in the warmth. And there’s that traditional image of rural life, the vegetable soup simmering by the hearth amid an odour of ash and smoked meat. Not to mention, for art lovers, Bicycle Wheel. “I loved watching it the way I love watching a fire flickering in the grate” said ageing Marcel Duchamp. And last but not least, the cosy fire as the pop culture icon that’s a fixture in Asian restaurants, along with fishtanks and animal photos. Nothing cornier. Imag- es with no depth, but firmly rooted in our collective unconscious. They’re there, all around us. Éric Mangion, Director of Villa Arson Art Centre inquiry +33 6 52 07 78 74 / [email protected] / airdeparis.com 10 galleries Almine Rech Paris, Brussels, London, New York, Shanghai / Antoine Ferrand Thu Van Tran, Trail Dust 2015, graphite on Canson paper, 152 x 162 x 4 cm (framed) Works by Thu Van Tran currently feature in several local and international public collections, such as the prestigious Collection of the MNAM, Musée National d’Art Moderne - Centre Georges Pompidou (France), the Collection of Frac-Île de France (France), the Museum of the Louvre Abu-Dhabi (United Arab Emirates) and the Collection of the Fondation Kadist (France / United-States).